Visit this Gothic Revival masterpiece, considered one of Hobarts most prominent colonial buildings. This convict-built, heritage-listed church is regarded by many as the Gothic masterpiece of James Blackburn, housing the oldest bells made for an Australian Church and three stunning Greek Orthodox chandeliers from Athens.The post OPEN HOUSE HOBART 2023 | HOLY TRINITY GREEK ORTHODOX CHURCH appeared first on Australian Institute of Architects.

Stickybeak inside St Davids Cathedral, widely regarded as architect George Frederick Bodleys finest work. Pop along for the Deans tour, stained glass window tour, signs and symbols tour, organ recital and so much more.The post OPEN HOUSE HOBART 2023 | ST DAVIDS CATHEDRAL DEANS TOUR appeared first on Australian Institute of Architects.

Thank you for attending ourSONA x EmAGN Portfolio Night!We are planning further Portfolio workshops based on the feedback we get back from attendees. So, we would love to hear your feedback regarding this event. Please take your time to fill out the feedback form below. Sorry. This form is no longer available. The post Feedback sought SONA x EmAGN Portfolio Night appeared first on Australian Institute of Architects.

Join us for the next Regional Chat series in Kangaroo Valley with local architects speaking to the idea of design informed by the local character from which it springs.The post NSW Regional Chats: Kangaroo Valley appeared first on Australian Institute of Architects.

Daniel Lane Tasmanian Chapter PresidentIn preparation for the recently held Presidents Lunch, which celebrates our Chapter Fellows, Life Fellows and Councillors, I have been reflecting on the past years activities and the many people who have contributed to the work we have done this year. I would like to thank the Tas Chapter Institute staff, Jen, Fi, Katie, Loren and Nina. Its amazing to see how much work is undertaken by this committed team. It really is not until you are in this position (Chapter President) that you realise what is actually being done. An incredible amount of work is undertaken, and it is often unseen; so, I would like to recognise that and thank them for that work.I would like to thank the current Chapter Councillors. This year we have tried to instigate some change. For many years, we have unfortunately seen the demise of many chapter committees, but this year we have tried to rectify that. It is not easy, and it wont happen overnight, but I would like to thank our councillors for jumping into and assisting many of the committees by taking the first steps in re-invigorating their existence. In addition, this year we have looked at getting back to our roots and focusing on the issues that relate directly with practice. We have all had our issues with planning, with heritage, and with the exorbitant amount services engineering requirements for projects. I need not go on!So, we have provided strong advocacy at both a local and a state level to identify our concerns and to attempt to overcome some of the situations we are currently facing. Through these meetings and discussions, we believe our voice has been heard. We have been invited to the table, and we firmly believe our concerns are being considered and acted upon.Changes will be made. Some have already been seen, and some are on the way which will hopefully assist with our endeavours.Finally, I would like to express my gratitude to all of our Tasmanian Chapter members for their contribution to the industry this year and wish everyone a safe and relaxing holiday break. I look forward to working with you all again in the new year.The post A MESSAGE FROM THE TAS CHAPTER PRESIDENT appeared first on Australian Institute of Architects.

Justin Hill International Chapter ChairThank you all for a wonderful year! I have been reflecting on the past years activities and the many people who have contributed to the work we have done this year. I would like to thank the International Chapter Institute staff, and the current International Chapter Councillors all of whom have worked together to deliver some excellent results.I would like to thank the current Chapter Councillors for all of their efforts and time given over the past year, many of whom join us online for meetings at various times of the day and night depending on their time zones. It was wonderful to meet face to face in Hobart, Tasmania this year and collaborate with both the Tasmania Chapter, SONA and the creative directors of the Australasian Student Architecture Congress Ground Matters on Bl?ck Party, a combined celebration of International and Tasmanian Chapters awards presentations and the closing party for Ground Matters!This year we are joined by Amy Learmonth as EmAGN (Emerging Architects and Graduates network) representative on International Chapter Council, we are working to grow our EmAGN membership and engagement with this demographic within the International Chapter and having Amy in this role provides a vital connection back to the National EmAGN committee and to our emerging architect members. We have advocated for and been successful in changing criteria of the Emerging Architect Prize, the prize is now to be awarded annually rather than biannually, and further the International Chapter winner will now also be eligible to proceed to the national competition.In addition, this year we have hosted Boarding Pass events in Hong Kong, Singapore and Kuala Lumpur, collaborating with the respective Institutes of Architecture in these countries. These events are always an engaging evening, an opportunity to connect with colleagues and share experiences working in architecture internationally. I encourage you to attend the next Boarding Pass event in your international region more on that next year!It can be a challenge to connect when living and working internationally and the International Chapter is delighted to be hosting some Festive Gatherings online to ensure all of our members can connect with us and share in some festive trivia. This is a wonderful opportunity to meet International Chapter Councillors in your region and our leadership team, representing you as members. Those who are not yet members are welcome to join and find out more.Finally, I would like to express my gratitude to all of our International Chapter members for their contribution to the industry this year and wish everyone a safe and relaxing holiday break.The post A MESSAGE FROM THE INTERNATIONAL CHAPTER CHAIR appeared first on Australian Institute of Architects.

Facilitated by Leigh Woolley and Shamus Mulcahy, this year a series of talks / discussions will be offered with the aim to share experience and facilitate discussion through face-to-face contact. To kick this off a mini series around the theme of first house will be held over several months, and longer if there is interest. The intent is to reflect upon the first stand alone dwelling designed under your own name, (or responsibility) not necessarily your best house, or your favourite house, but where your architectural values were pinned to the mast!The post Learning From One Another | Conversations Through Architecture | First House appeared first on Australian Institute of Architects.

The Tasmanian Chapter has had a busy start to the year, and it is hard to believe that it is now March.In February, Chapter Council held its handover meeting. We welcomed Felix Blackman, Guy Edwards and Martin Stephenson, along with Georgina Kemp, who is the incoming EmAGN co-chair. They join existing and continuing chapter councillors, Andrew Williamson, Cath Hall, Gaetano Palmese, Hugh Maguire, Jono Buist, Kate Shepherd (EmAGN co-chair) and Natasha Mackinnon (SONA rep), along with Shamus Mulcahy, in the immediate past president role. We have sadly said goodbye to Jason Licht, Lucy Burke-Smith, Michael Loubser, Pippa Jensen, Will Harkness, Chris Shurman (EmAGN co-chair) and Karyn Bogus (SONA rep for virtual students). I thank these people for their contributions over the years, and look forward to working with the current Chapter Council.It was pleasing to see such a high standard of work entered in this years Tasmanian Architecture Awards on the presentation to the jury day. I acknowledge that presenting to your peers can be a daunting task (this is particularly true for me), and I congratulate everyone who presented. I would also like to thank the jurors for their time and considered questions throughout. The day is about sharing the work that has taken place in the state, and also provides an opportunity for an informal catch up thank you to those who assisted in ensuring we were well fed at the BBQ!The award entries will be exhibited in Hobart, with a launch event scheduled for Thursday 5 June, and then in Launceston, with the launch event on Friday 4 July, prior to the awards presentation event, which will also be held in Launceston, on Saturday 5 July. Mark these dates in your calendar as we hope to see you all there.Chapter representatives have attended a number of Government roundtable meetings already this year, and representatives will be attending the City of Hobarts developer forum on Thursday 19 March. The meeting will provide an opportunity to discuss issues relating to development approvals in Hobart. We are seeking input from members to take to this meeting, and if you have issues that you would like raised, please let me know, or contact the Institute prior to the meeting.The Institute has also responded to a number of submission this year, including the Clarence City Heart Plan, and the proposed changes relating to prescribed maintenance under the Building Act 2016. Thank you to members who assisted with these submissions. Currently, the chapter is working on a response to the Southern Tasmania Regional Land Use Strategy Urban Growth Boundary proposed update (due Friday 14 March), the Tasmanian Government contract review (due Friday 21 March), the Review of the Department of Treasury and Finance Prequalification Scheme (due Monday 31 March stay tuned as there is a plan to hold a Practice Forum to discuss this) and CBOS Draft Directors Guidelines Livable Housing Access Requirements (due Wednesday 9 April). If you would like more information on any of these submissions, or would like to assist, please contact Fiona at the Tas Chapter. All past Institute submissions can be found on the Institutes submission library.The last few weeks has seen a number of events, including the Architects Recipe: 1970s AV Jennings, part of the Open House Hobart program which was postponed from last year; Japanese traditional Temple Building with Yuji Kanesada; EmAGNs The Temporality of Being: Closing Night & Full Moon; a site visit to The Tasmanian House 3 by Jiri Lev Architecture; the Findlay Projects Cooporative Housing Developments talk with Emily Taylor and Claire Austin; the first of the Learning From One Another | Conversations Through Architecture | First House talks, where we heard from Poppy Taylor, David Travalia and Garry Forward; the Emerging Architect Prize Tour with Jennifer McMaster and local winner, Keith Westbrook; and last, but not least, the Findlay Projects International Womens Day Breakfast, where we heard from members of the Antarctic Womens Network who spoke to the theme of womens perspectives of Antarctic space the built and natural environment. Many people have been involved in the delivery of all these events, and I thank you all for your efforts in enabling an inclusive and vibrant chapter.Daniel Lane RAIATasmanian Chapter PresidentAustralian Institute of ArchitectsThe post A MESSAGE FROM THE TAS CHAPTER PRESIDENT appeared first on Australian Institute of Architects.

Rewilding, Rigour and Radical Care: Practice Visits in CopenhagenCopenhagens architecture is generous to the public realm and Copenhagens architects were even more so to us. Day two began at the shared office space of Johansen Skovsted Arkitekter, Djernes & Bell andKim Lenschow, over coffee and Baku pastries. In this collaborative, little ecosystem of a workplace, the three practices share lunch, end-of-year parties and knowledge a testament to the collaborative nature that ran through all of the practices we visited.Johansen Skovsteds extensive experience in architectural reuse, landscape rewilding and rewetting offered a fascinating approach to working within existing ecological systems and utilising architecture to improve components of that as opposed to reworking the entire structure of the landscape. Its an approach that can inform our work in various remote Indigenous communities in Australia, where we should be looking for smaller-scale solutions that support existing social, cultural, and environmental systems, rather than attempting to rebuild them. As Djernes & Bell director Justine Bell reminded us, that is not the role of the architect.Bell remarked that the architects role in this work lies in our professional expertise in land use, existing structures, storytelling and the synergy in communicating potential futures how landscapes can look and how buildings can feel. Their rigour in material testing and resource-mapping encouraged vigorous conversation around climactic materiality, vernacular architecture and construction methods. Bell, a South African architect, noted that both Australia and South Africa often look to Europe for answers, when, in fact, more relevant ideas are emerging from home. As many Australian architects grapple with integrating colonial vernaculars with Indigenous knowledge systems, we can also look to vernacular architecture, not to overly romanticise it, but to understand and reinterpret these ideas through a contemporary lens. These kinds of projects rely on the humility of the architect to engage with experts in agriculture, biology, geology, rewetting and research.Through Copenhagens built environment principle of not building new, weve come to understand through the lens of these architectural practitioners the idea of making what is necessary with what is available. The labour involved in reusing existing buildings, conducting material research and constructing the architecture that has been redefining Copenhagen for the past decade reflects the same care that continues to be invested in a building throughout its life span.Buildings that have included the most labour are taken care of the most, said Bell. Ive seen this ethos at work first-hand in my own work in regional and remote communities in Australia. When communities are involved in the design through consultation, iterative design and revalidating form translation and in the construction by engaging local builders, sub-contractors, suppliers, ongoing contracts, the buildings are valued as more than just structure and form. They become part of the system of the community: spatially, economically and culturally.The post DST Day 2 Marni Reti appeared first on Australian Institute of Architects.

2025 GTP Winners| Woods Bagot with TRCB, TCL and UDLA | Photo by: David BroadwayClick here - for the full awards night event galleryClick here to see the full list of winners!The METRONET Morley-Ellenbrook Line Project has swept the stage at the recently announced Australian Institute of Architects Western Australian Architecture Awards, taking home four accolades.METRONET was awarded Western Australias highest architectural honour, the George Temple Poole Award.The project was also the recipient of the Wallace Greenham Award for Sustainable Architecture, the Colorbond Award for Steel Architecture, and the Public Architecture Award.Designed by Woods Bagot with Taylor Robinson Chaney Broderick (TRCB), TCL and UDLA, the project delivers five new stations and precincts at Morley, Noranda, Ballajura, Whiteman Park and Ellenbrook.The stations along the Morley-Ellenbrook line make an outstanding contribution to the social and public infrastructure of a rapidly growing area of Perth, noted the jury.The jury praised the project for setting an impressive new sustainability benchmark for government infrastructure in Australia, and for being an exemplar of public transport and community facilities, with the end-user experience at the forefront of the design.METRONET Morley-Ellenbrook Line Project | Woods Bagot withTRCB, TCL and UDLA | Photo: Trevor MeinRuah Centre for Women and Children | Architectus | Photo: Dion RobesonRuah Centre for Women and Children by ArchitectusThe Ruah Centre for Women and Children in Northbridge has won the Jeffrey Howlett Award for Public Architecture and the Brian Kidd Enabling Architecture Prize.Designed by Architectus, the Ruah Centre is Australias first state-of-the-art healing and recovery centre dedicated to supporting women and children affected by family and domestic violence.The seven-storey building provides medical, counselling and legal services, and accommodation for families.Architectus closely collaborated with staff and women with lived experience, carefully balancing dignity, privacy and empowerment.The jury applauded the project as an elegant, well-planned and beautifully detailed building that gives broken lives a chance to rebuild.Hale Memorial Hall and Stow Precinct by KHAHale Memorial Hall and Stow Precinct has won the Hillson Beasley Award for Educational Architecture and the Heritage Award.Designed by KHA, the Hale Memorial Hall was first constructed in 1961 to commemorate the former students of Hale School who died in the World Wars.The jury commended KHAs ingenious refurbishment of a nationally significant modernist memorial hall that enriches the ceremonial life and heart of the school.The project expands the capacity of the main auditorium and elegantly maintains the integrity and beauty of the original building, said the jury.Hale Memorial Hall and Stow Precinct | KHA | Photo by: Traianos PakioufakisMurdoch Square | Hassell | Photo by: Peter BennettsMurdoch Square by HassellMurdoch Square has won the Ross Chisholm and Gil Nicol Award for Commercial Architecture and the John Septimus Roe Award for Urban Design.Designed by Hassell, Murdoch Square reimagines a health precinct as a thriving and inclusive community hub.Five separate buildings integrate public and private healthcare, commercial offices, aged care and short and long-stay accommodation facilities.The jury hailed the project for setting an innovative global benchmark for urban design.Murdoch Square combines a complex health services brief and a busy street front into a welcoming, urban place, said the jury.All awarded and commended projects from the region are now in the running for the Australian Institute of Architects National Architecture Awards, set to be announced later in the year.A word from WA Chapter President Ross donaldsonClick here to see the full list of winners!Architecture is a complex businessKnowledgeOver the years I have become increasingly in awe of the vast knowledge held within our profession. When you think about all the intelligence and knowledge we bring to the realisation of a project, its significant. Across the whole profession its well incomprehensible. This design intelligence delivers extraordinary value to the communities we serve.I think its reasonable to say, though, that we feel its not fully appreciated across the community.Some are pretty good at communicating their value to clients. But we are not good at conveying this value more broadly, to the community.We are going to embark on a strategy to specifically address this, commencing next month.We are asking all Award winners tonight to present their projects in a series of sector-based forums. From the material gathered in these forums we will analyse the current and emerging drivers of design trends to share more broadly across a series of stakeholder and public forums through the year ahead.Challenging delivery frameworksYes, architecture is a complex business. We operate in an extremely challenging environment for delivering our projects.Of all professional services, we operate within a framework which is the most adversarial, sometimes extremely adversarial and quite unnecessarily so. This can be exacerbated by the unwise advice given to clients regarding procurement processes and contractual conditions.Sometimes this advice brings a most protracted procurement process and unnecessarily onerous contractual conditions, the intension being to better safeguard their clients interests.They dont.Any uninsurable contractual conditions such as unlimited liability and consequential loss are not in a clients interest precisely because they are uninsurable. Architects are not known for their strong balance sheets.ProductivityThis is a productivity issue.The current practices of procurement and commissioning lower the productivity of our industry. We know productivity is an issue for the construction industry and these practices exacerbate the problem.It can also impact on the business of architecture, lowering our productivity too. There are many Architectural businesses who tell you that it impacts their productivity and commercial outcomes.We will be reinvigorating the practice forums within the Institute to gather the evidence, analysing it to help commissioning bodies better understand the productivity impacts and work together to elevate the performance of design and construction.A complex business, yes.But what a professional life we share! What an amazing career within which to bring your creative instincts to life.Tonight, we acknowledge and celebrate the best of those endeavours and also the clients who have enabled their architects to be at their best. You have drawn upon all of your resources of knowledge and talent and overcome all the hurdles which would have otherwise constrained and diminished the value of the design you have given to your clients.Congratulations to all tonights winners!Ill be coming around after and harassing you about contributing to the presentation forums.Enjoy the evening!see the full list of winners for the 2025 wa architecture awards!George Temple Poole AwardMETRONET Morley-Ellenbrook Line ProjectWoods Bagot with Taylor Robinson Chaney Broderick (TRCB), TCL and UDLAEmerging Architect PrizeEmily DuncanN/AThe Jeffrey Howlett Award Public ArchitectureRuah Centre for Women and ChildrenArchitectusThe Hillson Beasley Award Educational ArchitectureHale Memorial Hall and Stow PrecinctKHAThe Marshall Clifton Award Residential Architecture Houses (New)Deepwater HouseAHA StudioThe Peter Overman Award Residential Architecture Houses (Alterations and Additions)Shadow HouseGrotto StudioTheHarold Krantz Award Residential Architecture Multiple HousingForbes ResidencesWOHA + MJA studioThe Ross Chisholm and Gil Nicol Award Commercial ArchitectureMurdoch SquareHassellMargaret Pitt Morison Award HeritageCurtin Heritage Living Cottesloe RedevelopmentGriffiths Architects with GKA and Hames SharleyThe Julius Elischer Award Interior ArchitectureArup Workplace, Perth/BoorlooHames Sharley with Arup and Peter Farmer DesignsThe John Septimus Roe Award Urban DesignMurdoch SquareHassellThe Iwan Iwanoff Award Small Project ArchitecturePerth Airport Terminal 1 Sensory RoomPlus ArchitectureThe Wallace Greenham Award Sustainable ArchitectureMETRONET Morley-Ellenbrook Line ProjectWoods Bagot with TRCB, TCL and UDLAThe Richard Roach Jewell Award Enduring ArchitectureCRA Advanced Technology Building (now Brodie Hall Building) BentleyForbes and FitzhardingeThe Brian Kidd Enabling Architecture PrizeRuah Centre for Women and ChildrenArchitectusColorbond Award for Steel ArchitectureMETRONET Morley-Ellenbrook Line ProjectWoods Bagot with TRCB, TCL and UDLAAward Public ArchitectureMETRONET Morley-Ellenbrook Line ProjectWoods Bagot with TRCB, TCL and UDLAAward Educational ArchitectureScarborough Primary School New Teaching BlockSITE Architecture StudioAward Educational ArchitectureMother Teresa Catholic College Secondary SchoolParry and Rosenthal ArchitectsAward Residential Architecture Houses (New)Parnell AvenueMatthews McDonald ArchitectsAward Residential Architecture Houses (New)Henville Street HousePhilip Stejskal ArchitectureAward for Residential Architecture Houses (Alterations and Additions)Mitchell Street ResidenceKlopper & Davis ArchitectsAward Residential Architecture Multiple HousingMontreal CommonsHillam ArchitectsAward HeritageHale Memorial Hall and Stow PrecinctKHAAward Interior ArchitectureVitality House + WorksIredale Pedersen Hook ArchitectsAward Interior ArchitectureOndaState of KinAward Interior ArchitectureGibney CottesloeRezenAward Urban DesignCurtin Heritage Living Cottesloe RedevelopmentHames Sharley and GKA with SPHAward Sustainable ArchitectureMontreal CommonsHillam ArchitectsMondoluce Lighting AwardGibney CottesloeRezenMondoluce Lighting AwardVitality House + WorksIredale Pedersen Hook ArchitectsThe EmAGN Project AwardAltum LivingGHD DesignCommendation Public ArchitectureShire of Dardanups Library, Administration and Community BuildingPeter Hobbs Architects with Intensive Fields and Advanced Timber ConceptsCommendation Educational ArchitectureKarratha Senior High School Technologies Learning AreaIredale Pedersen Hook ArchitectsCommendation Residential Architecture Houses (New)Sheridan HouseSteelehouse ArchitectureCommendation Residential Architecture Houses (New)Injidup Springs HouseWhispering SmithCommendation Residential Architecture Houses (New)Broome Street HousePhilip Stejskal ArchitectureCommendation Residential Architecture Houses (Alterations and Additions)South Perth HouseSimon Pendal ArchitectCommendation Residential Architecture Houses (Alterations and Additions)Alexandra ResidenceCast StudioCommendation Residential Architecture Multiple HousingThe Grove ResidencesMJA studioCommendation Commercial ArchitectureVitality House + WorksIredale Pedersen Hook ArchitectsCommendation Commercial ArchitectureExchange HotelHunt ArchitectsCommendation HeritageExchange HotelHunt ArchitectsCommendation Interior ArchitectureBHP Perth Office FitoutWoods BagotCommendation Sustainable ArchitectureRapid Close HousePhilip Stejskal ArchitectureCommendation Sustainable ArchitectureArup Workplace, Perth/BoorlooHames Sharley with Arup and Peter Farmer DesignsCommendation Colorbond Award -for Steel ArchitectureKarratha Senior High School Technologies Learning AreaIredale Pedersen Hook ArchitectsCommendation Enabling ArchitectureBrightwater Huntingtons Disease CampusKPA ArchitectsPeoples Choice Award WinnerAltum LivingGHD DesignThe post WA Architecture Awards | All the Winners Announced! appeared first on Australian Institute of Architects.