| Architecture & Design Events. |
Architecture Insights >here
A fantastic portal into architecture events and culture in NSW. |
Bike Sydney Twilight Rides
every second Tuesday of the month
Organised by the Sydney City Council, these public rides run very second Tuesday of the month from the GPO steps Martin Place, between George and Pitt Streets.
Meet 5.45pm for a 6pm departure. Two hour rides from 10 to 20km | Free | Email rides@bikesydney.org |
| Architecture & Design
Exhibitions. |
Object Gallery is a lovely gallery near the city centre in Darlinghurst. They search out Australia's edgiest + most interesting designers. Cool building by Melbourne's SJB too! | 417 Bourke Street, Surry Hills (near Oxford Street)| phone 9361 4555 |
The Powerhouse
Museum, a huge museum full of fantastic things | 500 Harris
Street Ultimo, Sydney (the other side of Darling Harbour from the
city) | open 10am - 5pm daily | Information telephone 02 9217 0444 |
The Historic Houses Trust organises many
events, tours, food tastings and chances to visit some of Sydney's
classic modern and historic properties | our pick is Harry Seidler's
modernist classic, the Rose Seidler House |
| Best Archi Day-trip. |
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Murcutt's biggest, concretiest & maybe even sexiest building to date is the Arthur
and Yvonne Boyd Education Centre at
Riversdale. It is three hour's drive from Sydney and is only open
occasionally. Designed by Pritzker award winner Glenn Murcutt with Wendy Lewin
& Reg Lark. Beautiful! | Contact Education Manager Mary Preece for further information (02) 4422 2100 |
| Architecture & Design Bookshops. |
| Published
Art
Boutique art, architecture + design
bookshop in a lovely space | Shop 2, 23-33 Mary Street, Surry
Hills [in the Silk Knit building] | Monday-Fridayri 10-6, Saturday
10-5 | phone 02 9280 2839
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Ariel
Art, architecture & design bookshop
| open every day, 9-midnight | 103 George St, The Rocks & 42
Oxford Street, Paddington | phone 9241 5622, 9332 4582 |
| The
Building Bookshop
Specialist architecture, design + building
bookshop. They also have their own talks program here
| 9:30-5pm seven days | phone 02 8303 0550 |
Museum
Bookshop
Specialist Architecture, art + design bookshop at the Museum of
Sydney | open every day, 9:30-5 | cnr Phillip and Bridge Streets,
Sydney | phone 02 9251 4678 |
| Architext
Specialist architecture + design bookshop at the Institute of
Architects | open Mon-Fri, 9-5:30, sat 10-4 | 3 Manning Street,
Potts Point | phone 02 9356 2022 |
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Supercolossal
Switched on, clever and funny Sydney based archi-commentary. A must-read. Marcus does some awesome architecture too now as Bennett and Trimble |
twothousand
Sydney's sub-cultural goings on. |
AIA
The Australian institute of Architects. A good site with a regular program of evening talks |
Archizine
Architecture-related event details for NSW |
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Butterpaper
Lively and up to the minute discussion, news etc |
Sydney Talks
A great site that lists plenty of great talks.
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D Factory
A free monthly series of talks at The Powerhouse Museum complete with dj's, bar and all the things one might expect | 6-8.30pm occasional Thursday's| Powerhouse Museum Courtyard, 500 Harris Street, Ultimo | Free
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Australian Architects is a Stuttgart based site strangely enough and portal for architecture. |
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| Walk
Sydney's Streets | 90+ year-old Alan walks every sydney
street |
| Sydney
Travel Info |
| Research. |
In
the Mind of the Architect
Web site and transcript of a three–part ABC series on Australian
Architecture. Full of gems + a great taste of current Australian
architectural spirit themes and attitudes. |
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Utzon
Interview
On the 25th Anniversary of the completion of the soh, ABC journalist
Maxine McKew spoke to Renzo Piano, Glenn Murcutt and Ken Maher about
Jørn Utzon and the buildings legacy | Text and voice downloads |
Richard Weston
Richard Weston of Cardif has just released the book on Utzon [it
weighs 5 kilograms!] and this summary of one of his lectures offers
a few insights into the personality and idiosyncracies of the man |
| Other Archi Sites & Walks. |
Guiding Architects
A European network of guided tours by architects, architectural historians and writers. Lovely group of people. |
Barcelona Architecture Walks
This wonderful little enterprise grew after a trip to Sydney. Created and conducted by two talented local architects the tours offer real Barcelona insight through the lens of its masters: Gaudi, Miralles and Cerdå. |
World Architecture
Daily archi-news and most of the world's celebrated architects featured. |
Insider
Tours
Edgy and off insider tours around Berlin - one of the original inspirations
for SAW. |
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Architecture
Link
This site lists and gives contact details for a surprisingly large
number of European architectural and architectural-tour organisations. |