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Architecture & Design talks / events
we don't list everything, we list what
we reckon sounds interesting.
update: february 2010 |
Take your time: Olafur Eliasson
now until 11 April 2010
This will be a cracker. He's a legend, already! | Museum of Contemporary Art , Circular Quay, Sydney | Adult $15 Concession/Student $10 |
State. Respond.
now until 28 March 2010
An exhibition exploring the idea of sustainability in design will open at Object Gallery in Sydney on 6 February 2010. The five design practices involved are furniture design studio Schamburg+Alvisse, multi-media company Digital Eskimo, graphic design agency one8one7, textile design business Bird Textile, and internationally acclaimed architecture firm LAVA, headed by Chris Bosse | Object Gallery | 417 Bourke Street, Surry Hills | Free |
Pecha Kucka #14
20 February 2010
A dozen speakers, 20 slides & 20 seconds per slide.
Pecha Kucha Sydney is participating in a global 24hr continuous Pecha Kucha Night to raise funds for rebuilding efforts in Haiti on Saturday the 20th February. There will be a continuous 24hr Pecha Kucha Night taking place in cities around the world and we are excited to be taking the slot of GMT+11. 100% of the proceeds raised on the night will go directly to Architecture for Humanity, a group currently involved in rebuilding works in Haiti |MCA Harbour Terrace | 7pm for 7:30 start | Pecha Kucha |
City Switch Workshop
23-27 February 2010
City Switch Lab invites you to downtown Newcastle to collaborate with a team of artists, architects and designers from across NSW and Japan for the 2nd international workshop on urban revitalisation | $50 | Contact Jo Jakovich for more information. joanne@jakovich.net |
National Architecture Conference: extra/ordinary
22 - 24 April 2010
extra/ordinary will dwell on the culture of the extraordinarily ordinary. As an antidote to the incessant abstractions of globalisation, we will be gathering together those who have an enthusiasm for engaging with the contingency of the everyday: inventing new ways of operating; embracing collaborative approaches and initiating direct action on the ground. Producing outcomes that are innovative and utilitarian, provocative and pragmatic. Resolving ordinary problems in extraordinary ways | Program Director Melanie Dodd (RMIT) for the AIA |
Saturdays & Sundays
Travel by ferry
with a guide to Cockatoo Island - formerly an industrial island in Sydney harbour. The Harbour
Trust is one of Sydney's great stories. Defence sites on the
North side of the harbour we're given back to the state a few
years ago and are to be turned over to the public's greater good.
No dodgy apartments whatsoever! | Saturdays 10.30 + 13.30, Sundays
10.00 + 14.00 | $25/$15 conc. $75 family (includes ferry fare)
| To book phone (02) 8969 2199 Tues + Wed 9am-5pm
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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 | web |
| 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
| Powerhouse
Museum |
| 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 | HHT |
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Best Archi day-trip |
| Glenn
Murcutt's biggest, concretiest & finest 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. Be warned - it will make you want to go out to
Mosman and high–five the big fella in person | Contact Education Manager Mary Preece for further information (02) 4422 2100 |
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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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www guff |
twothousand | This site is great - the subcultural goings on in Sydney |
RAIA | The Royal Australian institute of Architects. A good site with a regular program of evening talks |
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Supercolossal | Switched on, clever and funny Syndey based archi-commentary. Long live dissent (is that how you spell it?). Marcus does some awesome architecture too... |
| Archizine | all the architecture-related event details for NSW |
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Butterpaper | Lively and up to the minute discussion, news etc |
| Slidenight | An independent, chilled–out series of presentations by architects, artists and designers. Arty and designery types turn up, so grab a glass and a chair, sit back + enjoy | Email slidenight@bigpond.com to join their email list or get more information |
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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| Super
Future City |
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Australian Architects is a Stuttgart based site strangely enough and a terrific portal for would be workers, and general research. |
| Urban
Boheme is a travel & lifestyle directory specifically
aimed at women that reveals more than a secret or two about the
cultural life of Sydney.
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| Cave
Clan |
| Sleepy
City | urban photography |
| 3RRR
| Talk about buildings, places and stuff… |
| Architects
for Peace |
| Grid
Skipper |
| Sydney
Bars |
| Walk
Sydney's Streets | 90+ year-old Alan walks every sydney
street |
| Sydney
Travel Info |
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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. |
| Wolanski Foundation - incredibly thorough list of all type of resources. |
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 4 kilograms!] and this summary of one of his lectures offers
a few insights into the personality and idiosyncracies of the man |
Other Archi Sites |
Guiding Architects
A European network of guided tours by architects, architectural historians and writers. Very nice group of people too. |
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 [and - they are really great tours] |
Chicago
Architecture Foundation
The CAF were the other inspiration for SAW |
Architecture
Link
This site lists and gives contact details for a surprisingly large
number of European architectural and architectural-tour organisations.
Brilliant for those as obsessed with checking out archi-sites as
we are. |
