Sydney Architecture Festival

Highlights

Wednesday, October 19

Unseen Dupain

Unseen Dupain

One of Australia’s foremost photographers, Dupain’s geographic world had Sydney as its heart, its pulse radiating from the harbour, around Circular Quay, its streets, the many parks around the city and the Sydney Harbour Bridge. He was fascinated with photographing from unusual angles and vantage points.

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Date: Wednesday, October 19 to
Friday, October 28
Time: 9:00 AM - 5:00 PM
Cost: Free, no bookings
Where: Tusculum
3 Manning Street
Potts Point
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Monolithic

Monolithic

As part of his travelling after having received a Byera Hadley Travelling Scholarship, Marcus Trimble’s Exhibition “Monolithic” will feature drawings, plaster models and large scale photographs of the monolithic structures visited in 2010.

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Date: Wednesday, October 19 to
Sunday, October 30
Time: 10:00 AM - 4:00 PM
Cost: Free, no bookings
Where: Customs House Sydney
31 Alfred St
Sydney
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Customs House Atrium Installation by ARUP Lighting

Customs House Atrium Installation by ARUP Lighting

The Customs House Atrium Installation by ARUP Lighting is inspired by a flower structure known as "Pappus" .... Think of a dandelion with its feathery bristles making up a parachute formations that break free and drift unencumbered in the wind. An additional layer of light and texture in imaginged by utilising coloured projections.

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Date: Wednesday, October 19 to
Sunday, October 30
Time: 10:00 AM - 5:00 PM
Cost: Free, no bookings
Where: Customs House Sydney
31 Alfred St
Sydney
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Friday, October 21

Australian Houses of the 1950s & 1960s

Australian Houses of the 1950s & 1960s

Join leading experts and commentators including Annalisa Capurro, Trevor Howells and Tim Ross to explore the architecture and design of Australia’s 1950s and 60s houses.

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Date: Friday, October 21 to
Saturday, October 22
Time: Friday 21st 9:30-4:30pm Saturday 22nd 1:00-4:45pm
Cost: Ticketed, booking required
Where: Museum of Sydney
cnr Bridge and Phillip Streets
Sydney
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Grand Designs Australia Live

Grand Designs Australia Live

Grand Designs Australia Live is an all new style of home show, pack filled with bright ideas. Based on the popular UK TV show, presented by Kevin McCloud and the all new Australian series presented by Peter Maddison, the event focuses on the best of architecture and design for the home.

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Date: Friday, October 21 to
Sunday, October 23
Time: 10:00 AM - 5:00 PM
Cost: Ticketed, booking required
Where: Sydeny Convention Centre, Darling Harbour
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Byera Hadley Travelling Scholarship Pechu Kucha Evening

Join us at The Mint for an evening of short talks, food and drinks to celebrate the 60th Anniversary of the Byera Hadley Travelling Scholarship. The Board has invited past recipients of this prestigious scholarship to participate in a Pechu Kucha evening, curated by Marcus Trimble, looking back on their travels, experiences and reports. Speakers include Melonie Bayl-Smith; Robert Beson; Sascha Crocker; Helen Lochhead; Hugo Moline; Philip Nobis; Bob Perry; Mark Szczerbicki, Marcus Trimble; Christian Williams and Michael Zanardo.

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Date: Friday, October 21
Time: 7:00 PM - 10:00 PM
Cost: Free, booking required
Where: The Mint
Macquarie Street
Sydney
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Saturday, October 22

Sydney Architecture Festival at Penrith

Sydney Architecture Festival at Penrith

Celebrate the stories behind the buildings in Penrith on Saturday 22 October through a series of talks at the Joan Sutherland Performing Arts Centre and bus tours to Hadley Park and Castlereagh Methodist Church.

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Date: Saturday, October 22
Time: 9:15 AM - 4:00 PM
Cost: Free, booking required
Where: Q Theatre, Joan Sutherland Performing Arts Centre
597 High Street
Penrith
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The Future of Penrith/Penrith of the Future - A symposium spectacular

The Future of Penrith/Penrith of the Future - A symposium spectacular

Penrith City Council, in partnership with Landcom, Penrith Panthers and C3West partners Penrith Performing & Visual Arts and the Museum of Contemporary Art have commissioned internationally renowned French art and urban design collective Campement Urbain to engage Penrith City communities through an artist’s process and to imagine their vision for Penrith.

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Date: Saturday, October 22
Time: 2:00 PM - 5:00 PM
Cost: Free, booking required
Where: Utzon Room, Sydney Opera House
Macquarie St
Sydney
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Emergency Shelter Installations - A Talk by Architects and Engineers

In a one off talk for the 2011 Sydney Architecture Festival, Joe Agius, Cox, John Tuxworth, Green Leaf, Bertram Beissel from AJN and LAVA will discuss the thinking behind their installations.

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Date: Saturday, October 22
Time: 4:00 PM - 5:00 PM
Cost: Free, no bookings
Where: Sydney College of the Arts Rozelle
Balmain Rd
Rozelle
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Monday, October 24

2011 Wilkinson Lecture: Architecture is Rendered Society by Andres Jaque

The Faculty of Architecture, Design and Planning in collaboration with Instituto Cervantes is proud to present the 2011 Wilkinson Lecture, "Architecture is Rendered Society" by Spanish architect Andres Jaque.

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Date: Monday, October 24
Time: 7:00 PM - 9:00 PM
Cost: Free, no bookings
Where: New Law School Lecture Theatre 101, Sydney University
148 City Road
University of Sydney
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Thursday, October 27

The Architectural Advocacy Challenge for Design & Density

The Architectural Advocacy Challenge for Design & Density

Sydney is at a crossroads... What are the real implications for sprawl versus density, and what role can design play? 80 UTS Masters of Architecture students have been preparing for the 'Architectural Advocacy Challenge for Design + Density' at which they will present their positions on the density debate for Sydney.

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Date: Thursday, October 27
Time: 10:00 AM - 12:00 PM
Cost: Free, no bookings
Where: UTS Architecture Warehouse
50 Kensington St
Chippendale
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Max Dupain - Conversations

Max Dupain - Conversations

David Marr in conversation with Penelope Seidler and Jill White.‘MAX DUPAIN AND HARRY SEIDLER: ON PHOTOGRAPHY AND ARCHITECTURE’ Thursday 27 October 2011

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Date: Thursday, October 27
Time: 6:30 PM - 8:30 PM
Cost: Free, booking required
Where: Tusculum
3 Manning Street
Potts Point
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Architecture On Show at Woollahra: Celebrating Heritage Architecture

Architecture On Show at Woollahra: Celebrating Heritage Architecture

Architecture on Show at the Woollahra Council chambers, Redleaf hosted by councillor and architect Chris Howe.

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Date: Thursday, October 27
Time: 6:30 PM - 8:00 PM
Cost: Free, booking required
Where: Woollahra Council Chambers, Mansfield Room. 536 New South Head Road, Double Bay.
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Ann Lewis Contemporary Art Address - Julia Peyton-Jones

Julia Peyton-Jones, Director of London’s Serpentine Gallery, gives the MCA’s annual contemporary art address entitled The Next Renaissance? in honour of the late Ann Lewis AO.

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Date: Thursday, October 27
Time: 6:30 PM - 8:00 PM
Cost: Ticketed, booking required
Where: Studio, Sydney Opera House
Macquarie Street
Sydney
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Thomas Bailey Lecture

Thomas Bailey studied architecture in Tasmania and Sweden. He is a founding member of Hobart/Melbourne based Room 11 Architects; an energetic practice that indulges in collaboration with artists and other interesting people while also consuming and producing more recognizable architectural fodder.

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Date: Thursday, October 27
Time: 6:30 PM - 8:30 PM
Cost: Free, booking required
Where: The Hearth, University of Sydney
148 City Road
University of Sydney
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Friday, October 28

Architecture In Storage

Architecture In Storage

Come behind-the-scenes to view highlights of the Powerhouse Museum's extensive, world-class collection of models stored at the Powerhouse Discovery Centre, Castle Hill.

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Date: Friday, October 28
Time: 10:30 AM - 11:45 AM
Cost: Ticketed, booking required
Where: Powerhouse Discovery Centre: Collection Stores at Castle Hill
172 Showground Road
Castle Hill
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Sunday, October 30

Bike Tank #8: Design-Eat-Think for your City

Bike Tank #8:  Design-Eat-Think for your City

Cycle into Sydney's favourite think-and-design event where we are prototyping solutions for making cities more human.

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Date: Sunday, October 30
Time: 10:00 AM - 11:00 AM
Cost: Free, booking required
Where: UTS Architecture Warehouse
50 Kensington St
Chippendale
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