In & Around the City
UNSW Built Environment Interdisciplinary STREETWORKS Competition Student Project Installation
STREET WORKS is an initiative of the Australian Institute of Landscape Architects (AILA) NSW, about re-imagining underutilised spaces in the City of Sydney as innovative, sustainable and dynamic temporary public places that will bring people together in unique ways.
| Date: | Wednesday, October 19 to Wednesday, November 2 |
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| Time: | 9:00 AM - 5:00 PM | ||
| Cost: | Free, no bookings | ||
| Where: | Barrack Street Sydney |
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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.
| Date: | Wednesday, October 19 to Friday, October 28 |
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| Time: | 9:00 AM - 5:00 PM | ||
| Cost: | Free, no bookings | ||
| Where: | Tusculum 3 Manning Street Potts Point |
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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.
| 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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Five Suburb Sydney Derive: Bicycle Tour
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An insiders tour of Sydney with a two -wheeled architectural twist
| Date: | Sunday, October 23 | ||
| Time: | 9:30 AM - 2:30 PM | ||
| Cost: | Ticketed, booking required | ||
| Where: | The Rocks | ||
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Kids' Design Workshop - Happy House Project
Inspired by the inventive building skills of Pacific Island communities, the Happy House building workshop will engage children in being resourceful. During the workshop, led by architect Sam Marshall, kids will learn how to weave materials into a simple structure to create one big cubby house in Hyde Park. No experience Required
| Date: | Sunday, October 23 | ||
| Time: | 11:00 AM - 2:00 PM | ||
| Cost: | Free, booking required | ||
| Where: | Sandringham Gardens, Hyde Park North | ||
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Le Grand Paris – An Update
Tim Williams discusses the Grand Paris Consultation. He interviewed each of the ten participating teams, as well as the Atelier International du Grand Paris.
| Date: | Monday, October 24 | ||
| Time: | 6:00 PM - 8:00 PM | ||
| Cost: | Free, booking required | ||
| Where: | Alliance Francaise 257 Clarence St Sydney |
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Future Framing; Developing Sydney’s Creative Crescent
Hear how the Powerhouse and its neighbourhood are being transformed. Anthony Burke will talk about the changing face of the Ultimo/Broadway precinct.
| Date: | Tuesday, October 25 | ||
| Time: | 1:00 PM - 2:00 PM | ||
| Cost: | Free, no bookings | ||
| Where: | Target Theatre, Powerhouse Museum 500 Harris St Ultimo |
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Sustaining Remembrance - Sydney's Anzac Memorial Building in the 20th & 21st Centuries
Speaker Darren Mitchell will look at the importance of Sydney's Anzac Memorial Building in the 20th and 21st Centuries. Introduction: Professor Richard Waterhouse.
| Date: | Tuesday, October 25 | ||
| Time: | 5:30 PM - 8:30 PM | ||
| Cost: | Ticketed, booking required | ||
| Where: | The Royal Australian Historical Society History House 133 Macquarie Street Sydney |
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Architects Talk Shop
As part of the Sydney Architecture Festival, architects from cronepartners, RICE DAUBNEY and Ancher/Mortlock/Woolley will discuss the stories behind the design and realisation of some of Sydneys’ most iconic shopping centres. Sites include World Square and the Queen Victoria Building. Take the opportunity to visit the libraries current exhibition On Sale! Shops & Shopping.
| Date: | Tuesday, October 25 | ||
| Time: | 6:00 PM - 8:00 PM | ||
| Cost: | Free, booking required | ||
| Where: | State Library of New South Wales Macquarie Street Sydney |
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Laneways, Small Bars and the Ingredients of Success in the Fine Grain of Cities
Craig Allchin, Director Six Degrees and Adjunct Professor of Architecture, UTS will discuss this topic as part of the Powerhouse Museum's Sydney Architecture Festival Talks Program.
| Date: | Wednesday, October 26 | ||
| Time: | 12:30 PM - 1:30 PM | ||
| Cost: | Free, no bookings | ||
| Where: | Target Theatre, Powerhouse Museum 500 Harris St Ultimo |
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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
| 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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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.
| 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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Inner West Architects Network Spring Houses Tour
The pressures on architectural design in the tightly knit streets of the Inner West mean architects working on residential projects must respond to stylistic and heritage diversity while maintaining architectural integrity.
| Date: | Friday, October 28 | ||
| Time: | 11:30 AM - 2:00 PM | ||
| Cost: | Ticketed, booking required | ||
| Where: | To be confirmed | ||
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ArchiCareers day October 29 at Tusculum
ArchiCareers day October 29 at Tusculum & Book Bazaar. This is a day long event held at Tusculum for both tertiary students and secondary students from years 10,11 and 12.
| Date: | Saturday, October 29 | ||
| Time: | 11:00 AM - 5:30 PM | ||
| Cost: | Free, booking required | ||
| Where: | Tusculum 3 Manning Street Potts Point |
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Five-Suburb Sydney Derive: Bicycle Tour
* SOLD OUT *An insiders tour of Sydney with a two-wheeled,architectural twist! Inspired by the structured looseness (or organised chaos) of the Situationist International and the vision of our gutsy Lord Mayor (bicycle lanes - wowo!) our two-wheeled convoy will meander along Sydney's quiet industrial western edge before plucking out the most interesting and provocative architectural projects and hidden gems in Ultimo, Chippendale, Redfern, Waterloo and Surry Hills.
| Date: | Sunday, October 30 | ||
| Time: | 9:30 AM - 2:30 PM | ||
| Cost: | Ticketed, booking required | ||
| Where: | The Rocks | ||
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Architecture On Show: ARTICHOKE: THE MAKING OF A DESIGN MAGAZINE
Celebrating the evolution of Artichoke, this exhibition charts the magazine's 12 year history. Exhibition Talk: Tuesday 8 November, Tusculum 3 Manning Street, Potts Point.
| Date: | Monday, October 31 to Tuesday, November 15 |
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| Time: | 8:00 AM - 5:00 PM | ||
| Cost: | Free, no bookings | ||
| Where: | Tusculum 3 Manning Street Potts Point |
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