Customs House Forecourt
About the Festival

The third annual Sydney Architecture Festival will be held on Monday 5 October 2009.  Last year's event attracted over 6,000 participants.

The Festival provides thought provoking new perspectives on Sydney by developing the community's appreciation and enjoyment of good architecture and communicating the importance of good design in achieving a sustainable, healthy and culturally rich built environment. > more

Sydney Architecture Festival 2009

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Informal Talks


Conversation Corner

Conversation Corner is a series of short, informal talks and discussions on architectural topics covering a range of topical issues. Speakers change every 15 minutes.

2009 AIA award winners will be included in this event.

TIMES, SPEAKERS & TOPICS

  • 10.00: James Stockwell Blacket Prize & NSW AIA Residential Architecture Award, Snowy Mountains House 
  • 10.15: Julie Mackenzie Urban Design Award, Paddington Reservoir 
  • 10.30: Huw Turner Aaron Bolot, Multiple Housing Award, 2 houses At Boomerang Beach 
  • 10.45: Mark Szczerbicki Byera Hadley Scholarship Award Exhibition, Testing Reality – the architect & the model 
  • 11.00: Beverley Garlick Discusses exhibition of children’s work at the Tretyakov State Gallery, Moscow 08 
  • 11.15: Alan Croker Adaptive Re-Use 
  • 11.30: Luigi Roselli Heritage Award, Wiston  
  • 11.45: Richard Francis Jones Public Architecture Award, University of Sydney and Surry Hills Library 
  • 12.00: break until 12.30
  • 12.45: Andrew Nimmo Urban Design Award, Armory Wharf Café  
  • 1.00: Angelo Candalepas Sulman Award, All Saints Primary School 
  • 1.15: Tone Wheeler Special Jury Prize, The Logic 
  • 1.30: Alec Tzannes Interior Residential Award, Macquarie Apartment 
  • 1.45: Jane Rothschild Architects Without Frontiers – Indlovu and Anganwadi Projects  
  • 2.00: Louise Nettleton Single Dwelling Award, Clifton Gardens House 
  • 2.15: Roger Parris The development of Darling Harbour; its influence on the surrounding edges  
  • 2.30: Catherine Hart Emergency Architects: Solomon Islands and Papua New Guinea 
  • 2.45: Ross De La Motte Premiers Prize, Epping Rail Link 
  • 3.00 Stephen Collier Corner Project (Billboards EXHIBITION) 
  • 3.15: Leonard Lynch Home on the Range: Making Open Space into Our Place  
  • 3.30: Mathieu Gallios & Caroline Comino The 1 house = 1000 project 
  • 3.45: Nick Murcutt Wilkinson Award, Whale Beach House and Zacs House 

 

Venue: Customs House
1st Floor
Start: 10:00 am
Finish:

4:00 pm (12:00 - 12:30 break)

Bookings: not essential