The Architecture Symposium, Sydney

This critical day-long forum, which celebrates Australia’s world-class architects, is curated by Wendy Lewin and Angelo Candalepas and features New York-based writer, critic and former Pritzker Prize juror Karen Stein. The event focuses on outstanding examples of contemporary Australian architecture, with a series of talks by twenty-one leading practitioners from around the country exploring recently completed and upcoming projects.

CURATORS
Angelo Candalepas, founding director, Candalepas Associates
Wendy Lewin, director, Wendy Lewin Architect

GUEST CRITIC
Karen Stein, executive director, George Nelson Foundation

SPEAKERS

• Thomas Bailey, Room 11 (Glenorchy Art and Sculpture Park, Tas, completed 2013)
• Melissa Bright, Make Architecture (St Mary's Coptic Church Kensington, Vic, unbuilt)
• Andrew Burns, Andrew Burns Architecture (Cranbrook School Wolgan Valley Campus, NSW, stage one completed 2017)
• John Choi, CHROFI (Ian Potter National Conservatory, Australian National Botanic Gardens, ACT, completion due 2020)
• Andrew Cortese, Grimshaw, (210–220 George Street, NSW, unbuilt)
• Neil Durbach, Durbach Block Jaggers (Phoenix Project, NSW, under construction)
• James Grose, BVN (Australian Embassy Complex, Bangkok, completed 2017)
• Richard Francis Jones, FJMT (Frank Bartlett Library and Moe Service Centre, Vic, completed 2016)
• Richard Johnson, Johnson Pilton Walker (Anzac Memorial Centenary Project, designed in collaboration Government Architect NSW, NSW, completion due 2018)
• Virginia Kerridge, Virginia Kerridge Architect (M3565 Main Beach Apartments, Qld, completed 2017)
• Ed Lippmann, Lippmann Partnership (Emanuel Synagogue, NSW, completed 2018)
• Ian McDougall, ARM Architecture (Sydney Opera House Concert Hall Upgrade, NSW, completion due 2020)
• Rachel Neeson, Neeson Murcutt Architects (Juanita Nielsen Community Centre, designed in association with the City of Sydney, NSW, completed 2016)
• Jennie Officer, Officer Woods Architects (East Pilbara Arts Centre, WA, completed 2016)
• Gerard Reinmuth, Terroir (Penguin Parade Visitor Centre, Vic, under construction)
• Ingrid Richards, Richards and Spence (The Calile Hotel Fortitude Valley, Qld, completion due 2018)
• William Smart, Smart Design Studio (Rail Operation Centre, NSW, competition due 2018)
• Alec Tzannes, Tzannes (Dangrove, NSW, completed 2018)
• Stuart Vokes, Vokes and Peters (Subiaco House, Perth, WA, completed 2018)
• John Wardle, John Wardle Architects (Ian Potter Southbank Centre, University of Melbourne, Vic, completion due 2018)

More info here.

CPD
Australian Institute of Architects – 6 Formal points.

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