Thursday Night Lectures, Archive
Thursday Night Lectures investigate wide-ranging interdisciplinary ideas about the culture of architecture, planning and allied arts. The series seeks to stimulate debate amongst professionals, the University and wider communities.
(Initiated and coordinated by Anna Rubbo)
(In reverse chronological order since March 1995):
July 2010
| July 29 |
And where did you say you were from...? Place and Identity: Norwegian Contemporary Architecture Now – Ingerid Helsing Almaas, architect and the editor of Arkitektur N, the Norwegian Review of Architecture |
| August 5 |
The Style of Choice – Bart Lootsma, Leopold- Franzens University, Innsbruck |
| August 12 | On the Hallucinatory Function of Architecture: Histories of Architecture in Walter Benjamin's Arcade – Terry Smith, University of Pittsburgh |
| August 19 |
Metamorphoses: Concepts and Constructions – Chris Smith, Sarah Benton, Ross Anderson, FADP |
| August 26 | The long history of planning and why this matters in New South Wales – Alan Peters, FADP Introduction: John McInerney, City of Sydney Councillor |
| September 2 |
Building Schools in Uganda: The complex role of the foreign architect – Ben Slee, Architect |
| September 9 |
Trying to nail jelly to the wall: where in the brain is creativity? – Arne Dietrich, American University, Beirut, Visiting Scholar FADP |
| September 23 |
Migration, Diversity and the City – Stephen Castles, Professor, Research Chair in Sociology |
| October 7 | Fieldwork/Chernobyl – Merilyn Fairskye, Sydney College of the Art |
| October 14 | Zwischenraume/In-Between Spaces – Robococo: Petra Gemeinboeck, UNSW and Rob Saunders, FADP |
| October 21 |
The life and death of public architecture – Hamish Lyon, NH Architecture, Melbourne |
| November 4 |
Activators – Jürgen Mayer H. J. MAYER H. Architects |
| November 11 |
Thinking laterally: applying the architect's skills beyond architecture – Speaker: Matthew Turner, CABE, Winston Churchill Memorial Fellow 2010 |
March 2010
| March 3 | Space, Time and Framing in Cinema and Architecture – Michael Tawa, FADP, |
| March 25 | Measuring Civic Design: The Case of the Sydney Desalination Project – Andy Dong, FADP |
| April 1 | Planning for Sex Work – Phil Hubbard, Urban Social Geography, Loughborough University - cohosted by PRC |
| April 15 |
Aphorisms – Sandra Kaji O’Grady, FADP |
| April 22 |
Human Behaviour in Virtual Acoustic Environments – Bill Martens, FADP |
| April 29 |
The Principal and the Architect: Educational philosophy meets Design – Barbara Stone & Ed Lippmann, MLC School Principal & Lippmann Partnership - cohosted by Faculty of Education & Social Work |
| May 6 |
Design, Community Engagement and One Laptop per Child – Crighton Nichols & Rangan Srikhanta, One Laptop per Child Australia, |
| May 13 |
The Architecture of Zero Emission Housing – Caroline Pidcock, Pidcock Architecture + Sustainability - cohosted by Institute for Sustainable Solutions, The University of Sydney |
July 2009
| July 30 | Brazil: Architecture, Urbanization and Housing Doris Kowaltowski |
| August 6 | Beware the Best of Government Intentions Alan Peters |
| August 13 |
A 30 Year Public Transport Plan for Sydney Gary Glazebrook |
| August 20 |
Composing to scale: Beethoven’s op 132 String Quartet in a minor – 3rd movement Anne Boyd |
| August 27 |
Global Studio Johannesburg: Year 3 in Diepsloot Anna Rubbo and Sydney Global Studio 09 particpants |
| September 3 | A2 Architects - Emerging Work Caomhan Murphy |
| September 17 | Measuring civic design: The case of the Sydney desalination project Andy Dong |
| September 24 |
Topographic + suburban strategies Nick Murcutt and Rachel Neeson |
| October 8 | Faculty Researchers Speak Faculty Research Expo |
| October 22 |
Thermal Delight in Architecture |
March 2009
| April 2 |
The Architecture of Jorn Utzon: Sources, Influences and Vision Adrian Carter, Aalborg University, Denmark Introduction: Richard lePlastrier, Architect |
| April 9 |
Theatrical tectonics: the mediating agency for a contesting practice Gevork Hartoonian, University of Canberra Introduction: Duanfang Lu, FADP |
| April 23 |
Agencies of the Frame: Mobilising Assemblage in Cinema and Architecture Michael Tawa, University of Newcastle, UK Introduction: Chris Smith, FADP |
| April 30 |
Making meaning: expression of self Peter Poulet, Assistant Government Architect Introduction: Deborah Dearing, RAIA |
| May 7 |
Green in (Global) Crisis: Where to for Architecture? Caroline Pidcock, Architect & Al Gore Ambassador Introduction: Glen Hill, FADP |
| May 14 |
Domesticating the Cold War: The American Home as a Cultural Weapon. Greg Castillo, FADP Introduction: Rowena Braddock, Gender Studies & US Studies Centre |
| May 21 |
New ideas or a case for recycling? Current national trends in Indigenous housing and positive roles for local communities & architects. Paul Pholeros, HealthHabitat, Adjunct Professor FADP Introduction: Paul Torzillio, MD |
| June 4 |
The Life and Death of World Trade Centre One David Leifer, FADP Introduction: Brae Antcliffe LLB |
July 2008
| July 31 | Liz Grosz, Rutgers University, Visiting Professor FADP "A Thousand Tiny Architects: Art and the Animal" |
| August 7 | Chris Johnson, Special Projects Director, Department of Planning, NSW "Networked Cities" |
| August 14 |
Rob Adams, Design and Urban Environment, City of Melbourne "Lessons from Council House 2, Melbourne" |
| August 21 |
Terry Smith, University of Pittsburgh, Visiting Professor, FADP "Image and Purpose in Contemporary Architecture" |
| September 4 | Elizabeth Farrelly, SMT journalist and author, Adjunct Associate Professor, FADP "Blubberland: The Dangers of Happiness" |
| September 11 | Richard Hyde, FADP "Bioclimatic Housing: Learning from Innovative Projects" |
| September 18 |
Lee Stickells, FADP "Film/Architecture/Narrative" |
| October 9 | Anna Rubbo, FADP, and Global Studio Johannesburg participants "Academic Acupuncture: Interdisciplinary Research and Education for Action" |
| October 23 |
Nicole Gurran, FADP and Vivienne Milligan, UNSW |
March 2008
| April 3 |
Peter Armstrong, FADP "The Lost Waterways of Sydney Harbour" |
| April 17 |
William Martens, McGill University, Canada |
| April 24 |
An architectural tour down the Niger and beyond: Timbuctou, Dogon country, Djenne 'Mud, Mud, Glorious Mud...' |
| May 1 |
Rob Imrie, Professor Geography, Kings College London "Architecture and the Codification of the Built Environment" |
| May 8 |
Richard Johnson, Johnson Pilton Walker, 2008 Gold Medallist "Reflecting on the practice of architecture" |
| May 15 | Patrick Keane, Architect "From digital to Physical" |
| May 22 |
John Wardle, John Wardle Architects "Recent Work - Celebrating the Completion of USYD Central" |
July 2007
| August 2 |
Elizabeth Grosz, Rutgers University and Visiting Professor |
August 16 |
Peter Williams, Housing Market Specialist, UK |
| August 30 |
Terry Smith, University of Pittsburgh and Visiting Professor |
| September 13 |
Richard Goodwin, Art, Architecture |
September 20 |
Xing Ruan, Faculty of the Built Environment, UNSW |
| October 4, UN World Habitat Day |
Anna Rubbo and GSJ students, Georgia Bowen, Hugh Snelgrove, Katie Fincher, Mark Tyrrell |
| October 11 |
Gerard Reinmuth, Terroir |
| October 25 | Philip Nobis, architect Origins of Modernity in Berlin |
March 2007
| March 15 |
Roger Benjamin, Art History and Theory, University of Sydney |
| March 22 |
Caroline Pidcock, architect & Al Gore ambassador |
| March 29 |
IgorMarc Arquitectos, Spain BARCELONA`s transformation (three case studies) |
| April 19 |
Greg Castillo, Faculty of Architecture, Design and Planning |
| May 3 |
Marc Aurel Schnabel, Faculty of Architecture, Design and Planning |
| May 17 |
Jenni Reuter, Hollmén Reuter Sandman Architects, Finland |
| May 24 |
Paul Pholeros, Architect, AM |
July 2006
| August 3 |
Elizabeth Grosz, Visiting Professor, Faculty of Architecture |
| August 10 |
Jaime Rouillon, Iwamoto Scott , Responsive Environment |
| August 17 |
Terry Smith, Visiting Professor, Faculty of Architecture |
| August 29 |
Taira Nishizawa, architect, critic, and academic: Japan |
| September 7 |
Ed Blakely, and members of the US Study 2006 Transit Oriented Study Tour Team |
| September 14 |
Film: + talk by Mike Horne, Landscape Architect |
| October 5 |
Anna Rubbo, and Global Studio participants |
| October 12 |
Gevork Hartoonian, University of Canberra |
| October 19 |
Phillip Thalis & Paul Berkmeier, Architects. Jane Irwin, Landscape Architect |
March 2006
| March 9 |
Anna Rubbo, Rafael Pizarro, Genevieve Blanchett, |
| March 16 |
Ed Blakely |
| March 23 |
Robert Lang |
| March 30 |
Chris Abel |
| April 13 |
LECTURE and BOOK LAUNCH, 6.0 8.30 |
| April 27 |
Chris Johnson |
| May 11 |
John Landis Professor of City and Regional Planning, University of California, Berkeley; Visiting Scholar, University of Sydney Regional Planning as Scenario Development: Recent examples from California |
July 2005
| August 11 |
Award-winning architects Neil Durbach and Camilla Block discuss their recent work. |
| August 25 |
Elizabeth Grosz, philosopher, Rutgers University |
| September 1 | Neil Durbach, Durbach Block 'Recent work' |
| September 8 |
Thomas Lorenz, Vienna University of Technology 'Space invaders' |
| September 15 |
Richard Francis-Jones, FJMT 'Two new projects at the University of Sydney: The Law School and School of Information Technology' |
| October 4 |
Jo Noero, Noero Wolf Architects. Director, School of Architecture, University of Capetown |
| October 13 |
John Pucher, Rutgers University 'Making transit irresistible: Lessons from Europe' |
| October 20 |
Frank Stanisic, Stanisic Associates 'Autonomy and connection: Recent work' |
March 2005
| March 17 |
Dr. Peter Fisher, Central Queensland University
Tilting or tipping points: abrupt climate change, what does it mean for planning cities? |
| March 24 |
A/Professor Anna Rubbo , Joshua Morrin, Alan Miller
Global Studio, and new modes of practice: UIA Congress Istanbul , 2005' |
| April 7 |
Dr David Week, Director, Assai, Sydney
The Aceh reconstruction process R. Nagarayan, Planner, India The Bitsunami Project - the challenges of the Tsunami |
| April 21 |
Dr. Cameron Tonkinwise, Director of Design Studies, UTS & Convenor
of the Society for Responsible Design & its Change Design project. Dematerialism and the Art of Seeing Living or Why Architecture's Self-Images lead to McMansions |
| April 28 |
Peter Cookson-Smith, Director, Urbis, Hong Kong
“Regeneration through Urban Design in Hong Kong and China” |
| May 19 |
Prof. Dr. Friedmund Hueber
Ephesus: The Remains of a Built History |
| June 2 |
Joseph Buch, University of Sydney
Istanbul's great architect- Mimar Sinan and his mosques |
July 2004
| August 19 | 'Contact Zone': The Biennale and Architecture Dr. Charles Merewether, 2006 Sydney Biennale Director |
| August 26 | Computers and Design Creativity Professor John Gero, Faculty of Architecture |
| September 2 | Smart Buildings and the Digital World Professor Mary Lou Maher, Dr Andrew Vande Moere and Dr Kirsty Beilharz, Faculty of Architecture |
| September 9 | The Culture of Building John McAslan, John McAslan + Partners, UK |
| September 23 | Ancient Rome in the Eyes of the Beholder: Virtual Reality Models and Academia Professor Diane Favro, Architecture & Urban Design, UCLA |
| October 7 | Future House: Imagining the Future Chris Johnson, Adjunct Professor and NSW Government Architect |
| October 14 | Society, Behaviour and the Built Environment Professor Gary Moore, Associate Professor Anna Rubbo, and Dr Duanfang Lu, Faculty of Architecture |
| October 21 | Crossing Boundaries: Architecture, Urban Design and Planning Professor Tom Heneghan, Barrie Shelton, Professor Ed Blakely, Faculty of Architecture |
March 2004
| March 18 |
Andrew Andersons, PTW Architects Sydney Theatre: Designing for the Performing Arts introduction: Trevor Howells |
| Tuesday March 30 Eastern Avenue Auditorium, 6-8pm |
Georg Gewers, Berlin and Ludwig Wappner, Munich Future Modernisms: Aspects of Contemporary German Architecture introduction: Adjunct Professor Chris Johnson |
| April 1 |
Professor Louis Albrechts, Catholic University Leuven, Belgium Planners as Catalysts for Action introduction : A/Professor John Toon |
| April 22 |
Martin Butterworth, Space Syntax , Sydney Evidenced-based Urban Regeneration of Cities introduction: Barrie Shelton |
| May 6 |
Greg Burgess, Gregory Burgess Architects. Melbourne. 2004 RAIA Gold Medallist Recent Work introduction: Colin James |
| May 13 |
Professor Lisa Findley, CCAC, California Found in Translation: Architecture and Cultural Politics introduction: Professor Tom Heneghan |
| May 27 |
John Gollings, photographer, Melbourne Architectural Photography in the Digital Age introduction: A/Professor Anna Rubbo |
July 2003
| July 31 |
Professor Terry Smith, Art Historian Department of the History of Art and Architecture. University of Pittsburgh,USA "Affect Architecture: Bilbao, Ground Zero and Beyond" Introduction: Harry Margalit |
| August 14 |
Professor Elizabeth Grosz, Philosopher Women's and Gender Studies, Rutgers University, USA "Deleuze and Space" Introduction: Andrew Benjamin Co-hosted with Art History and Theory, and Gender Studies |
| August 28 | Stephen Varady , Architect, Sydney "Architecture as Imagination made Solid" Introduction: Tom Heneghan |
| September 11 | Catherine Hart, Development Manager, Lend Lease Development "Women Build: Making Better Places for People" Introduction: Anna Rubbo |
| September 18 | Col James, Faculty of Architecture "CRASH Sydney: the underbelly of the Architect" Imtroduction: Caroline Pidcock |
| September 25 | Richard Goodwin, Artist "Porosity and the Contemporary Urban Fabric" Introduction : Glen Hill |
| October 9* | Richard Johnson, Architect , Johnson Pilton Walker with specialist inputs by Richard Hough Engineer, Arup & Andrew Nicol, Arup Acoustics "Celebrating Joern Utzon: The Future of the Opera House" Introduction: Tom Heneghan |
| October 23 | Dr Vivienne Milligan, Housing Analyst "How Different? Housing Assistance Policies and their Impacts in Australia and the Netherlands" Introduction: Peter Phibbs |
March 2003
| March 13 | Dr Tom Uren AO, and Richard LePlastrier, architect "Sydney Harbour Dreaming: A Dialogue" |
| March 27 | Peter Davidson, Lab architecture studio, Melbourne " the black swan of trespass |
| April 17 | Dr David Week, Assai : culture driven projects "500 Schools in Laos" |
| May 1 | Adjunct A/Professor Paul Pholeros "Housing for Health" |
| May 15 | Janet Laurence, artist Elemental Spaces: Art and Healing |
| May 29 | Dr Gevork Hartoonian, Faculty of Architecture 'The Limelight of the House-Machine' |
July 2002
| 22 August | Professor Tom Kvan - Dean of the Faculty of Architecture, University of Hong Kong "Computer augmented learning in the design studio: Theory and practice" |
| 29 August | Dr Bronwyn Hanna - Author of "Women Architects in Australia 1900-1950" with Julie Willis "Why have there been no great women architects (in Australia)?" Introduction: Associate Professor Anna Rubbo Preceded by the opening of an Exhibition of student work from the the B.Arch Open Studio and the launch of Dispatch 5.30pm and after the lecture –Level 3 Wilkinson Building |
| 5 September | Dr Peter Armstrong - Sulman Medal Winner 2002 Architecture and Memory |
| 12 September | Associate Professor Anna Rubbo - University of Sydney Globalisation, education and 'an architecture of decency'" |
| 19 September | Dr Elizabeth Farrelly - Architecture Critic, Sydney Morning Herald "East Circular Quay: architecture v. democracy" |
| 17 October | Patrick Clifford - award winning architect, co-founder of Architectus Talking about his own past and current architectural work |
| 24 October | Professor Ilgi Askun - Mimar Sinan University, Department of Restoration, Istanbul "Turkey's Place in the World's Cultural Heritage". |
| 31 Oct | Dr Andrew Benjamin "In what style should we build?" The Architecture of the Cosmopolitan. |
| Nov 7 | Associate Professor John Toon - University of Sydney "Reflections on the Planning of Sydney" |
March 2002
| March 28 | Professor Tom Heneghan, Chair of Architecture at the Faculty of Architecture at the University of Sydney. Ten years in Japan: Works by Tom Heneghan |
| April 11 | Adjunct Professor Chris Johnson. NSW Government Architect. "Geometries of Power: Imperial Cities of Delhi" |
| May 2 | Gevork Hartoonian. Teaches History, Theory and Design at the Architecture at the Faculty of Architecture at the University of Sydney A-Tectonic: Roofing the Wrap, Wrapping the Roof |
| May 9 | Naomi Stead.Teaches Architectural Theory at the University of Technology Sydney Publicity, Populism, and Popular Culture: Reading the National Museum of Australia |
| May 23 | Professor Fred Collignon.Professor of Planning - University of California at Berkeley Infrastructure Planning Problems in California |
| May 30 | Anton James. Anton James is a landscape architect and artist. ANTON JAMES DESIGN: RECENT PROJECTS |
| June 6 | Michael Fox.Sydney Architect and access consultant Access - No Longer an Option: Responsibilities and Opportunities. |
July 2001
| August 16 | Jennifer Taylor, Professor, Queensland University of Technology Yemen: An Extraordinary Architecture for an Extraordinary land |
| August 30 | Michael Fox, Director, Access Australia "Access- No Longer an Option: Responsibilities and Opportunities |
| September 6 | Sally Gray, Cultural Consultant "Creating a Gateway to Australia: the Art at Work public art program at Sydney International Airport |
| September 13 | Kim Smith and Bo Helliwell, Principals, Blue Sky Architecture,Vancouver Traces of Time and Place: Canada’s West Coast Architecture |
| September 18 | Neil Leach, Professor of Architectural Theory, University of Bath " e-Futures: Designing for a Digital World" |
| October 11 | John McInerney, Commisioner for Land and Planning, Canberra; Director, City Plan Services, Sydney "The Professional Town Planner: Philosopher King or Municipal Dogcatcher" |
| October 18, | The Vice Chancellor’s Sesquicentenary Distinguished Lecture Series Aldo Guirgola. MGT Architects, Adjunct Professor, Faculty of Architecture An Itinerary of Architecture |
March 2001
| March 1 | Lars Gemzoe, architect/writer, Copenhagen " Humanising Public Spaces: Cities with a Vision for Public Space Design from around the World" |
| March 15 | David McNeill , College of Fine Arts, UNSW "Globalisation and Culture: Artists in a Brave New World" |
| March 22 | Andrew Benjamin , Professor of Philosphy, Warwick University "Surface Effects" Co-hosted with Department of Philosophy |
| March 29 | Pamille Berg, Mitchell Guirgola Thorp Architects "Artists and architects in the public realm" |
| April 5 | Wayne Edgtton, Facilities Manager, Domain Consultants "Stadium Australia: Built for a Long Life" co-hosted with the Architecture Alumni Association |
| May 3 | Special session: "Writing a grant proposal" This year $65000 is available to registered architects, recent graduates and architecture students through the Board of Architects’ Byera Hadley Scholarship. Former winners will speak about their projects, and academics from NSW architecture schools will offer advice on writing successful proposals. Co-hosted with UTS, UNSW and University of Newcastle |
| May 10 | Martine de Maeseneer , architect,/teacher ,Belgium. "Retracings: Reflections on 10 years of practice" co-hosted with RAIA Women in Architecture |
| May 24 | Gustavo Jimenez, architect / teacher, Manizales, Colombia "Vernacular and Contemporary Design: The enigmatic face of Latin American Architecture" |
July 2000
| July 20 | Davina Jackson former editor Architecture Australia and Chris Johnson Government Architect and Adjunct Professor " Australian Architecture Now" |
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July 27 |
Kristine Sodersten, Faculty of Architecture "Reconceptualising Design Education" |
| August 10 | Gevork Hartoonian, Faculty of Architecture Frank Gehry: A Note in Fantasie |
| August 24 | Liang-gao Zhang, Professor and Architect, Huazhong University, Hubei, China Form, Space and Colour in Chinese Traditional Architecture" |
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August 31 |
Iain Borden, Director of Architectural History and Theory, The Bartlett, University College The Unknown City: Architectures and Urban Experiences |
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October 26 |
Mary Lou Maher and John Gero, Faculty of Architecture "Virtual Architecture and Web Based Agents" |
March 2000
| March 9 | 2000 Alumni Lecture Lindsay and Kerry Clare, Design Directors, PWD Clare Design: Strategies and Choices" co-hosted with the Architecture Alumni Association |
| March 23 | Lucy Turnbull, City of Sydney Deputy Lord Mayor and chair of the Planning Committee. "Urban Consolidation and Design: Negotiating the Maze of Competing Issues" |
| May 4 | Peter Myers, architect, Sydney "The First Monument of the Third City:Professor H.Ingham Ashworth's Visionary Strategy for the Sydney Opera House" |
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May 18 |
Ian McDougall, Ashton Raggatt McDougall, Melbourne. "ARM Big and Little Projects" |
| June 2 | Leslie Weismann, Professor of Architecture, NJIT, New York "Creating the Universally Designed City: Prospects for the New Century" co-hosted with Women in Architecture. RAIA |
July 1999
| August 5 | Chao Chung-Sheng: Chaoyong University of Technology, Taiwan " Nature and people: Aspects of Chinese Traditional Gardens" |
| August 26 | Richard LePlastrier, Architect, 1999 RAIA Gold Medallist " A few things on one's mind: reflections on architecture today" |
| September 16 | Lorraine Serrena, Artistic Director WBB, USA " Women Beyond Borders: Building a World Community of Artists", lecture in conjunction with exhibition at the Tin Sheds Gallery, 154 City Rd. |
| September 23 | Richard Francis-Jones, Partner, MGT Architects " Speed, Slowness and Contemporary Modernism" co-hosted by the University of Sydney Architecture Alumni Association |
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October 14 |
Janet Laurence, Mixed media and installation artist "The Space between Matter and Memory" co-hosted by Women in Architecture, RAIA |
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October 21 |
Liu Kaiji, Architect, Beijing, Vice President Chinese Institute of Architects "Chinese Architecture: Reviewing the Twentieth Century" co-hosted with Research Institute for Humanities and Social Sciences & the Department of Chinese Studies |
March 1999
| March 11 | Merilyn Fairskye: visual artist "Material World: Art, Architecture and the Visual Realm' introduction: Anna Rubbo |
| March 18 | Andrejs Skabursis, Planner, Queens University, Canada "Determinants of Household Formation and Housing Choice: The Future dream" |
| April 1 | Christopher Tuckfield, Sydney filmmaker "Renzo Piano: interpreting the man and his work through film" |
| April 29 | Andrew Burges, architect, Bligh Voller Nield Pty Ltd, Sydney "Hopscotch and Threshold: Five Tales of travel in the Twentieth century" co-hosted with the Architecture Alumni Association |
| May 6 | Brian McGrath, architect, New York "Transparent Cities: A critique of post modern urban design" |
| May 20 | Christine Vadasz, architect, Byron Bay "The Challenge of Staying Green: recent work" |
July 1998
| July 30 | Michael Spens Architect, historian (University of Dundee, Scotland),Director of Viipuri Library Appeal (UK) "Repositioning Aalto" respondent: Bob Woodward, Architect (Sydney) co-hosted by the University of Sydney Architecture Alumni Society |
| September 3 | Peter Myers, Architect (Sydney) "Utzon at 80" |
| October 8 | H. Allen Brooks, Architectural historian ( University of Toronto, Canada) "The Griffins and the Prairie School " Co-hosted with the Powerhouse Museum in connection with the exhibition Beyond architecture: Marion Mahony and Walter Burley Griffin in America, Australia and India. Exhibition viewing 5.30. Lecture 6.30. Coles Theatre, Powerhouse Museum. |
| October 22 | Joseph Buch, Architectural historian (USA) "In-between Realms: what is "Dutch" about Netherlands Architecture?" |
March 1997
| April 17 | Hendrik Wieland, architect and planner MAA, Austria "WEST meets EAST over Housing and Other Buildings: Architecture, Sustainability and the Real Politic of Practice" |
| May 1 | James Weirick, Professor of Landscape Architecture, UNSW "Sydney: Development Dilemmas of the Olympic City" |
| May 15 | Richard Harris, Professor of Geography, McMaster University, Canada "North American Suburbs, 1900-1950: Reconstruction" |
| May 29 | Paul-Alan Johnson, Visiting Scholar, University of Sydney "The Cahill Expressway and the Circular Quay Railway: Revisiting the Design Ideas" July semster 1997- do you have that on file?March semester 1998 |
| March 26 | Mark Goulthorpe, dECOi architects, Paris Smectic State: the psychological and technical implications of the 'second' machine age for architectural production. |
| April 2 | Thomas Leeser, Leeser Architecture NY, Adjunct Professor Columbia University "www.leeser.com" co-hosted by the NSW RAIA Chapter |
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April 9 |
Peter Kohane.Visiting Scholar, University of Sydney "Nature into Architecture: The Buildings of Itsuko Hasegawa and Ashton Raggatt and McDougall" introduction: Swetik Korzeniewski |
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April 30 |
Made Wijaya,Wijaya Tribwana International, Bali, http://www/strangerinparadise.com "Theatrical Nature: setting for dream homes and romantic gardens" co-hosted by the University of Sydney Architecture Alumni Association |
| May 14 | John Lea, Department of Architecture, Planning and Allied Arts "Conservation versus development: the future of permanent communities in Kakadu and Lord Howe Island World Heritage Sites" |
July 1996
| July 25 | Col James, Department of Architecture, University of Sydney "The International Housing Agenda Post habitat 11" |
| August 8 | Hugo Hinsley, Architectural Association, London "Sustainable Housing and Sustaining Urban Life" |
| August 22 | Maurry Shaw, architect, Byron Bay "The Architect Within" |
September 19 |
Swetik Korzeniewski, Department of Architecture, University of Sydney "The Belly of the Architect' |
| October 10 | Craig Burton, department of Architecture, University of Sydney "Architecture as landscape in Australia" |
| October 24 | Elspeth Probyn, Women's Studies, University of Sydney "Looking at Spatiality through the Lens of Cultural Studies" |
| November 21 | Therese Kenyon, Art Workshop, and Robyn Backen, artist "Artists with a Specific Site" |
March 1996
| March 28 | Doug Kelbaugh, University of Washington. Seattle "Paved with Good Intentions: Suburbia and the Cost of Sprawl" |
| April 4 | Peter Droege. Professor of Urban Design, Faculty of Architecture " Intelligent Environments: Spatial Impacts of Information Technology" |
| April 24 | Chris Johnson, NSW Government Architect "Public Architecture in a Changing World' |
| May 9 | Bettina Cass, Social Work and Social Policy, university of Sydney "Redesigning Housing Policy and Urban Space" |
| May 23 |
Jan Wampler, Architecture, MIT, Boston " Globalisation, Housing and the Developing World" |
| June 6 | Keith Billings, Department of Architecture, University of Sydney "Design is neither Art nor Science" |
July 1995
| July 13 | Lawrence Nield "Contemporary Architecture: Financial Texturing Takes Over" |
| July 27 | Richard Coyne, department of Architectural Science, University of Sydney " Digital Disclosures: The Best and Worst of Being Wired" |
| August 3 | Mark Robbins, University of Ohio, USA " Reading Architecture to Understand Culture" |
| August 31 | Jennifer Taylor, Department of Architecture, University of Sydney "Japan and the Technological Encounter" |
| September 14 | Deborah White, Department of Architecture, University of Adelaide "Out of Place and Out of Site? Women in Architecture in the 1990s" |
| September 28 | Anna Rubbo, Department of Architecture, University of Sydney "Marion Mahony Griffin: Architect" |
| October 12 | Ross Thorne, Department of Architecture, University of Sydney "Theatres and Fantasy" |
| October 26 | Joan Domicelj, ICOMOS International, Paris "World Heritage: Where is it Going?" |
| November 2 | Serge Domicelj, Professor of Planning, University of Sydney "Cultural Planning in Asian Cities" |
March 1995
| March 23 | Phil Jacobson, University of Washington, Seattle "The Modern Movement in Scandinavia" |
| April 13 | Sophie Watson, Professor of Planning, University of Sydney "Metropolis When? Planning for Multiculturalism in a Post Modern World" |
| May 4 | Michael Taussig, Department of Anthropology, Columbia University, USA " Freeways and the Sacred" |
| May 18 | John Reps, Emeritus professor, USA "Canberra: Lost Plans and Forgotten Contestants of an Internal Planning Competition" |
| June 1 | Peter Myers, architect, Sydney "From Schinkel to Sulman: Little Known treasures in the Folio Collection" |
| June 15 | Tone Wheeler, Department of Architecture, University of Sydney "Towards New Housing Typologies" |