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When
Friday 1 August 2025
Where
State Library of New South Wales
1 Shakespeare Place
Sydney NSW 2000
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Program Info
Contemporary challenges are demanding shifts in architectural practice and process. A new generation of Australian architects is embracing this evolution – being particularly proactive about using design to address economic, environmental and social issues. This symposium will provide a snapshot of the kinds of approaches and projects pursued by this emerging group and how these attitudes are quietly redefining what architectural practice is today.
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Project Manager, Awards and EventsProgram.
- 9 am Delegate arrival
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9.30 am
Welcome to Country
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9.40 am
Introduction
Georgia Birks and Katelin Butler, Architecture Media -
9.50 am
The future of practice
Grace Mortlock, Other Architects (Sydney), in conversation with Rory Hyde, University of Melbourne (Melbourne) -
10.20 am
Social impact
Amelia Borg, Sibling Architecture (Melbourne) -
10.40 am
Beyond sustainability
Ben Berwick, Prevalent (Sydney) -
11 am
Another way to practise
Simon Robinson, Office (Melbourne) - 11.20 am Morning tea
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12 pm
Shifting traditional practice from within
Ksenia Totoeva, Tonkin Zulaikha Greer (Sydney), in conversation with Christina Cho, Cox Architecture (Brisbane) -
12.30 pm
Prototyping practice
Liz Walsh, So. Architecture (Hobart) -
12.50 pm
Equitable Country, Indigenising practice
Jack Gillmer-Lilley, SJB (Sydney) -
1.10 pm
Embracing new generation technology
Xavier De Kestelier, Hassell (London, UK) - 1.30 pm Lunch
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2.30 pm
Fees and procurement
Andrew Nimmo, Lahznimmo Architects (Sydney) -
3 pm
Diversifying practice
Nic Brunsdon, Brunsdon Studio (Perth) -
3.20 pm
In a roundabout way
Billy Maynard, Billy Maynard Architects (Sydney) -
3.40 pm
Collectives and collaborations
Belqis Youssofzay, Youssofzay Hart (Sydney) -
4 pm
Closing comments
Georgia Birks and Katelin Butler, Architecture Media