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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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Program.

  • 9 am Delegate arrival
  • 9.30 am Welcome to Country
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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

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