The general public is invited to join us for a bite of afternoon tea and an engaging conversation moderated by RAA president Tim Lee.

You’re welcome to come along on a short walk afterwards too - following the panel discussion, we will move on to view ‘Between Mountains’, a local mural project by Lymesmith not normally visible to the public.

As we get closer to the CONTEXT event in Canberra, ACT Government Architect Catherine Townsend will reflect on her experience in the role and her significant contribution to the built environment of Australia’s Capital. 

Hal Guida and Michael Jasper will discuss the concepts behind the selection of speakers for the RAA’s upcoming Canberra event: Exchanging Ideas in Context. Both with background and experience of planning and design with Canberra as Context, and through the views of practice and the academy, they will expand upon the line-up of speakers examining implications of change to Form through Growth.

3D printing has seen a rapid rise in popularity, moving beyond plastic objects to fabricating entire houses. While numerous completed projects are emerging worldwide, including in Australia, there is still limited guidance on how architects can translate their designs into this innovative fabrication technique. What are the opportunities, challenges, and essential do’s and don’ts of 3D printing houses?

In this presentation, Wayne Black, Architect & Accredited Expert Determiner, will explore various ADR methods and demonstrate how a Dispute Resolution Specialist (as a non-lawyer) can assist in resolving disputes without legal proceedings. By leveraging industry expertise and conflict resolution skills, such specialists provide a valuable alternative to litigation, offering efficient and tailored solutions for construction and architectural conflicts. 

Bianca presents CSA’s Budj Bim Cultural Landscape project as an example of ‘best practice’ in designing with Country.

Participation in this event will give the attendees a better understanding of the range of factors to consider in forming fee proposals, tools and information to aid client fee negotiations and benchmarking practice overheads.

At EKD Architects, we believe architecture is more than just buildings - it's about empowering communities and creating lasting impact. Join us for an insightful session where Mike will dive into how architects can play a pivotal role in community-led projects across rural Australia, while also addressing key challenges like obtaining funding, recovering costs and avoiding white elephants.

Savage Design draws on a century-long relationship with metal; from smithing, to a quarter of a century of precision contract manufacture, to custom milling and to one-off prototyping, to inform its own approach to product design. This CPD was an exploration of brass and stainless in particular; the materials and the technology of production, as well as the pros and cons of various coatings, treatments and maintenance regimes.

Mudgee based builder Justin Penney will discuss what rammed earth is, his history using it and cover some practical considerations and limitations to those looking at specifying it.

To embody integrity and value, a product – much like a piece of architecture – must consider its place. For Tait, designing and manufacturing in Australia, specifically for Australian environments, has been the heart of the business for over 30 years.

In this demonstrative presentation Marcus Piper will share his screen and wealth of experience using Adobe Creative Suite to provide small practices and in-house design teams with a broad-but in-depth understanding of producing print and screen ready promotional documents efficiently and to industry standard.

This session will focus predominantly on Adobe InDesign but also cover font management and selection, Adobe Photoshop and Illustrator and preparing files for print.

Beaumaris is a bayside suburb of Melbourne about 20km from the city centre known for its mid century architecture. Beaumaris Modern is a not for profit community group that was started in 2017 with the aim of celebrating, educating about and promoting the area’s mid-century architecture.

Drawing on his own experiences, Mick Moloney of Ballarat based practice Moloney Architects will delve into his adventures in architectural marketing, revealing both victories and failures.

Photographic image maker Tom Blachford shares his journey into text-to-image ai from the beginning and present some of his own series created with the technology. Tom will also share an up to the minute tutorial on image making using Mid Journey as well as prompt generation using chat GPT and methods for upsizing images. Tom will be available for questions and is happy to tackle any topic regarding ai and image generation.

Bobbie & Owen’s story begins with two pushbikes, Australia's latitude 25 and student naivety as they set out to find Australia’s architecture in 2017. That was the start of Dogspike aka. The Grand Section as they filled gaps in their knowledge through full immersion. Holes in knowledge have been launching pads for inquiry, each question below is one of these starting points... and it is just starting to get real spicy after having moved to Mparntwe, central Australia in 2023. Things are heating up...

This session presents an overview of the importance of collaboration between practitioners and industry suppliers, in this case aluminium windows, door and facades.

As with all aspects of the construction sector, the specification of level entry thresholds in Australia involves compliance with the National Construction Code (NCC). As is also standard, compliance of these products can involve either Performance Solutions (which vary according to the specific job) or the more prescriptive and standardised Deemed-to-Satisfy (DTS) solutions.

As we get even closer to the MiCRO event in Mudgee, this is the second of two related online events, expanding further on the rather large subject of all things MiCRO. This second session unpacks the trials and triumphs of modular building and tiny homes based on the extensive experience of Jackson Dannock of Made by Bare and Brent Dunn of TAKT Studio for Architecture.

As we got closer to the MiCRO event in Mudgee, there were two related online events, expanding further on the rather large subject of all things MiCRO. The first of these unpacked small scale regional practice, concentrating on a hybrid / remote working model.

Trent is a frequent collaborator with indigenous creators due to his immense respect for cultural heritage. In this session, Trent speaks about the project he undertook with Nyikina man Johnny Nargoodah ‘Ngumu Janka Warnti (all made from rubbish)’.

The aim of this presentation is to give architects and designers an understanding of where American hardwoods come from, what they are, what their environmental credentials and impact are and how to use them and specify them realistically.

This CPD runs for approximately 1 hour, including time for Q&A, and will be hosted by Jeff Trevarthen, Danpal’s NSW/ACT Specification Consultant. Learning outcomes are: PC12, PC39 and PC45.

In collaboration with acclaimed legal firm Lander & Rogers, this exclusive event is designed to empower you with the knowledge and tools to navigate complex risk scenarios.