In partnership with the Holcim Foundation for Sustainable Construction, Melbourne School of Design is presenting a public lecture and panel discussion on sustainable architecture, with keynote speaker, Dr Nirmal Kishnani, assistant dean at the National University of Singapore’s School of Design and Environment and chief editor of FuturArc , a journal of green architecture in Asia.

Dr Nirmal Kishnani, author of Greening Asia – Emerging Principles of Sustainable Architecture.

The discussion brings into focus ideas and themes from Kishnani’s recent book, Greening Asia – Emerging Principles of Sustainable Architecture , a groundbreaking critique of the industry-wide green-washing running rife through the building sector in Asia. Joining Dr Kishnani on the panel are:

• Maria Atkinson, founder of the Green Building Council of Australia and the first Australian board member of the Holcim Foundation
• Mark Allan, chair of Sustainable Buildings Committee at Property Council of Australia
• Masa Noguchi, associate professor in environmental design at University of Melbourne

Melbourne
Monday, 24 February 2014
6:30pm
Carrillo Gantner Theatre, Sidney Myer Asia Centre
Free. Registration essential.

The lecture travels to universities in Brisbane (25 February), Sydney (27 February) and Perth (28 February) with a different group of panellists in each city.