AUSTRALIA 2000
26 August-2 September
University of Canberra-30 Years-Making the Difference. A week of public celebrations acknowledging the contributions of UC and CCAE graduates to the community and business.
Ph: 02 6201 5086. Fax: 02 6201 5091.
Email: cma@foundation.canberra.edu.au
5-9 September, Perth
Habitus 2000: a sense of place.
Ph: 08 9332 2900. Fax: 08 9332 2911.
Email: promaco@promaco.com.au
URL: www.promaco.com.au/ conferences
13-14 October, Brisbane
RAIA QLD Chapter Winter School: Pacific Rim design comparisons with guest speaker Fumihiko Maki.
Ph: 07 3220 1788. Fax: 07 3220 1755.
Email: psarch@bigpond.com.au
23-29 August, Alice Springs
National Trust Conference.
Ph: 02 6247 6766. Fax: 02 6249 1395.
Email: acnt@spirit.com.au
URL: www.austnattrust.com.au
16-19 October, Armidale
Practice Management & Development: two specialised programs for architects, engineers and surveyors.
Contact FMRC Business Development.
Ph: 02 6771 4449. Fax: 02 6772 4621.
Email: focus@fmrcbusdev.com.au
URL: www.fmrcbusdev.com.au
OVERSEAS
1 June-31 October, Germany Expo 2000: Visions for the future of homes in the 21st Century. An exhibition of works presented within the scope of an international competition for students of architecture and urban planning.
Ph: +49 511 280 960.
Fax: +49 511 280 9619.
Email: AKN-Nds@T-Online.de
URL: www.expo2000.de
17-19 August, Netherlands International Colloquium, Structural Morphology: Bridge Between Civil Engineering and Architecture.
Ph: +31 15 278 3147.
Fax: +31 15 278 1560.
Email: anneke.kool@ct.tudelft.nl
23-26 August, South Africa
Interbuild Africa 2000. The building, plumbing and property exhibition.
Ph: +27 11 835 1565.
Fax: +27 11 496 1161.
Email: specialised@specialised.com
URL: www.specialised.com
16-18 October, Korea
The sixth Asian Pacific conference on Shell and Spatial Structures.
Ph: +82 331 290 7553.
Fax: +82 331 290 7570.
Email: tjkwun@yurim.skku.ac.kr | | 22-25 October, Netherlands
Sustainable Building 2000 will cover environmental performance issues, strategic response to climatic change and more.
Fax: +31 46 452 8260.
Email: SB2000@novem.nl
URL: www.novem.nl/sb2000
4-10 December, West Africa
Study visit to the World Habitat award-winning project of the Promotion of Woodless Construction in Burkina Faso, Mali and Niger.
Ph: +44 1530 510 444.
Fax: +44 1530-510 332.
Email: bshf@compuserve.com
URL: www.bshf.org
COMPETITION
Far Eastern Digital Architecture Design Award
An open competition with the aim of exploring and defining architectural design in the digital electronic age. Participants are expected to submit a design project, finished or unfinished, which is related to digital architecture. Submission deadline 31 August 2000. US$20,000 total prize money.
Email: yinghsiu@iaa.nctu.edu.tw
URL: vlab.iaa.nctu.edu.tw/Archi/ FarEasternPrize/DigitalEnglish/
Sydney Town Hall Precinct
Sydney is hosting an international design competition for the Town Hall Precinct to strengthen, clarify and enhance the civic nature of this high profile area, the centrepiece of which is Sydney Town Hall. $60,000 total prize money.
Ph: 02 9265 9790.
Fax: 02 9265 9837
E-mail: townhall@cityofsydney.nsw.gov.au
URL: www.cityofsydney.nsw.gov.au
Heritage Centre Competition, Kentucky US
This open competition requires the design of a Visitor-Heritage Centre reflecting the cultural heritage of the region with an awareness of nearby Mammoth Cave National Park. Submission deadline 31 August 2000
Ph: +1 270 781 6858
Email: spencerwkc@aol.com
URL: www.parkcitykentucky.com/ welcomedesign.htm
AWARDS
ar+d Emerging Architecture
This award celebrates excellence in completed work. Entries are open to individuals, groups and partnerships 45 or younger. Deadline: 12 September 2000.
Ph: 02 9417 4811.
Fax: 02 9417 8269.
Email: infor@arplusd.com
URL: www.arplus.com
Graphisoft Prize
This prize promotes innovative use of CAD software in architecture among students and non-students worldwide. Submission deadline: 31 October 2000.
Email: gsprize@graphisoft.com
URL: www.gsprize.com | | CALL FOR PAPERS
Information and Communication Technology (ICT) in the Practice of Building and Civil Engineering Symposium
A call for papers on the themes of information networking, ICT-supported processes and management, life cycle, methods and software tools and success stories in ICT applications. Abstracts are due 15 September 2000 for presentation at the symposium 6-8 June 2001, Espoo, Finland.
Ph: +358 9 6840 780.
Fax: +358 9 135 670.
Email: siv.forsten@ril.fi
URL: www.ril.fi/ecce.htm
Innovative Wooden Structures and Bridges
Abstracts are called for the above conference to be held 29-31 August 2001, Lafti, Finland. Abstracts are due 7 August 2000.
Ph: +358 9 6840 780.
Fax: +358 9 135 670.
Email: Lahti2001@ril.fi
URL: www.iabse.ethz.ch/conferences/ lahti/lahti_f.html
EXHIBITIONS
Venice Biennale 2000
The 7th International Exhibition of Architecture. The Australian Pavilion features Lyons’ installation ‘City of Fiction, 1999’, exploring their current thinking about architectural practice. 18 June-29 October 2000.
Ph: 03 9754 4868.
Fax: 03 9754 1868.
Email: pan@werple.net.au
URL: labiennale.com/
NOTICE TO RAIA MEMBERS
Calendar is compiled by the RAIA National Office as a service for members. If you require more information about any of the above events, please contact the event organisers directly by using the contact details supplied for each event.
If you have a conference, exhibition, workshop or other event you wish to publicise, please contact Jo Metcalfe:
Ph: 02 6273 1548.
Fax: 02 6273 1953.
Email: jom@raia.com.au
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