The Minimal in Japanese Architecture - Adrian Boddy
Adrian Boddy B. Arch, M. App Sc, is an academic and architectural photographer and has had a longstanding interest in Japan. He has extensively travelled and photographed the country and lectured on its architecture and gardens. His mother was a teacher in the Sogetsu School of Ikebana in the 70's under Norman Sparnon and his father was a professional photographer. In addition, Adrian has a Bonsai collection that threatens to take over his home. In this talk, Adrian enthusiastically presents the Minimal in Japanese art, architecture and design — from ancient to contemporary times.
The Minimal in Modernist Architecture - Robert Simeoni
Robert Simeoni is an award winning architect, recognised for his sublime minimal aesthetic. In the tradition of Corbusier, Tadao Ando and Louis Barragan, Robert’s architecture reflects the reductionism that is a defining characteristic of modernism. Robert highlights the influences that shaped his architecture, illustrated by a selection of his superb award winning projects.
What Makes Architecture - Peter Maddison
Award winning architect Peter Maddison explores his interest in buildings. Materiality often carries hidden meaning when manipulated by architects. In this talk Peter demonstrates how architects can give higher meaning to buildings through their form making and configuration of building fabric.
Peter Maddison is the Founding Director of Maddison Architects, a multi award-winning architectural practice. He has a unique appreciation of architecture which manifests in the hundreds of projects his practice has completed, awards received and extensive involvement with the profession.
Stephen Crafti on the Montgomery house
When he purchased a significant Modernist 1950s residence in Melbourne’s North Balwyn in 1991 (designed by Montgomery King & Trengove), Stephen’s design fascination shifted to the built environment. While he studied the history of his own home, Stephen began writing about post-war (post-1945) architecture. With his interest and knowledge in the subject broadening, Stephen was soon penning features about all forms of contemporary design. In the last three decades, he has submitted thousands of articles covering architecture, furniture, fashion and the decorative arts to an impressive range of publications.
Architectural Talk: On Drawing and Architecture - Sean Godsell
Sean Godsell received the Australian Institute of Architects Gold Medal in 2022, one of his many internationally recognized awards and citations. His uncompromising approach to architecture has produced exquisite buildings that have forged a distinctive voice in the Australian cultural landscape. Sean’s reductive and minimalist oeuvre transforms architecture into art and bears comparison to the work of artist Fred Williams. In addition to the presentation of his work, Sean discusses the fundamental role that drawing plays in his creative process.
ARCHITECTURE AND GENDER - Jeremy McLeod
Jeremy McLeod is the co-founder of award winning Breathe Architecture, one of Australia's leading practices in sustainable and socially responsible design. He is also the instigator and co-founder of multi award winning Nightingale Housing which is revolutionizing the property development process in delivering cost effective sustainable living. Join Jeremy as he discusses the relationship between architecture and gender.
ARCHITECTURE OF MEMORY - Charles Justin
Charles Justin is an architect and past president of The Jewish Museum of Australia. He is also the son of Jewish Polish holocaust survivors. This presentation examines the historical context of Jewish life in Poland and Germany. Charles explores how the Polin Museum, Warsaw and the Jewish Museum, Berlin deal with complex issues of national identity, memorialisation and redemption through their architecture and the exhibitions on display.
THE ARCHITECTURE OF COLLABORATION - Adam Haddow
Adam Haddow is a director of SJB and regarded as one of the leading architects in Australia. He and his team at SJB have recently won World Architecture Awards for Mixed Use Building in 2015 and Residential Interior in 2017. Architecture is very complex and in its realisation involves the collaboration of a large numbers of architects, consultants, artists and contractors. Adam will present several key SJB projects to demonstrate how successful collaborations can result in superb architecture.
THE CULTURE OF ARCHITECTURE - Ian McDougall
Ian McDougall is the co founder of ARM Architecture, the award-winning firm behind such distinctive projects as Geelong Library, the National Museum of Australia and The Shrine of Remembrance redevelopment. Ian will explore how architecture contributes to the culture of place, and how the culture of place has in turn influenced ARM’s own architecture.
ARCHITECTURE AS LAND ART - John Denton
The “architects architect,” John Denton, presentS projects created by his internationally renowned practice Denton Corker Marshall, that illustrate the capacity for architecture to be experienced as ‘land art’ - an art object set in the landscape. A visual and aesthetic journey offered by a master practitioner.
THE ART OF ARCHITECTURE - John Wardle
John has been awarded the Gold Medal by the Australian Institute of Architects, which is it’s highest honour in recognition of an architects outstanding contribution to architecture. The jury’s citation noted that "John Wardle is an architect’s architect. He is a designer of consummate skill whose works – from small, intricate pieces of joinery to complex high rise buildings – receive detailed attention and conscientious formal experiment. His works celebrate both individual craft and broader production processes of making a building. Importantly, his works are the outcome of a studio-based collaborative practice."
John presents his award winning projects that demonstrate the art of architecture, the art incorporated in architecture and the architecture of art related projects including Samstag Museum of Art, Phoenix Gallery for Judith Neilson, and the Ephemeral Pavilion at the NGV.