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WoodSolutions
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WoodSolutions have launched their new online wood products database, created specifically for the Australian market; www.woodsolutions.com.au
Responding to market needs identified by research, this new site is designed to provide architects, engineers and other building professionals with information and technical resources about using wood and wood products.
Australia’s most authoritative source of wood-related information, WoodSolutions™ is a non-proprietary database that includes:
• species information
• technical design guides
• case studies
• performance data
• fixings and finishes
• Standards and Codes, and much more.To find out more about WoodSolutions and the upcoming WoodSolutions 2011 Seminar, please go to our Sponsor Resources Page.
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Architecture Australia
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Selected articles in Architecture Australia may be eligible for Institute CPD Points. Answer questions on Continuum to receive your points.
For the questions for "Women In Architecture", Architecture Australia July/August 2011, click here. To view the article "Women In Architecture" click here. AACA Competency: Practice Management.
For the questions for "Post Post Occupancy", Architecture Australia September 2011, click here. AACA Competency: Design.
Email your answers to continuum@architecture.com.au
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Natural Artifice: 2011 National Architecture Conference
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The 2011 National Architecture conference, 14th-16th of April brought together speakers from five continents and three generations to shed light on how we might find nature in an increasingly artificial world.
If you attended the conference you have the chance to fulfill your annual requirement of 20 CPD points.* Up to 10 informal points can be awarded for attendance over the two days and up to 10 formal points can be awarded by answering questions or submitting a report on the keynote presentations through our CPD submissions page. Questions from participants have been selected by the CPD unit and aligned with the relevant AACA competencies. Note: The submission date for answers has been extended by two weeks to the 30th May.
Each keynote presentation is worth 1.5 formal points.
How to make a submission: Before you begin, please download your guide to CPD at the conference, click here. 1. Go to the CPD Submissions page. 2. Login to Continuum. ** Make sure you login to Continuum with the same e-mail you used for conference registration** 3. To view questions for each session and submit answers, click on Submit an Answer. You can also download a PDF of the full question list here.(If you have difficulties viewing the PDF you can view the HTML version here). 4. Click on the title of each session to access the submission box. 5. For each session, you must answer both questions (approx. 200 words). Alternatively, you may choose to submit a report (approx. 400 words) for the whole session.
For more information about CPD policies and requirements click here.
* The fine print: The Institute will recognise the full 20 points to comply with A+ membership requirements. Some registration boards limit the amount of points they will recognise for consecutive hours. For auditing purposes each session may be considered a single activity or this may apply to the conference as a whole. Please check your local board policy for details. | BuildingGreen
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BuildingGreen is an independent company committed to providing accurate, unbiased, and timely information designed to help building-industry professionals and policy makers improve the environmental performance, and reduce the adverse impacts, of buildings.
They offer both print and electronic resources to help you design and build construction projects from a whole-systems perspective and take an integrated design approach that minimizes ecological impact and maximizes economic performance. |
Webcastof National Construction Code 2011 Information Seminars
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The ABCB is proud to present a webcast on the 2011 National Construction Code (NCC) Information Seminars.
The webcast, which is based on the 2011 information seminars delivered in all capital cities by the ABCB, provides practitioners with an overview of relevant aspects of the consolidated code and how it will affect their work.
The webcast covers:
- an introduction to the NCC and implications it will have for practitioners
- an overview of changes to the BCA, Volumes One and Two
- the new Plumbing Code of Australia (which represents Volume Three of the NCC Series).
The webcast can be accessed from the ABCB website.
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NATSPEC TECHnotes
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NATSPEC have
developed handy TECHnotes, which are brief summaries of a broad range
of topics that are of interest to anyone working in the built
environment. These TECHnotes are now available for download right here
in Continuum from our dedicated NATSPEC page. Updated: April 2011 amendments as well as all-new TECHnotes such as Design 24: Water sensitve urban design (WSUD).
| Webcast of Premises Standards Awareness Seminar 2010
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This webcast can be accessed from the ABCB website here.
The Australian Building Codes Board (ABCB) and Australian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) are proud to present a webcast on the Disability (Access to Premises - Buildings) Standards (Premises Standards).
The webcast, which is based on the 2010 awareness seminars delivered in all capital cities by the AHRC and ABCB, provides an overview of the ways in which the Premises Standards and corresponding changes to the Building Code of Australia will achieve consistency between building law and the Disability Discrimination Act (DDA).
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the objectives behind the Premises Standards
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who is responsible for complying with the Premises Standards
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main features of the Premises Standards, including exceptions and concessions
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areas of buildings and levels of access required.
Want to know more? You may also be interested in our Continuum course Access and Discrimination presented by Chris Porter, which provides an overview of the DDA and will earn you formal CPD points. | UrbanNous
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UrbanNous provides
access to digital multimedia focusing on urbanism. Urbanism is the
study and development of cities, from the physical form of buildings,
infrastructure and open space, to the culture politics and economy. The
aim is to take theory and practice out of the box, with contributors
explaining their projects and ideas, making these accessible and
inspirational.
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Past National Conferences extra/ordinary National Conference 2010
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If you missed the National Conference in Sydney this year, or would just like to relive it, visit our dedicated page featuring material from the conference. Some of the material available includes free videos, reports from delegates and audio-visual courses for CPD points. |
Parallax National Conference 2009 - Podcasts
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A guest speaker at the Australian
Institute of Architects 'Parallax' conference, philosopher and cultural
critic, Slavoj Zizek confirmed his status as an intellectual and
confrontational maverick. Click here to listen to his talk.
Click here
to listen to a closing forum with all the conference delegates; the
forum is introduced by Conference Creative Director Richard Blythe. |
Critical Visions National Conference 2008
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Find out what
other architects thought of the international and national speakers in
the Australian Institute of Architects 2008 National Conference. |
Continuum YouTube channel
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Continuum's YouTube channel not only brings you course teasers and conference videos; we've been hard at work building up a Favourites list to serve as your one-stop location for architecture-related videos.
Recent additions include a spectacular light show from the Guggenheim, a unique demonstration of how Crescendo Studios have been using Second Life as a professional architectural tool, and the interview "Form to Formless" with renowned Australian Architect Stan Symonds. If it's architectural and it's interesting, you'll find it on our Favourites list.
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