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All courses cover the core competencies of Design, Documentation, Practice Management and Project Management.
Each course is available for six weeks and during that time you can view the presentation as often as you like. Points have been allocated for all courses identified as suitable for New Zealand architects. Generally each course has been allocated 5 or 10 points. Check the listing on the NZRAB CPD site for confirmation.
When you finish a course you will receive a Certificate of Completion. The Australian Institute of Architects will also forward your completion information to the NZIA for entry to your CPD records.
This course is based on Richard Goodwin's keynote presentation at the 2010 Australian Institute of Architects' National Conference extra/ordinary.
Richard Goodwin's keynote presentation explores the boundaries of architecture, investigating how it intersects with art, the body and the city. Using examples—including parasitic, guerilla-action, and commissioned projects—he explodes these boundaries. He explains his ideas on "porosity" and "parasitic architecture", and gives an unexpected, innovative and thought-provoking perspective on what architecture is, and what it means.
AACA Competency: Design
Presenter: Professor Richard Goodwin, UNSW College of Fine Arts
CPD hours: 1 hour formal
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This course is based on Alejandro Aravena's keynote presentation at the 2010 Australian Institute of Architects' National Conference extra/ordinary.
Given as a part of the extra/ordinary LIVING stream of the conference, Alejandro's presentation encourages you to think outside the social housing 'box'. His innovative approach to thinking about, designing, and implementing all elements of social housing initiatives is fascinating, and opens up a whole new way of thinking about not only social housing, but also the basic assumptions we, as architects, make about the city, urban communities, and housing options. He analyses the role of the architect in the mass housing market, finally demonstrating that architects can, and sometimes do, have an important part in the provision of mass housing of all kinds.
AACA Competency: Design and Project Management
Presenter: Alejandro Aravena, Director, Elemental SA
CPD hours: 1.5 hours formal
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This course is based on Richard Weller's keynote presentation at the 2010 Australian Institute of Architects' National Conference extra/ordinary.
Based on Richard's keynote presentation at the 2010 Australian Institute of Architects National Conference, this course investigates the challenges and potentials of population growth in 21st-century Australia. He explores the implications of Australia's population, as well as innovative solutions - including unconventional planning, landscaping, and ways of thinking - to the 'problem' of accommodating the country's anticipated growth, while also revealing the creative potential for people involved in the planning, design and production of built form to tackle these issues.
AACA Competency: Design
Presenter: Richard Weller, Winthrop Professor of Landscape Architecture, University of Western Australia
CPD hours: 1 hour formal
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This course is based on Tom Bloxham’s keynote presentation at the 2010 Australian Institute of Architects' National Conference extra/ordinary.
The topic, extra/ordinary LIVING, investigates the surprisingly complex relationships between architecture, housing, and social equality. Tom is uniquely placed to provide a fascinating and refreshing perspective on this topic; his firm Urban Splash has played a pioneering key role in the regeneration of northwest England in particular, using not only design-savvy sensibility but also an instinctive and innovative approach involving new forms of dwelling and systems of tenure. Their work has now expanded to major collaborations with government, trialling new forms of partnership to tackle affordable housing issues.
AACA Competency: Design and Project Management
Presenter: Tom Bloxham MBE, Chairman, Urban Splash
CPD hours: 1.25 hours formal
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Veronika Valk is a young architect who lives in Tallinn, Estonia, and was a highlight of the Australian Institute of Architects' 2009 Parallax conference. In her personal and engaging presentation she reveals how, through intervention, politics and tireless enthusiasm, she effects change to the built environment to combat the effects of Estonia's long harsh winters.
AACA Competency: Design
Presenter: Veronika Valk, Zizi&Yoyo, Estonia
CPD hours: 1.25 hours formal
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Tatiana Bilbao has established herself as one of the brighest young architects of her generation. In this presentation to the Australian Institute of Architects' 2009 National Conference, she gives a frank account of the opportunities and constraints she has faced as a young architect in Mexico where being young and female in the profession is a rarity.
AACA Competency: Design
Presenter: Tatiana Bilbao, Tatiana Bilbao/mx.a.S.C
CPD hours: 1.25 hours formal
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Internatlionally acclaimed architect Peter Wilson, from the German practice, Bolles+Wilson, was one of the highlights from Parallax, the Australian Institute of Architects' 2009 National Conference. In this presentation he discusses the studio process behind his work.
AACA Competency: Design
Presenter: Peter Wilson, Bolles + Wilson, Germany
CPD hours: 1.25 hours formal
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Toyo Ito is considered one of the world's most innovative and influential architects. In this presentation, translated by PTW Practice Director, Jun Sakaguchi, Toyo explains his concept of 'generative' order where architectural space is increasingly relating to, and integrated with, the natural world.
AACA Competency: Design
Presenter: Toyo Ito, Toyo Ito and Associates, Architects, Tokyo
CPD hours: 1.5 hours formal
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For renowned architect Francine Houben, buildings are the mountains in the flat Dutch landscape. Drawing on projects from Holland, Spain and Taiwan, she describes how landscape, culture and climate inspire her practice, Mecanoo architecten.
AACA Competency: Design and Project Management
Presenter: Francine Houben, Director, Mecanoo Architecten, Delft, The Netherlands
CPD hours: 1.75 hours formal
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Architects Jill Garner and Camilla Block examine the constructed nature and sensory experience of architectural form using examples of their work. Their presentations were part of the Australian Institute of Architects' Critical Visions National Conference.
AACA Competency: Design and Project Management
Presenter: Jill Garner, Garner Davis and Camilla Block, Durbach Block
CPD hours: 1.25 hours formal
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Presenter Kirsty Máté gives architects the low-down on building materials that can harm us and discusses some of the products architects can specify to minimise the effects. Her presentation is a practical ‘hands on’ exploration of the issues and what alternatives are possible.
AACA Competency: Design and Project Management
Presenter: Kirsty Máté , Program Head, Interior Architecture, UNSW
CPD hours: 2 hours formal
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In this presentation Brigitte Shim, from the Toronto-based practice Shim-Sutcliffe Architects, discusses how the manipulation of light, water and space informs her approach to building and design. Through a series of projects, she outlines how buildings emerge from a deep understanding of site and landscape.
AACA Competency: Design and Project Management
Presenter: Brigitte Shim, Shim-Sutcliffe Architects, Toronto
CPD hours: 1.75 hours formal
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One of the rising stars in green architecture, German architect Christoph Ingenhoven of Ingenhoven Architects reveals how he uses an innovative technical approach to ensure his buildings achieve high levels of sustainability.
AACA Competency: Design and Project Management
Presenter: Christoph Ingenhoven, Principal, Ingenhoven Architects, Dusseldorf, Germany
CPD hours: 1.75 hours formal
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In this presentation, Chris Wilkinson explains how his UK practice Wilkinson Eyre uses each project as an opportunity to push architectural boundaries. He outlines this philosophy using examples of recent works which span bridges, cultural institutions, and major infrastructure projects. His talk was a highlight of the Institute’s 2008 national conference Critical Visions.
AACA Competency: Design and Project Management
Presenter: Chris Wilkinson, Wilkinson Eyre Architects, UK
CPD hours: 1.75 hours formal
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In this presentation award-winning New York-based architect Billie Tsien discusses her desire to create architecture that reveals itself slowly through sensory experience, rather than being driven by image.
AACA Competency: Design and Project Management
Presenter: Billie Tsien, Todd Williams Billie Tsien Architects
CPD hours: 1.75 hours formal
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Chris Bosse presented this fascinating first-hand account of the 'Water Cube‘ - the highly acclaimed design for the Chinese 2008 Olympic National Swimming Centre - at the Australian Institute of Architects' 2007 National Conference. The project received the 'Atmosphere Award' at the 2004 Venice Biennale.
AACA Competency: Design and Documentation
Presenter: Chris Bosse, PTW Architects, Sydney
CPD hours: 1.5 hours formal
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It’s in the detailing! A "nuts-and-bolts" course offering practical "do's and don'ts" to prevent water ingress. Why do buildings leak? How can you prevent water from entering them? These are questions that presenter Ric Bonaldi has dealt with on a daily basis for much of his 50 year career. Recognised as a leader in his field, Ric shares his strategies on how to prevent water entering – from the top of the roof ridge to the bottom of the basement.
AACA Competency: Design and Documentation
Presenter: Ric Bonaldi, Director, Bonaldi Australia
CPD hours: 1.5 hours formal
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In this illuminating presentation, delivered at the 2007 Australian Institute of Architects' National Conference, Kyoto-based architect Tom Daniell eloquently dissects Japan’s unusual approach to planning and the innovative impact such planning regulations have had on Japanese architecture and cities.
AACA Competency: Design and Project Management
Presenter: Tom Daniell, Thomas Daniell Architects
CPD hours: 1 hour formal
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One of the most talked about presentations at the Australian Institute of Architects' 2007 National Conference; colour-coded husband and wife team Takaharu and Yui Tezuka of Tezuka Architects, Japan, give a frank, illuminating and humorous overview of their deceptively simple, award-winning projects.
AACA Competency: Design and Project Management
Presenter: Takaharu and Yui Tezuka, Tezuka Architects, Japan
CPD hours: 1.25 hours formal
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Dr Peter Raisbeck from the University of Melbourne examines the increasing popularity of PPP’s by governments to fund large scale infrastructure projects and how this approach affects architects. In particular, he uses the award winning iconic Southern Cross Station as a case study to examine design, risk and the Public Private Partnership model.
AACA Competency: Design and Project Management
Presenter: Dr Peter Raisbeck, Lecturer, Architectural Practice, University of Melbourne
CPD hours: 1.25 hours formal
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This course is an introduction to Building Information Modeling (BIM). It is presented from the point of view of a practising architect, David Sutherland, whose firm, Fender Katsalidis Architects, uses this approach every day. David discusses the reasons driving the shift from electronic drafting to Building Information Modelling and why he believes such processes will empower the architect profession.
AACA Competency: Design and Documentation
Presenter: David Sutherland, Director of Planning, Fender Katsalidis Architects
CPD hours: 1 hour formal
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This course investigates innovative approaches to integrated water services. Presenter Clare Diaper uses three case studies spanning a new residential subdivision, a retrofit of an office building and a new office building to outline the different strategies that can be used.
AACA Competency: Design and Project Management
Presenter: Dr Clare Diaper, Research Scientist, CSIRO Integrated Urban Water Systems
CPD hours: 1 hour formal
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This course provides strategies to help you achieve and maintain architectural and business excellence in an increasingly competitive market. Presenter Mark Murphy outlines how to develop time management skills, formulate business and marketing plans, forge strong networks and create effective teams - areas often overlooked in small practices.
AACA Competency: Practice Management
Presenter: Mark Murphy, Associate and Corporate Services Manager, Woodhead
CPD hours: 1.25 hours formal
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This course provides a set of strategies to help architects expand their approach to detailing. Melbourne University lecturer and architect Clare Newton uses a case study approach, drawing on buildings within Australia and overseas to outline innovative detailing solutions.
AACA Competency: Design and Documentation
Presenter: Clare Newton, Senior Lecturer, University of Melbourne
CPD hours: 1 hour formal
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Steve Kennedy presented this case study, Clovelly House, as part of the sustainability stream of the Australian Institute of Architects 2006 National Conference. The project, a semi-detached house in Sydney, was completed in 2004.
AACA Competency: Design and Project Management
Presenter: Steve Kennedy, Kennedy Associates Architects
CPD hours: 1 hour formal
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In an increasingly litigious environment, clear communication with your client is paramount. In this course, presenter Rob Shaw will identify simple ways to overcome the key causes of complaints against architects by their clients, and present some fundamental communications skills.
AACA Competency: Project Management and Practice Management
Presenter: Robert Shaw
CPD hours: 1.5 hours formal
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