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should meet the requirements of the NSW Architects Registration Board and the West Australian Board of Architects
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claimable for BPA requirements in Tasmania
This course is based on Teddy Cruz's keynote at the 2010 Australian Institute of Architects' National Conference extra/ordinary.
Teddy Cruz’s passionate presentation has a sweeping relevance to design and planning the world over, taking you on a journey ‘from the global border to the border neighbourhood’. By focussing on the local—and the small changes in thinking, planning, financing, designing and managing that can ‘radicalise’ and improve neighbourhoods—he addresses some of the crises facing the urban world at large.
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AACA Competency: Design and Project Management
Presenter: Teddy Cruz: Founding Director, Estudio Teddy Cruz (San Diego)
CPD hours: 1.25 hours formal
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What is the importance of aiming for best practice in documentation? How can this be achieved? What are the benefits? Architectural documentation consultant Greg Blanch, Principal of documentation firm Detail 3, offers practical suggestions, references and examples to answer these questions and many more. He presents the fundamentals to achieving best practice in documentation.
AACA Competency: Documentation, Project Management, Practice Management
Presenter: Greg Blanch, Principal, Detail 3
CPD hours: 1.5 hours 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 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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This course, presented by Quantity Surveyor, Steve Grimes, demystifies the complex area of cost control of building projects, from the early design phases, through contract documentation, the tender period, and up to the completion of construction.
AACA Competency: Project Management and Documentation
Presenter: Steve Grimes, Director, PlanCost
CPD hours: 1.25 hours formal
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David Flannery, a practicing architect for over 30 years, shares his tips for getting on top of contract administration. He outlines a range of tools to help architects achieve accurate financial records for a project. In this presentation he focuses on the role of an architect when a lump sum tender process is used.
AACA Competency: Project Management and Design
Presenter: David Flannery, Practice Director, Bligh Voller Nield, Canberra
CPD hours: 1 hour 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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In this presentation you’ll learn how to develop simple systems to manage the risks associated with: project fit; complying with codes, standards and planning conditions; product failure; sub-consultants; cost control; documentation errors; dealing with builders; inspections and observations; and dealing with building surveyors.
AACA Competency: Practice Management and Project Management
Presenter: Wendy Poulton, Risk Manager, Architects Professional Risk Services
CPD hours: 1.5 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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Kevin Miller, of Collard Clarke Jackson, persuasively puts the case for refurbishing our existing building stock. Using the new Australian Ethical Investment headquarters as a case study, he shows step-by-step how environmental measures were incorporated into the building and outlines the often ingenious recycling of materials. The building received six stars from the Green Building Council.
Developed with the support of the Department of Environment and Water Resources.
AACA Competency: Design and Project Management
Presenter: Kevin Miller, Director, Collard Clarke Jackson, Canberra
CPD hours: 1 hour formal
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HASSELL Senior Associate Chris Watkins gives the low-down on just what it takes to design a high-end office building that achieves a 5 star Green Star rating while still meeting the strict commercial and aesthetic confines of the Adelaide property market.
Developed with the support of the Department of Environment and Water Resources.
AACA Competency: Design, Documentation and Project Management
Presenter: Chris Watkins, Senior Associate, HASSELL
CPD hours: 1 hour 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 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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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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Ecolinc was conceived as a project demonstrating environmental design for Victorian secondary school students. Using a case study approach, presenter, Carey Lyon, of Lyons architects, outlines the sustainability measures that informed the building’s design.
AACA Competency: Design and Project Management
Presenter: Carey Lyon, Director, Lyons
CPD hours: 1 hour formal
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This course investigates sustainable tropical architecture. The first part is an audio presentation by Hully Liveris about Moonshadow and other residential projects in Darwin, and the second is a paper written by David Bridgman on the buildings of Bawinanga Rangers’ Station.
AACA Competency: Design and Project Management
Presenter: Hully Liveris, Hully Liveris Design Company
Dr David Bridgman, Senior Lecturer Architecture and Interior Design, Charles Darwin University
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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