This panel discussion is an Australian Architecture Conference fringe event and is open to all to attend, not just conference attendees. Register here: https://aus.archi/9ftr If you are not registered for the conference, toggle the button “Fringe Events Only: select your Fringe event tickets below” then add “Return to the Centre: The Future of the Australian CBD” to your checkout cart, and register your attendance. As our environments of work and home profoundly changed through lockdowns, value was shown where it had previously been overlooked, and new possibilities for how we occupied our physical environments emerged – sometimes radically. Alongside these rapid adaptations, climate impacts and significant rises in living costs have been exerting their own influence on the patterns of our daily urban life. What’s this now mean for our disrupted city centres? What economic, social, and cultural rhythms do we want to see develop in the future? In the aftermath of the pandemic, what lessons and values about the importance of the CBD as a key hub now guide us? Just what is the future of the Australian CBD? Join leading figures from across government, the arts, business and the built environment in a dynamic panel discussion. This event will be held at the Edge in Federation Square, and is presented in partnership with ALSPEC and Open House Melbourne. When: Thursday 9 May 2024 Time: 4:30pm arrival, 5pm start. Finishing at 6:30pm Where: The Edge, Federation Square, Melbourne VIC 3000 Panellists: Cr Nicholas Reece – Deputy Lord Mayor, City of Melbourne Philip Oldfield – Head of School, Built Environment, Faculty of Arts, Design and Architecture, UNSW Kellie Payne – Director, Workplace Strategy Team, Bates Smart Katrina Sedgwick - Director & CEO at Melbourne Arts Precinct Corporation (MAP Co) Mark Tait - Group Executive & Head of Development, Investa

🎤 Panel Alert! 🤔What do politics have to do with architecture? 🤔Why are designers, builders, innovators, & creative thinkers needed in our political landscape? 🤔Although the concept of a citizen architect resonates with our passions, how can we get involved? 📌Find out the answers to these questions and more at during ARCHITECT AS ADVOCATE: National, State & Local Efforts that are Influencing the Industry. 📹Check out this video of panelist WINSTON THORNE 2024 AIA California President, who will be sharing more of his thoughts on advocacy during the discussion, the kick-off to our first AIA-LB/SB Design Community Symposium and Exhibit. 🧠Moderated by AIA-LB/SB Director Lance Collins this panel will demonstrate how practicing architects are engaging in political and regulatory landscapes at the local, regional, and state levels. Discover how civic engagement can lead to positive business development and enhance the reputation of your practice by being directly involved in government, regulatory bodies, and other civic groups. 🌟🌟🌟Kimberly N. Dowdell, AIA, NOMAC 2024 President will be among the panelists. 📅 Date: Thursday, September 19, 2024 🕕 Time: 5 pm 📍 Location: Expo Arts Center, Large Theater, 4321 Atlantic Avenue, Long Beach, CA 🕓 The Design Community Symposium and Exhibit runs from 4 to 9 p.m. and will include 30-minute educational sessions & trade showcase with 40+ vendors. Come early to explore the exhibit and network with peers. Then grab a seat and settle in for an illuminating chat. 🔍For more details and to grab your tickets, visit our event page! 🎫 https://lnkd.in/grhFmKpu Kimberly Dowdell The American Institute of Architects (AIA) #aia #aialbsb #AIASymposium #Architecture #DesignExhibit #AIAEvent #ProfessionalDevelopment #Networking #architect #architectureanddesign #architecturelovers #architecturestudent

Anthony Harris AIA, LEED AP, CDT, a senior architect at Quinn Evans, shares his insights on the transformative renovation of the Capital One Arena in a recent article by the Washington Business Journal. The piece highlights how local architects would reimagine the arena and its adjacent areas. In the article, Anthony emphasizes the area's significance as a focal point for civic and social infrastructure while also highlighting the opportunity for sustainability initiatives. "Sports teams, at their best, can be points of pride and connection, acting as civic institutions as that contribute to a city's identity. This can be especially vital to a city as diverse and transient as the District...[A] modernized Capital One Arena provides an opportunity for the building and the site to embrace its role as a civic asset – contributing not just to the commercial revitalization of the area but also to the civic and social infrastructure of a neighborhood. Capital One Arena could fundamentally reimagine the role of the sports arena by becoming a locus of social life and activity beyond game days or special events, providing a function for residents as well as fans and concert-goers." Learn more about our mission to discover design solutions that enrich lives and make a long-lasting, positive impact 🔗 www.quinnevans.com/mission Subscribed to the WBJ? Read the full article here: https://bit.ly/3TTh2Rr #QuinnEvans #Architecture #UrbanDesign #Sustainability #CommunityDevelopment #CivicInfrastructure #SportsArena #WashingtonDC #WashingtonBusinessJournal

It’s been such a natural fit for an org like Centre for Public Impact to collaborate with WonderLab on a Melbourne DesignWeek offering! We both love learning and a few things have really made a more mutual learning posisble. 💡Generosity of ideas and a clear commitment to working in relational, creative and affirming ways, (which seems to be part of the dna of how WonderLabbers show up in engagements), means we build/maintain relationships, and can have more trust in eachother, curiosity about differences in opinion, and give and receive feedback well. 📆I think having the scheduled time available with the explicit intent of testing ideas and getting feedback is one of the most impactful and easy to implement hacks to build a culture of learning. It’s also bloody hard to protect space and time for learning and build habits as a team. 3….? I’m super curious what others are doing to develop practice, and hold space for learning from and with eachother. What’s your favorite tip, or something you’ve seen done well?!

#upcoming BK Expo and Talks. Room for Housing. (Four) visions of integrated habitats in the Netherlands April 2nd, Opening at 17.00, BK Talks at 18.00 The exhibition "Room for Housing" in the Netherlands tackles the pressing issue of housing shortage as part of a broader spatial puzzle that includes energy transition, climate adaptation, circularity, industry, agriculture, infrastructure, and nature. TU Delft’s Vision Team Wonen, a multidisciplinary expert group, has gathered recommendations on the Dutch housing challenge. This led to the advisory report “Ruimte voor Wonen: Naar een integrale aanpak van de Nederlandse woonopgave” (Space for Living: Towards an integrated approach to the Dutch housing challenge). The exhibition “Room for Housing” accompanies the report, providing a visual representation of the future that these recommendations can lead to, through four visualisations commissioned to recent graduates from our Faculty. Join us in the Oostserre on April 2nd for the exhibition opening, followed by a BK Talks. The conversation, —moderated by Javier Arpa Fernández, Curator of Public Programs— will explore diverse approaches to addressing the housing shortage in the Netherlands by intertwining housing, energy transition, climate adaptation, circularity, industry, agriculture, infrastructure, and nature. #bktalks #bkpublicprograms #bkpublicprograms2023 #architecture #urbanism #landscape #buildingtechnology #studentslife #buildings #bouwkunde #design #builtenvironment #BKAfrica #BKPublicPrograms #BKExpo #BKTalks #Bouwkunde #BK #TUDelft #Exhibition #BuiltEnvironment #visualisation #housingcrisis #netherlands #wooncrisis #illustrations #VisionTeam

ARCHITEKTUR MACHT SCHULE! Our September/October newsletter focuses on how school buildings are always a reflection of societal development. We need spaces that promote social skills, encourage independence, and help children and young people find orientation in a rapidly changing world. In short, educational institutions today see themselves as "spaces for teams". A well-structured spatial framework where individuals collaborate in various configurations, along with areas for retreat to foster individual concentration or relaxation. These educational buildings and their outdoor spaces are places of encounter where children and young people can grow together, develop a sense of community, unleash creativity, and practice democracy. Some of our new school buildings illustrate what this can look like in practice. Read the newsletter here: https://lnkd.in/de-Sahad Image: Kurt Hoerbst, Rudolf Steiner Schule, Vienna #dietrichuntertrifaller #dtflr #architecture #architektur #europeanarchitecture #sustainablearchitecture #nachhaltigkeit #sustainability #nachhaltigearchitektur #educationalarchitecture #bildungsarchitektur #education #bildung #school #schule #futuregeneration #sustainablefuture #nachhaltigezukunft #publicarchitecture #öffentlichearchitektur

Are you off to any industry events this month and trying to figure out how you'll get the most impact and value out of being there? If you're in the built environment sector, I find it hard to believe that you're not. Here's just a few of the ones I know are coming up in the next 6 weeks and it's already making me tired. Apr 30th - May 1st - Innovation UK, Infrastructure Zero, London Olympia 8th - 9th May - Footprint+, Old Billingsgate, London 8th - 9th May - CRETech, Magazine, London 7th- 9th May - UK Construction Week, London ExCeL 10th May - RIBA London Awards, RIBA, London May 21st to 23rd - UKREiiF, Royal Armouries, Leeds 22nd - 24th May - The BCO National Conference, Birmingham June - London Festival of Architecture Anyway, sharing a ton of useful resources in my newsletter out tomorrow and in the coming weeks on how to get the most out of being at events. Make sure you're signed up here so you don't miss out. #Marketing #builtenvironment #property #UKREiiF #CRETech #RealEstate #ConTech #PropTech

FORM FOLLOWS LIFE REINVENTING CITIES DESIGNING FOR LIFE In this competition, we challenge participants to reimagine urban spaces through the lens of life (including human, plant and animal). Proposals should develop an approach to shape cities as systems supporting life and enhancing its relational qualities, rather than as productive and efficient ‘machines’. Participants are invited to submit designs that showcase the transformation of urban spaces into thriving ecosystems that respect and reflect the complex interdependencies of life. The designs should explore radical approaches towards the rethinking and designing of urban spaces. / towards “form follows life” (principle inviting form to promote and enhance life’s web of relationships, interdependence, and mutual thriving - Olivia Bina inspired by Gilles Clément and Patrick Geddes).

The accessible tourism market is worth $13.5 billion in Australia and represents upto 24% of the population. With figures like that, tourism operators can’t afford not to be catering for accessible visitors. But more importantly there are other benefits. Accessibile visitors who have great experiences are much more likely to repeat visit, they travel in groups with carers and family members and they also tend to travel more in off peak or shoulder seasons. Accessibile visitors also contribute to positive outcomes in staff morale, job satisfaction and of course the visitor benefits from incredible visitor experiences which can lead to word of mouth promotion. Im proud to have been part of an organisation that has won a Tourism Hall of Fame award for our accesible visitor experiences. Catering for accessible visitors doesnt have to be hard or expensive. It all starts with a decision to do something. Getaboutable run great information sessions and this webinar is a great - and free - opportunity to learn more about an essential part of strengthening your organisation and your visitor experience.