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CONTENTS ACROSS THE CHAPTER 02 President’s message 04 Chapter news 08 2014 DARCH Horse Awards EDITOR 10 2014 Country Division Architecture Awards Laura Wise [email protected] 12 2014 Lower Hunter Urban Design Awards EDITORIAL COMMITTEE CHAIR Shaun Carter [email protected] EDITORIAL COMMITTEE OPINION Noni Boyd 14 Unpaid internships: Meaningful experience or exploitation Peter Nguyen [email protected] 16 The challenge of changing culture Peter Bailey in conversation with Monica Callantha Brigham [email protected] Edwards and Natalie Lane-Rose Matthew Chan [email protected] COPY EDITOR IN FOCUS Monique Pasilow 18 The big think: Reflections on the 2014 Dulux Study Tour Jenna Rowe, Cherry MANAGING EDITOR Williamson and Michael Zanardo Roslyn Irons 20 Experiencing architecture Imogene Tudor SUBSCRIPTIONS (ANNUAL) Five issues $60, students $40 22 Art and the architect Laura Wise talks to Isabelle Toland and Amelia Holliday (Aileen [email protected] Sage), Tony Stephens (Artbank), Huw Turner (Collins & Turner), Reg Lord (Minerva), Peter Lonergan (Cracknell Lonergan) and Sarah Cottier (Sarah Cottier Gallery) EDITORIAL OFFICE Tusculum, 3 Manning Street Potts Point 25 In the moment: Snapshots from the 2014 Sydney Architecture Festival NSW 2011 (02) 9246 4055 Stephen Pierce PATRONS Architecture Bulletin thanks 2014 DAVID LINDNER PRIZE ESSAY all its patrons for their ongoing support: 28 Conflict on the periphery: An investigation into the urban renewal of bushfire ravaged areas Ben Wollen MAJOR PATRONS HASSELL Bates Smart Crone Partners fjmt Group GSA REVIEW Lend Lease Design 32 The Colloquium: Growing a Greater Sydney Callantha Brigham and Vanessa Pilla Mirvac 34 21st Century Architects Farhad Reza PATRONS Cox Richardson NSW Government Architect’s Office SUPPORTERS Allen Jack+Cottier OBITUARY PTW Architects 35 Patrick David Gallagher (1940–2014) Tanner Kibble Denton Architects Bangladeshi Architects in Australia 36 William James Semple (Jim) Kerr (1932–2014) Bespoke Careers NSW CORPORATE PARTNER Mitchell Brandtman Gosford Quarries ISSN 0729 08714 Published five times a year,Architecture Bulletin is the journal of the Australian Institute of Architects, NSW Chapter (ACN 000 023 012). 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After such a long wait, potential of unprecedented investment in the delivery of the draft amendment to SEPP 65 transport and urban renewal projects across The role of the Institute is to enhance the and the accompanying Apartment Design Guide Greater Sydney and the unlocking of economic professional capability of our members, and to was a disappointment. and employment potential through better advocate the value of architecture and architects There is a conflict between the amendment housing, transport, and work options alongside to the public. and the guide in their present form. The former an expanded network of joined-up green open The Institute takes very seriously, but refers to standards in the guide, while the latter spaces. It demonstrated the critical impact of hopefully with a light touch, its mission to ‘make studiously avoids them. The development architecture and design thinking on the future the world a better place through architecture’. industry needs certainty, so minimum shape of the city and its region. It’s not just about what and how we create, it’s measurable standards for the key design also about conducting our practices with a principles are a necessity; and they need to be Bays Precinct positive, collaborative, can-do focus on people in included in the SEPP, which is the statutory communities and their needs. instrument. The Bays Precinct Summit, held two weeks later Membership of the Institute has reached The Institute firmly believes that it is on November 19–20, was both unique and new heights. Nationally, we number over 11,500, possible to create policies and approval processes revelatory. Here was a government agency an increase of 6 per cent since 2013. In New that insist on a minimum level of design (UrbanGrowth NSW) recognising it doesn’t South Wales we had an increase of 11 per cent performance while facilitating and encouraging have all the answers on urban renewal, and since 2013. The increase in Victoria’s design excellence. reaching out to experts from around the world membership was less than 10 per cent; clearly while seeking engagement with local peak we’re doing something right in this state. Sydney Architecture Festival bodies and community organisations. In 2014 more than 5,700 architects attended There are clearly tensions between this one of the many events held here at Tusculum After eight successful years, the Sydney refreshing open-ended approach and the and around the state. Architecture Festival is a firm fixture on the bottom-line pundits in NSW Treasury. But it’s In Sydney, attendance at CPD sessions, city’s events calendar. While there were only 40 about time there was a challenge to the Tuesdays @ Tusculum events, the National events compared with 70 in 2013, arguably the conventional approach of development at all Speaker Series, the International Speaker Series, drop in quantity was compensated by a rise in costs for short-term gain typical of NSW PALS, Regi(fru)stration, the NSW Architecture quality. Governments. Awards, ArchiCAREERS Day, the Gold The Festival’s keynote event for 2014, The The summit was an excellent start to the Medallist talk, and NSW Graduate and Student Colloquium – Growing a Greater Sydney: process of developing a broad long-term vision Awards amounted to 4,725. Connecting people and places – was held in for this precinct focused on urbanity, mixed uses Newcastle Division CPD sessions and Parramatta on 7 November. and, above all, transport connections to the rest events attendance reached 558, and Country The event brought together policymakers, of the urban framework. At CEO David Division 456. architects, urban designers, researchers, the Pitchford’s request, we have prepared a The more engaged members are in the community and government to show how submission summarising the principles we Institute’s various committees and programs, and Sydney can grow better as it grows bigger. believe should be embedded in the strategic plan the greater the feedback they give us, the better Taking place at Parramatta’s Riverside he is preparing. We will maintain an active our services and programs will be. Membership Theatre, The Colloquium was moderated by interest in this once-in-a-lifetime urban renewal of any organisation is not a passive one-way Walkley Award-winning television journalist project as it develops. street. It should be an active two-way process Tony Jones, with speakers including Lucy Joe Agius that enables all of us to benefit. Turnbull, Committee for Sydney; David NSW Chapter President Pitchford, UrbanGrowth