Design Courses

FORMAL CPE/CPD Courses on Design - New courses added each month

EARLY BIRD SPECIAL: AAA Short Black Talk - ARK to Coca-Cola Place PR1117 - AAA Member Discount

Presenter: Paul Reidy - Principal and Director of Design: Rice Daubney
Description: Paul Reidys description of the processes and influences relating to the design development of this building at 40 Mount Street North Sydney provides a facinating insight into how a building of substance comes about.
CPE/CPD Credits: 1 Hour - FORMAL
Cost: $49.95 incl GST

EARLY BIRD SPECIAL: AAA Short Black Talk - 1 Bligh Street Sydney RB1118 - AAA Member Discount

Presenter: Ray Brown - Director: architectus
Description: Ray Brown takes us through the design development process for the building at 1 Bligh Street, Sydney, addressing the elements of collaboration, site orientation and the city grid, the views, public space, public art, floor space requirements, a sense of place for people and innovation for sustainability.
CPE/CPD Credits: 1 Hour - FORMAL
Cost: $49.95 incl GST

The Architecture of Zero Net Emissions Housing CP1110

Presenter: Caroline Pidcock - Director PIDCOCK - Architecture + Sustainability
Description: The only carbon abatements, which will not cost the Australian economy money, are through energy reductions in the built environment. Caroline explains what is involved in achieving net zero emissions housing.
CPE/CPD Credits: 1 Hour - FORMAL
Cost: $59.95 incl GST

Remedies for Obese-City CS1021

Presenter: Caroline Stalker, Director architectus, Brisbane
Description: Caroline describes a variety of projects, such as the replanning of Hasting Street, Noosa, and the new masterplan for James Cook University in Townsville, to demonstrate how urban design can reconnect the urban population to the landscape.
CPE/CPD Credits: 1 Hour - FORMAL
Cost: $59.95 incl GST

Transforming Australia's Cities RA0920

Presenter: Prof Rob Adams - Director of Design and Urban Environment, City of Melbourne VIC
Description: Prof Rob Adams uses Melbourne as a case study to explain how existing infrastructure can be adapted to accommodate a growing population and to produce a more sustainable, liveable and economically viable future.
CPE/CPD Credits: 1 Hour - FORMAL
Cost: $59.95 incl GST

AAA Short Black Talk - Richard Johnson RJ0904 - AAA Member discount

Presenter: Richard Johnson - 2008 RAIA Gold Medallist
Description: Richard Johnson has been involved in some of the most significant architectural interventions within the city of Sydney: the First Government House Site, the Sydney Hilton refurbishment and Westpac Place. Through these architectural examples, he illustrates the ethical role an architect has when building within the urban fabric of a city.
CPE/CPD Credits: 1 Hour - FORMAL
Cost: $59.95 incl GST

AAA Black Talk 5 - Jean Nouvel JN0821 - AAA Member discount

Presenter: Jean Nouvel - 2008 Pritzker Prize Winner - Paris, France
Description: Nouvel, the 2008 Pritzker Prize winner, describes his architectural journey from his first encounter at the Beaux-Arts School, in Bordeaux, in the 1960s, to his recent and current projects.
CPE/CPD Credits: 3 Hours - FORMAL
Cost: $159.95 incl GST

BUILDING GREEN - a small commercial ET0822

Presenter: Bruce Eeles and Kathy Trelease - Partners Eeles Trelease Architects
Description: Architects, Bruce Eeles and Kathy Trelease, describe the design approach and systems implemented in a pioneering small commercial building in Sydney's Double Bay.
CPE/CPD Credits: 1 Hour - FORMAL
Cost: $59.95 incl GST

People Cities = Sustainable Cities JG0823

Presenter: Jan Gehl - Gehl Architects Denmark
Description: Jan Gehl, one of the world's most eminent urban planners, highlights the often absurd design issues in our cities and he provides logical solutions to those problems..
CPE/CPD Credits: 1 Hour - FORMAL
Cost: $59.95 incl GST

AAA Black Talk 4 - Elias Torres ET0707 - AAA Member discount

Presenter: Elias Torres - Mart'nez Lape'a-Torres Arquitectos Spain
Description: In this entertaining discussion, Spainish architect Elias Torres explores his own creative process and shares the foibles and difficulties that he has faced in restoration of historical buildings and spaces.
CPE/CPD Credits: 3 Hours - FORMAL
Cost: $159.95 incl GST

The Vancouver experience MB0718

Presenter: Ann McAfee and Larry Beasley - City of Vancouver
Description: The success of Vancouver's planning process will continue to promote one of the most livable and sustainable cities in the world.
CPE/CPD Credits: 1 Hour - FORMAL
Cost: $59.95 incl GST

Reflections on the Homegame

Presenter: Rex Addison - Architect
Description: In 2004 Rex made a linocut print called Homegame. This presentation is an exploration of these works and their design context.
CPE/CPD Credits: 1 Hour - FORMAL
Cost: $59.95 incl GST

Passive Solar Design CP0620

Presenter: Caroline Pidcock - Architect
Description: Caroline Pidcock is an architect with established ESD credentials. This talk will be most valuable for those who are not yet familiar or comfortable with Passive Solar Design principals, or who want a refresher in this area.
CPE/CPD Credits: 1 Hour - FORMAL
Cost: $59.95 incl GST

Retro-fitting for Accessibility JB0638

Presenter: Jane Bringolf - Independent Living Centre (NSW)
Description: Jane Bringolf highlights the legislative requirements with which planners, architects and designers must comply in the public environment, and the long-term necessity for universal housing design in meeting the needs of our ageing population.
CPE/CPD Credits: 1 Hour - FORMAL
Cost: $59.95 incl GST

Development Planning with Bushfire Constraints RR0630

Presenter: Rod Rose - Managing Director, BES
Description: Rod Rose outlines the information Planners and Architects require to effectively address bushfire concerns in approving and building developments in bushfire affected areas
CPE/CPD Credits: 1.5 Hours - FORMAL
Cost: $89.95 incl GST

SPECIAL! Wild about Harry HF0624

Presenter: Henry Feiner - Partner, Harry Seidler Assoc
Description: Henry Feiner, a partner at the firm of Harry Seidler and Associates, presents a tribute to Australias most influential architect, Harry Seidler.
CPE/CPD Credits: 1 Hour - FORMAL
Cost: $59.95 incl GST

Public Melbourne RA0626

Presenter: Prof. Rob Adams - Melbourne City Council
Description: This remarkable story from Rob Adams demonstrates that quality urban design is fundamental to the successful development of a city's public realm
CPE/CPD Credits: 2 Hours - FORMAL
Cost: $119.95 incl GST

Australian New Urbanism in Practice WM0625

Presenter: Wendy Morris - Director, Ecologically Sustainable Design
Description: Through many examples, the significance of New Urbanism principles to the sustainable growth of Australian cities is made apparent
CPE/CPD Credits: 1 Hour - FORMAL
Cost: $59.95 incl GST

AAA Black Series presents: Ricardo Legorreta RL0528 - AAA Member discount

Presenter: Ricardo Legorreta - Architect
Description: Recorded live at the Sydney Conservatorium of Music in October 2005, this presentation by Ricardo Legorreta is the third in the Australian Architecture Association Black Series of invited international guest presentations.
CPE/CPD Credits: 2.5 Hours - FORMAL
Cost: $129.95 incl GST

3 IN A POCKET RA0528

Presenter: Rex Addison - Architect
Description: Rex Addison discusses "The influences and thoughts behind the design and construction of three buildings, sited side by side, in a back pocket of land in the Brisbane suburb of Taringa."
CPE/CPD Credits: 1 Hour - FORMAL
Cost: $59.95 incl GST

Three memorials PT0517

Presenter: Peter Tonkin - Architect
Description: Peter Tonkin describes the intricate processes used to design meaningful commemorative artworks and illustrates this through three well known memorials.
CPE/CPD Credits: 1 Hour - FORMAL
Cost: $59.95 incl GST

Sydney Ancher 'An Australian Modernist' Part 1 SAHM0523

Presenter: Dr Harry Margalit - Architect
Description: Dr Margalit, UNSW, discusses the major influences around during Syd Ancher's career, which were to shift architectural thinking.
CPE/CPD Credits: 1 Hour - FORMAL
Cost: $59.95 incl GST

Sydney Ancher 'An Australian Modernist' Part 2 SASM0523

Presenter: Stuart Murray
Description: Stuart recalls Syd Ancher as a self confessed anti-intellectual, and gives a personal insight into his work.
CPE/CPD Credits: 1 Hour - FORMAL
Cost: $59.95 incl GST

Sydney Ancher 'An Australian Modernist' Part 3 SAJH0523

Presenter: Jennifer Hill
Description: Jennifer Hill, in association with Docomomo, provides an overall survey of Syd Anchers architectural work.
CPE/CPD Credits: 1 Hour - FORMAL
Cost: $59.95 incl GST

Planning and Development by CORE VALUES LP0531

Presenter: Liam Proberts - Principal, Fairweather Proberts
Description: Liam outlines a simple but effective method for analysing a region or city, based on 'core values', and using these to effectively replan it.
CPE/CPD Credits: 1 Hour - FORMAL
Cost: $59.95 incl GST

Tranquility of Space MC0524

Presenter: Mark Cashman - Marsh Cashman Kooloos
Description: Mark Cashman uses his own experiences of place to define threads of what makes great space.
CPE/CPD Credits: 1 Hour - FORMAL
Cost: $59.95 incl GST

On edge | Off centre PF0530

Presenter: Paul Fairweather - Principal Fairweather Proberts
Description: Through his own architecture, Paul Fairweather examines the environmental, economic and political concerns that impact coastal architecture.
CPE/CPD Credits: 1 Hour - FORMAL
Cost: $59.95 incl GST

Common History BB0527

Presenter: Bud Brannigan - Architect
Description: Bud discusses how the recurrent themes of site, grids, structure, linear planning and reflective forms, have influenced his architectural work.
CPE/CPD Credits: 1 Hour - FORMAL
Cost: $59.95 incl GST

Vertical Green - Inevitable Gestures in Modern Cities VS0520

Presenter: Vladimir Sitta - Principal, Terragram
Description: From the premise that cities should be self-sustaining, landscape architect Vladimir Sitta discusses and resolves common misconceptions about the use of vegetation on or near architectural surfaces.
CPE/CPD Credits: 1 Hour - FORMAL
Cost: $59.95 incl GST

Access, Equity and Design MF0533

Presenter: Michael Fox AM
Description: This is a 'must do' course for all architects in Australia. It outlines the legal and technical requirements regarding access to and within the built environment.
CPE/CPD Credits: 1 Hour - FORMAL
Cost: $59.95 incl GST