21 events Coming up
27 Mar 2012
Dark Matter & Trojan Horses: How might we use design strategically to build better cities – and societies – by redesigning our cultures of decision-making?
Designer and urbanist, Dan Hill has been leading the way in information and communication technologies since the early 1990s. Throughout a career focused on integrating design, technology, cities and people, Dan has been responsible for shaping ma...
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Free Public Lecture08 May 2012
Melbourne School of Design Dean's Lecture: Alternative Nature
The Founding Directors of innovative South Korean landscape design firm PARKKIM, Yoonjin Park and Jungyoon Kim will reveal their recent projects in this second Dean's Lecture for 2012. Yoonjin Park and Jungyoon Kim founded PARKKIM in 2004 to purs...
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Free Public Lecture25 Jun 2012
25 Jun – 27 Jul 9:00AM–7:00PM
Alumni Retrospective Exhibition: IDEA BUILDING, Lyons
A unique exhibition by Lyons will be held in the Wunderlich Gallery as part of ABP’s Alumni Retrospective Series. This high profile series celebrates the work of our alumni and highlights the extraordinary range and contribution they make to arch...
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Exhibition07 Aug 2012
Dean's Lecture: More, Not Less - Value Engineering for Architecture
Architect Caroline Bos, the third international speaker in the 2012 Melbourne School of Design's Dean's Lecture Series, will reveal the value of strategically designed subsidiary spaces in her public lecture. Cofounder of UNStudio (United Network...
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Free Public Lecture16 Sep 2012
Alexander North: An Architectural Free Spirit
This illustrated lecture examines the career of Alexander North, (1858–1945) a highlyaccomplished Britishborn Australian architect and contemporary of John Harry Grainger. North worked with architect James Cubitt before migrating to Australia in 1...
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Free Public Lecture02 Oct 2012
Dean's Lecture: Processes and Products: The Synergies of Building Information Modeling and Lean Construction in a Changing Construction Industry
Building Information Modelling (BIM) and Lean Construction are together bringing fundamental changes to the construction industry. BIM is the process of managing building data by using threedimensional, parametric, building modelling software to i...
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Free Public Lecture09 Oct 2012
Anthills to Labyrinths: Engineering Sustainable Architecture
Mapping his journey as an environmental engineer, Patrick Bellew, the engineer behind the Labyrinth at Federation Square will reflect on the changing influences and drivers of ‘green’ design, on the things and people that inspired him and the tech...
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Free Public Lecture19 Oct 2012
John Andrews - an international architectural star of late Modernism
John Andrews is one of Australia's most significant architects an international star of late Modernism, who forged a prominent career and reputation in Canada in the 1960s and 70s before returning to Australia. Mary Lou Lobsinger, an expert on A...
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Free Public Lecture20 Oct 2012
John Andrews - an international architectural star of late Modernism
John Andrews is one of the country's most significant architects an international star of late Modernism, who forged a prominent career and reputation in Canada in the 1960s and 70s before returning to Australia. The lineup of international and l...
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Symposium26 Nov 2012
Innovation becomes Tradition: Modern Architecture as Institutional Heritage in America
American colleges and universities have consistently sought to achieve an optimal balance of respect for tradition and embrace of innovation in their mission, academic programs and physical environment. As they have aged, the works of modernism ha...
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Free Public Lecture28 Nov 2012
Walking Tour of the Parkville Campus and Ormond College
Dr James Waghorne will lead an architectural historical tour of the University of Melbourne, exploring the way in which the University’s architectural features reflect shifts in its history over 160 years. The tour divides into four distinct perio...
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Other12 Dec 2012
Walking Tour of the Parkville Campus
Dr James Waghorne will lead an architectural historical tour of the University of Melbourne, exploring the way in which the University’s architectural features reflect shifts in its history over 160 years. The tour divides into four distinct perio...
21 Feb 2013
Architecture, Building and Planning Dean's Lecture featuring Peter Cook From Archigram to CRAB: Nosing Forward
In the first Architecture, Building and Planning Dean's Lecture of 2013, iconic British Architect, Professor Sir Peter Cook, will discuss his journey from Archigram, the avantgarde architectural group formed in the 1960s, to CRAB, the innovative p...
26 Feb 2013
ZEITGEIST I Lecture by Brian Donovan
The act of ‘making’ artefacts and then conserving them has consequences. The ZEITGEIST lecture program has been developed to explore this proposition through the contemporary eye of the ‘maker’. The inaugural speaker for Zeitgeist I is Mr Brian Do...
07 Mar 2013
Architecture, Building and Planning Agenda: More than One Way to Skin a Building
Introducing the new ABP AGENDA series, profiling the people and practices transforming our modern world. ABP AGENDA kicks off in 2013 with renowned New Yorkbased design critic and blogger, Alexandra Lange. Alexandra will join a panel of experts, ...
23 Apr 2013
Discovering the Deccan: Temples of Badami, Aihole and Pattadakal, 6th to 8th Centuries
The temples of the Early Chalky rulers constitute the largest and best preserved group of early Hindu and Jain monuments in India.Coinciding with the transition from rockcut to structural techniques, the temples are built in both the Northern Indi...
24 Apr 2013
Discovering the Deccan: Hampi Capital of the Vijayanagara Emperors, 14th to 16th Centuries
Vijayanagara, the ‘City of Victory’, was the greatest of all Hindu capitals in India. Its urban layout and architecture showcase the imperial ambitions and resources of its rulers. The surviving military, civic, palatial and sacred buildings encom...
26 Apr 2013
Discovering the Deccan: Sultanate Cities of Gulbarga, Bidar and Bijapur: 14th to 17th Centuries
The sultans of the Deccan commissioned fortified capitals with imposing gateways, luxurious places, and grandly conceived mosques and royal tombs. These diverse buildings reflected the direct cultural and artistic links between the Deccan and the ...
07 May 2013
Graduate Study Expo: You future is waiting for you
The Graduate Study Expo showcases all the graduate study options, coursework, and research available at the University. Representatives from our wide range of graduate schools and faculties, and departments such as Melbourne Scholarships, Interna...
14 May 2013
Architecture, Building and Planning Dean's Lecture: Gregg Pasquarelli, Out of Practice
Gregg Pasquarelli, American Architect and a founding partner of SHoP Architects of New York, will join the internationally renowned speakers of the Dean's Lecture Series on 14 May this year, as he presents his lecture, Out of Practice. Gregg, wi...
17 May 2013
17 May – 14 Jun 9:00AM–5:00PM
Architecture, Building and Planning Alumni Survey Exhibition
This winter The Faculty of Architecture, Building and Planning (ABP) plays host to an exciting exhibition which gives rare insight into the design process of architectural practice DENTON CORKER MARSHALL. The exhibition is part of ABP’s Alumni Su...