The Australian Architecture Association (AAA) was set up in 2004 as a not-for-profit organisation to promote the understanding of both local and world
architecture in Australia. The
Chicago Architecture Foundation (CAF) is used as the model for the development of the organisation.
History
In late 2004, the Australian Architecture Association began to offer talks by internationally renowned architects as the Black Talk Series. In 2005, regular architecture tours showcasing important
buildings and architecture of Sydney
The architecture of Sydney, Australia’s oldest city, is not characterised by any one architectural style, but by an extensive juxtaposition of old and new architecture over the city's 200-year history, from its modest beginnings with local m ...
led by volunteer tour leaders began in Sydney city and architecturally significant suburbs of
Surry Hills and
Castlecrag. In 2006, the Australian Architecture Association started the annual Sydney Architecture Festival on World Architecture Day, first Monday of every October, with the
Australian Institute of Architects
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and the New South Wales Architects Registration Board.
Founding Committee
The founding committee has a mix of architects, marketing professionals and publicists. The founding President is
Glenn Murcutt, winner of the 2002
Pritzker Prize
The Pritzker Architecture Prize is an international architecture award presented annually "to honor a living architect or architects whose built work demonstrates a combination of those qualities of talent, vision and commitment, which has produ ...
and the founding committee are, Wendy Lewin,
Harry Seidler, Richard Johnson, James Grose, Ian Moore,
Alex Popov, David Bare and Manu Siitonen. Supporting them are the founding directors, Stella de Vulder and Annette Dearing.
External links
Official Web Site
Architecture organisations based in Australia
Non-profit organisations based in New South Wales
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