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The article profiles Richard Johnson, a Royal Australian Institute of Architects (RAIA) gold medalist. Johnson was educated in Sydney at the University of New South Wales, graduating in 1969 with First Class Honours and the RAIA Silver Medal. He has served the community in various capacities including, most recently, as a member of the board of Australian Technology Park and the Redfern-Waterloo Authority. He has lectured and taught widely and has been an Adjunct Professor at the University of New South Wales since 1999.

The article offers information on the winners of the 2007 Royal Australian Institute of Architects (RAIA) National Architecture Awards. The categories for the awards include Small Project Architecture, Houses, Public Architecture and Interior Architecture. Donovan Hill and Peddle Thorp received the Sir Zelman Cowen Award for Public Architecture for its design of the State Library of Queensland. Architectus received the National Award for Public Architecture for its design of the Gallery of Modern Art in Queensland.

The article announces several awards given by the Royal Australian Institute for Architects to architectural firms including Haskell Architects, Rosevear Architects and Morrison and Breytenbach.

The article presents a speech by Kerry Hill, the 2006 Royal Australian Institute of Architects' gold medallist, delivered at the School of Architecture and Fine Arts, University of Western Australia, October 25, 2006. He focuses on the pleasure of architecture. He also talks about some of the principles that inform their work. He said, the aim of architects is to emphasize the importance of sensual experience and an intuitive approach over theoretical speculation.

The article provides information on the Royal Australian Institute of Architects State Awards in Queensland and Victoria. The Institutional FDG Stanley Award was given to James & Mary Emelia Mayne Centre designed by Wilson Architects. The Residential Robin Dods Award was presented to Brookes Street House designed by James Russell Architect. The Victorian Architecture Medal was given to Yve Apartments designed by Wood Marsh Architecture.

The article presents the speculation of the speakers on architecture during the Royal Australian Institute for Architects conference. Paolo Tombesi said that in Behind the Post-Modern Facade, 1993, Magali Sarfatti Larson notes that professions such as architecture, characterized by the pervasiveness of a common cultural discourse, find social cohesion through difference.

A list of the recipients of state awards in the lead-up to the Royal Australian Institute for Architects National Awards is presented including Clarence Family Day Care Offices by 1+2 Architecture 01, TAFE Clarence Campus Redevelopment by Jacob Allom Wade Architects, and Woodbridge Residence by DesignInc 02.

Features the winners of the 2002 Royal Australian Institute of Architects National Awards. RMIT Biosciences Building for the Sir Zelman Cowen award for public buildings; Lavarack Barracks Redevelopment Stage 2, Living in Accommodation and Messes, Townsville for the Robin Boyd award for residential buildings; Sidney Myer Music Bowl for the Burley Griffin award for urban design.

Presents the recipients of the Royal Australian Institute of Architects National Awards 2001. Melbourne Museum in Victoria which was designed by Denton Corker Marshall company; D House residential building in Brisbane, Queensland which was designed by Donovan Hill Architects company; Mansion Hotel in Werribee, Melbourne which was designed by Wood Marsh Architecture company with Rice & Skinner Architecture and Interior Design company.

Features several building and interior designs in Australia honored by the Royal Australian Institute of Architects. University of Newcastle by Suters Architects with Stutchbury & Pape; Ansett Sydney Domestic Terminal Redevelopment by Bligh Voller Nield; Velodrome by Ryder Associates Architects and Ryder SJPH Architects.

Profiles Keith Cottier, an architect and recipient of the 2001 Gold Medal from the Royal Australian Institute of Architects. Contributions to architecture and building conservation in Australia; Education and career; Description of some of his projects; Interest in residential architecture; Description of his personal life.

Focuses on the winners of the 2000 national awards from the Royal Australian Institute of Architects. Scientia building by MGT Architects; Emery residence by Denton Corker Marshall; Saint Stephen's Chapel by Robin Gibson & Partners; RMIT University by Peter Elliott Architects; 363 George Street in Sydney by Denton Corker Marshall; Kew residence by John Wardle Architects.

Lists the winners of the 2000 architecture awards of the Royal Australian Institute of Architects. Top buildings in New South Wales; George Temple Poole Award of the international airport at the Royal Australian Air Force Base; Award won by the Catholic Theological College in Victoria.

Profiles John Morphett, retired chairman of Hassell company. Award received from the Royal Australian Institute of Architects; Photographs of his architectural projects; Educational and career background.

Lists the winners of the 1999 Royal Australian Institute of Architects National Awards on October 15, 1999 in Melbourne, Victoria. Categories of the award; Description; Jury verdict; Murcutt Lewin Lark's Boyd Centre at Riversdake, New South Wales (NSW); Denton Corker Marshall's Sheep Farm house at Melbourne, Victoria; Jahn Associates' Grant House at Surry Hills, NSW.

Presents information regarding the Royal Australian Institute of Architects (RAIA) Awards program for architecture in Australian states in 1999. Architectural projects without any citation; Popular choice for the Harold Desbrowe-Annear Award; Reassurance given by awards convenor Lu Balsamo.

Presents information on the awards given by the Royal Australian Institute of Architects for excellence in architecture. Background information on the origin of the award; Significance of the award.

Unveils the recipients of the 1997 Royal Australian Institute of Architects (RAIA) state awards. Freeman Leeson's house at Tranquil Bay; Northern grandstand at the Brisbane Cricket Ground by Daryl Jackson; Metier 3's Country Road headquarters.

Focuses on the upcoming 1996 Royal Australian Institute of Architects (RAIA) state architecture awards. Includes the nominees in the various chapters and categories; Comments on the jury; Snubbing of prominent projects by the judges.

The authors offers comments on the Australian Institute of Architects' 2012 National Architecture Awards held in Perth, Western Australia on November 1. One author thinks that the filtering process on which the award system is constructed does not give proper weight to the diversity of architectural production in Australia. Another author criticizes the limited information about the architectural projects available on the institute's website.

The article discusses the highlights of the Royal Australian Institute of Architects national conference in 2007. The conference featured Departure Lounge sessions hosted by the conference's creative director, Timothy Hill. According to Timothy Hill, the Departure Lounge sessions were intended to be conversational in tone, leading to stimulating improvised discussions.

The article discusses the highlights of the Royal Australian Institute of Architects (RAIA) conference in 2007. Timothy Hill, director of the RAIA, intended the conference to be participatory, collegial and refreshed. The conference started with the pronouncement of the death of the hero. The conference activities include Mark Burry's reframed design research and the session rewarding Enrico Taglietti.

Presents information on the winners of the Royal Australian Institute of Architects' state awards in Australia in 2000. Background on the award programs of four Australian states; Awardees from South Australia; Recipients from Australian Capital Territory; List of winners from Queensland; Citations in Northern Territory.

Presents information on the Royal Australian Institute of Architects (RAIA) awards which are to be revealed in Brisbane on November 24, 1995. Candidates for awards.

Provides information on a house designed as a tower in Adelaide, South Australia which received an Award of Merit from the Royal Australian Institute of Architects in 2000.

Features the industrial architecture of a house and studio in Melbourne, Victoria which received the 2000 Award of Merit from the Royal Australian Institute of Architects.

Several letters to the editor are presented in response to articles in previous issues including a legal loophole to downgrade the Royal Australian Institute of Architects, the design of the new badge graphics and the twenty-first-century Institute national conferences.

The article discusses the highlights of the Indigenous Housing Conference held in Australia. This was called the Which Way? conference, which was aimed to shape the future of housing for indigenous communities and an initiative of the Royal Australian Institute of Architects National Indigenous Housing Task Force. Which Way? began with a session on Indigenous housing ideology entitled "Mainstreaming", and over the following seven sessions delved into a broad range of issues, including health, community capacity building and home ownership, among others.

The author comments on the outcomes of the 2007 Royal Australian Institute of Architects (RAIA) National Architecture Awards. He claims that a number of awards across several categories indicate the social responsibilities of the profession. He cites two themes that represent two facets of architectural ideas that interact to provide tension in the shaping of the country's architecture. He mentions three awarded residential schemes.

The article considers proposals submitted to the Royal Australian Institute of Architects (RAIA) for the Venice Architecture Biennale exhibition in Italy. A joint Queensland University of Technology/University of Queensland proposal seeks to exploit international interest in the cultivated mystique surrounding Australian architecture's engagement with landscape and climate. The proposal by Lawrence Nield, John Gollings and David Pidgeon plays to international stereotypes by drawing upon Xavier Herbert's novel "Capricornia."

The article features the Memorial Hall of Melbourne Grammar School in Victoria designed by Peter Elliott Architecture and Urban Design, which received a jury citation for the Lachlan MacQuarie Award for Heritage from the Royal Australian Institute of Architects. The Memorial Hall has been reaffirmed as an icon building in the school campus. Establishment of a ceremonial entry and address conditions and the creation of a fitting setting for the hall, has contributed to the aesthetic, historic and social value of this place.

The article features Sydney Hilton hotel designed by Johnson Pilton Walker, which received a jury citation for the Award for Commercial Buildings from the Royal Australian Institute of Architects. This major refurbishment of the flagship hotel of an international chain offers a model of urban responsiveness, powerfully enhancing the commercial viability of the development. The previously internalized spaces have been turned inside out and offered back to the city while, at the same time, they embrace their surroundings.

The article features the Melbourne Central designed by Ashton Ragatt McDougall, which received a jury citation for the Walter Burley Griffin Award for Urban Design from the Royal Australian Institute of Architects. This complex is formed through the skilled redesign of an existing commercial complex. It offers a microcosm of the city, following older patterns of movement across the site, and allowing a legible network of movement both into the site and back into the city.

The article features the Challenger Tafe Maritime Centre in Australia designed by Cow Howlett + Bailey Woodland, which received a jury citation for the Colorbond Steel Award from the Royal Australian Institute of Architects. The TAFE building responds to its maritime context of existing wharf shed forms and a corrosive, uncompromising sea edge environment. Sawtooth roofs were selected to develop three distinct, two-storey connected shed forms.

The article features the Robin Boyd House II in Australia designed by Grounds Romberg & Boyd, which received a jury citation for the 25 Year Award from the Royal Australian Institute of Architects. This is the house Robin Boyd built for his family in 1958. The best domestic architecture is a laboratory where ideas about domesticity, structure and technology are tested and explored, and even imagined. Boyd's own house remains an exemplar of this highest ambition of domestic architecture.

The article features the Brickpit Ring in Australia designed by Durbach Block Architects, which received a jury citation for the National Jury Award from the Royal Australian Institute of Architects. The physical intervention of the Brickpit Ring is an extremely delicate and sensitive approach to this fragile site. The ring walkway sits on top of a slender, steel-braced cruciform structure, which appears extremely thin and allows minimal connections through its columns onto the brickpit floor.

The article features Sukhumvit SOI 53 Apartments in Bangkok, Thailand designed by Kerry Hill Architects, which received a jury citation for International Award from the Royal Australian Institute of Architects. The strength of the rectilinear geometries of the apartments is enriched by the fine grain of timber screens and by solid masonry enclosures. Clear graphic order of architectural elements and a commitment to beautifully considered detail are a consistent theme in the oeuvre of this practice.

The article features a house on Rochalie Drive in Singapore designed by WOHA, which received a jury citation for International Award from the Royal Australian Institute of Architects. The concept for the house developed as a huge veranda, closed to the street and open to the lawn and gardens of the site beyond. Beneath a grand cantilevered roof form are two levels of accommodation. The ground floor provides all the client's living requirements, while the upper level is for visitors.

The article features the Australia-based Deutsche Bank designed by Bligh Voller Nield, which received a jury citation for the Award for Interior Architecture from the Royal Australian Institute of Architects. This sophisticated interior aligns seamlessly with the corporate culture of Deutsche Bank. It combines a tangible efficiency with a smart and contemporary design edge that skillfully profiles and distinguishes the client image while remaining sympathetic to the design of the base building.

The article features the St. Andrews Beach House designed by Sean Godsell Architects, which received a jury citation for the Robin Boyd Award for Residential Buildings from the Royal Australian Institute of Architects. Singular in its intent and beautifully spare in its materiality, this house is as resonant as a finely tuned musical instrument. This work investigates the essential relationship between architecture and nature. Internally the house provides a haven from the ravages of coastal storms.

The article discusses the 2006 Royal Australian Institute of Architects' National Architecture Awards from the view of an Awards jury. The jury was aware of the work that has been undertaken by the National Awards Taskforce. The jury concurs with the Taskforce that all projects should address the range of issues of sustainability as fundamental considerations in the development of the design. Projects should demonstrate how architecture can intelligently integrate sustainable initiatives as is essential for our future.

The article offers news on issues and events related to architecture in Australia. The 2006 Royal Australian Institute of Architects National Award jury is listed. The ten finalists of the Bombay Sapphire Design Discovery Award are cited. Gold Coast architect Ron Burling passed away on June 24, 2006.

Presents news briefs related to architecture in Australia as of November 2001. Agreement reached by the Royal Australian Institute of Architecture with the Advertising Federation of Australia; Decision by the jury for the Ultimo Aquatic Centre design competition in New South Wales that there is no winner among the stage two project proposals; Death of Neil Hanson, state director for Bligh Voller Nield company on August 26, 2001.

Presents news briefs about architecture as of May 2001. Tasmania-based architects who made a glass house addition in California; Reorganization of the company Spowers; Efforts of the Royal Australian Institute of Architects to stop the refurbishment of the Dickson Library in the Australian Capital Territory.

Presents updates on architecture as of January 2001. Information on the exhibition `Translation and Transcription [1:0]' in London, England; Development of a regulation model by the Royal Australian Institute of Architects; Launching of the Quality Design and Sustainability Assessment Kit for Canberra by the government of the Australian Capital Territory.

Reports on the winners of the 2000 Royal Australian Institute of Architects (RAIA) and Broken Hill Proprietary (BHP) Colorbond Steel Student Biennale architecture awards. Winner of the BHP Steel Design prize; Criteria used by the jury; Amount won by Lewis Hunt of the faculty of architecture, building and planning at the University of Melbourne; RAIA traveling exhibition.

The author discusses his involvement with the Royal Australian Institute of Architects beginning 1995 when he signed up as a Graduate Member. Topics covered include how the Institute helped the author in the establishment of the architectural firm Jackson Clements Burrows Architects in 1999, the positions he held in the Institute, such as chapter president of the Victorian Chapter Council, and the role played by the National Council in responding to challenges within the organization.

The author offers updates on the activities of the Australian Institute of Architects (AIA) as of May 2015. Topics discussed include the 2015 National Architecture Conference with the theme "risk" to be held by the AIA, the Institute's push for gender equity including its establishment of the National Committee for Gender Equity, and its support for the State Environmental Planning Policy Number 65 (SEPP65). It also mentions president Jon Clements who starts office in May 2015.

Presents information on the Crackenback House in the New South Wales mountain village of Thredbo, Melbourne, which was awarded the 1997 Royal Australian Institute of Architects National Architecture's Commendation for Housing. Who designed the house; Interior and exterior design of the house; Views from the award jury on the design of the house.

Features the St. Vincents Aged Care Centre, which was awarded the 1997 Royal Australian Institute of Architects National Architecture's Commendation for Commercial Environment Citation. Location of the centre; Who designed the centre; Design of the centre; Jury's views on the design of the centre.