This session explores how stair pressurisation systems—while often treated as purely technical—have a direct influence on architectural planning, spatial efficiency, and occupant life safety.
The Australian Apartment Advocacy (AAA) conducts research every two years to ascertain owners views about their apartments and what they love, would change and also buy next.
This session introduces architects to sensory design through a psychological and neuroscientific lens. It frames architectural practice as an active participant in regulating perception, attention, behaviour, meaning, wellbeing and health—mental health in particular. The session equips participants with a nascent theoretical, yet practical conceptual framework for design.
Using the HOTA Theatre on the Gold Coast as a case study, this session explores how Design with Country can be embedded from the earliest stages of project planning, briefing and procurement.
The Outline of Services – Consultation Draft is a major milestone developed by the Institute’s Large Practice Forum to support clarity and alignment between architects and clients throughout the life cycle of a project. This new resource proposes a consistent framework for architectural services across eight defined project stages.
Architects are increasingly navigating multiple sustainability and wellbeing frameworks, including Green Star, WELL, Passivhaus and the Living Building Challenge. While each system has a distinct origin, methodology and emphasis, there is significant overlap in their ambitions and outcomes. This Lean-In explores where these frameworks align, where they differ, and how architects can use them strategically […]
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