Thursday Night Lectures, Archive

Thursday Night Lectures investigate wide-ranging interdisciplinary ideas about the culture of architecture, planning and allied arts. The series seeks to stimulate debate amongst professionals, the University and wider communities.
(Initiated and coordinated by Anna Rubbo)

(In reverse chronological order since March 1995):

1995: July, March
1996: July, March
1997: July, March
1999: July, March
2000: July, March
2001: July, March
2002: July, March
2003: July, March
2004: July, March
2005: July, March
2006: July, March
2007: July, March

March 1995

March 23	Phil Jacobson, University of Washington, Seattle "The Modern Movement in Scandinavia"
April 13	Sophie Watson, Professor of Planning, University of Sydney "Metropolis When? Planning for Multiculturalism in a Post Modern World"
May 4	Michael Taussig, Department of Anthropology, Columbia University, USA " Freeways and the Sacred"
May 18	John Reps, Emeritus professor, USA "Canberra: Lost Plans and Forgotten Contestants of an Internal Planning Competition"
June 1	Peter Myers, architect, Sydney "From Schinkel to Sulman: Little Known treasures in the Folio Collection"
June 15	Tone Wheeler, Department of Architecture, University of Sydney "Towards New Housing Typologies"

July 1995

July 13	Lawrence Nield "Contemporary Architecture: Financial Texturing Takes Over"
July 27	Richard Coyne, department of Architectural Science, University of Sydney " Digital Disclosures: The Best and Worst of Being Wired"
August 3	Mark Robbins, University of Ohio, USA " Reading Architecture to Understand Culture"
August 31	Jennifer Taylor, Department of Architecture, University of Sydney "Japan and the Technological Encounter"
September 14	Deborah White, Department of Architecture, University of Adelaide "Out of Place and Out of Site? Women in Architecture in the 1990s"
September 28	Anna Rubbo, Department of Architecture, University of Sydney "Marion Mahony Griffin: Architect"
October 12	Ross Thorne, Department of Architecture, University of Sydney "Theatres and Fantasy"
October 26	Joan Domicelj, ICOMOS International, Paris "World Heritage: Where is it Going?"
November 2	Serge Domicelj, Professor of Planning, University of Sydney "Cultural Planning in Asian Cities"

March 1996

March 28	Doug Kelbaugh, University of Washington. Seattle "Paved with Good Intentions: Suburbia and the Cost of Sprawl"
April 4	Peter Droege. Professor of Urban Design, Faculty of Architecture " Intelligent Environments: Spatial Impacts of Information Technology"
April 24	Chris Johnson, NSW Government Architect "Public Architecture in a Changing World'
May 9	Bettina Cass, Social Work and Social Policy, university of Sydney "Redesigning Housing Policy and Urban Space"
May 23	Jan Wampler, Architecture, MIT, Boston " Globalisation, Housing and the Developing World"
June 6	Keith Billings, Department of Architecture, University of Sydney "Design is neither Art nor Science"

July 1996

July 25	Col James, Department of Architecture, University of Sydney "The International Housing Agenda Post habitat 11"
August 8	Hugo Hinsley, Architectural Association, London "Sustainable Housing and Sustaining Urban Life"
August 22	Maurry Shaw, architect, Byron Bay "The Architect Within"
September 19	Swetik Korzeniewski, Department of Architecture, University of Sydney "The Belly of the Architect'
October 10	Craig Burton, department of Architecture, University of Sydney "Architecture as landscape in Australia"
October 24	Elspeth Probyn, Women's Studies, University of Sydney "Looking at Spatiality through the Lens of Cultural Studies"
November 21	Therese Kenyon, Art Workshop, and Robyn Backen, artist "Artists with a Specific Site"

March 1997

April 17	Hendrik Wieland, architect and planner MAA, Austria "WEST meets EAST over Housing and Other Buildings: Architecture, Sustainability and the Real Politic of Practice"
May 1	James Weirick, Professor of Landscape Architecture, UNSW "Sydney: Development Dilemmas of the Olympic City"
May 15	Richard Harris, Professor of Geography, McMaster University, Canada "North American Suburbs, 1900-1950: Reconstruction"
May 29	Paul-Alan Johnson, Visiting Scholar, University of Sydney "The Cahill Expressway and the Circular Quay Railway: Revisiting the Design Ideas" July semster 1997- do you have that on file?March semester 1998
March 26	Mark Goulthorpe, dECOi architects, Paris Smectic State: the psychological and technical implications of the 'second' machine age for architectural production.
April 2	Thomas Leeser, Leeser Architecture NY, Adjunct Professor Columbia University "www.leeser.com" co-hosted by the NSW RAIA Chapter
April 9	Peter Kohane.Visiting Scholar, University of Sydney "Nature into Architecture: The Buildings of Itsuko Hasegawa and Ashton Raggatt and McDougall" introduction: Swetik Korzeniewski
April 30	Made Wijaya,Wijaya Tribwana International, Bali, http://www/strangerinparadise.com "Theatrical Nature: setting for dream homes and romantic gardens" co-hosted by the University of Sydney Architecture Alumni Association
May 14	John Lea, Department of Architecture, Planning and Allied Arts "Conservation versus development: the future of permanent communities in Kakadu and Lord Howe Island World Heritage Sites"

July 1998

July 30	Michael Spens Architect, historian (University of Dundee, Scotland),Director of Viipuri Library Appeal (UK) "Repositioning Aalto" respondent: Bob Woodward, Architect (Sydney) co-hosted by the University of Sydney Architecture Alumni Society
September 3	Peter Myers, Architect (Sydney) "Utzon at 80"
October 8	H. Allen Brooks, Architectural historian ( University of Toronto, Canada) "The Griffins and the Prairie School " Co-hosted with the Powerhouse Museum in connection with the exhibition Beyond architecture: Marion Mahony and Walter Burley Griffin in America, Australia and India. Exhibition viewing 5.30. Lecture 6.30. Coles Theatre, Powerhouse Museum.
October 22	Joseph Buch, Architectural historian (USA) "In-between Realms: what is "Dutch" about Netherlands Architecture?"

March 1999

March 11	Merilyn Fairskye: visual artist "Material World: Art, Architecture and the Visual Realm' introduction: Anna Rubbo
March 18	Andrejs Skabursis, Planner, Queens University, Canada "Determinants of Household Formation and Housing Choice: The Future dream"
April 1	Christopher Tuckfield, Sydney filmmaker "Renzo Piano: interpreting the man and his work through film"
April 29	Andrew Burges, architect, Bligh Voller Nield Pty Ltd, Sydney "Hopscotch and Threshold: Five Tales of travel in the Twentieth century" co-hosted with the Architecture Alumni Association
May 6	Brian McGrath, architect, New York "Transparent Cities: A critique of post modern urban design"
May 20	Christine Vadasz, architect, Byron Bay "The Challenge of Staying Green: recent work"

July 1999

August 5	Chao Chung-Sheng: Chaoyong University of Technology, Taiwan " Nature and people: Aspects of Chinese Traditional Gardens"
August 26	Richard LePlastrier, Architect, 1999 RAIA Gold Medallist " A few things on one's mind: reflections on architecture today"
September 16	Lorraine Serrena, Artistic Director WBB, USA " Women Beyond Borders: Building a World Community of Artists", lecture in conjunction with exhibition at the Tin Sheds Gallery, 154 City Rd.
September 23	Richard Francis-Jones, Partner, MGT Architects " Speed, Slowness and Contemporary Modernism" co-hosted by the University of Sydney Architecture Alumni Association
October 14	Janet Laurence, Mixed media and installation artist "The Space between Matter and Memory" co-hosted by Women in Architecture, RAIA
October 21	Liu Kaiji, Architect, Beijing, Vice President Chinese Institute of Architects "Chinese Architecture: Reviewing the Twentieth Century" co-hosted with Research Institute for Humanities and Social Sciences & the Department of Chinese Studies

March 2000

March 9	2000 Alumni Lecture Lindsay and Kerry Clare, Design Directors, PWD Clare Design: Strategies and Choices" co-hosted with the Architecture Alumni Association
March 23	Lucy Turnbull, City of Sydney Deputy Lord Mayor and chair of the Planning Committee. "Urban Consolidation and Design: Negotiating the Maze of Competing Issues"
May 4	Peter Myers, architect, Sydney "The First Monument of the Third City:Professor H.Ingham Ashworth's Visionary Strategy for the Sydney Opera House"
May 18	Ian McDougall, Ashton Raggatt McDougall, Melbourne. "ARM Big and Little Projects"
June 2	Leslie Weismann, Professor of Architecture, NJIT, New York "Creating the Universally Designed City: Prospects for the New Century" co-hosted with Women in Architecture. RAIA

July 2000

July 20	Davina Jackson former editor Architecture Australia and Chris Johnson Government Architect and Adjunct Professor " Australian Architecture Now"
July 27	Kristine Sodersten, Faculty of Architecture "Reconceptualising Design Education"
August 10	Gevork Hartoonian, Faculty of Architecture Frank Gehry: A Note in Fantasie
August 24	Liang-gao Zhang, Professor and Architect, Huazhong University, Hubei, China Form, Space and Colour in Chinese Traditional Architecture"
August 31	Iain Borden, Director of Architectural History and Theory, The Bartlett, University College The Unknown City: Architectures and Urban Experiences
October 26	Mary Lou Maher and John Gero, Faculty of Architecture "Virtual Architecture and Web Based Agents"

March 2001

March 1	Lars Gemzoe, architect/writer, Copenhagen " Humanising Public Spaces: Cities with a Vision for Public Space Design from around the World"
March 15	David McNeill , College of Fine Arts, UNSW "Globalisation and Culture: Artists in a Brave New World"
March 22	Andrew Benjamin , Professor of Philosphy, Warwick University "Surface Effects" Co-hosted with Department of Philosophy
March 29	Pamille Berg, Mitchell Guirgola Thorp Architects "Artists and architects in the public realm"
April 5	Wayne Edgtton, Facilities Manager, Domain Consultants "Stadium Australia: Built for a Long Life" co-hosted with the Architecture Alumni Association
May 3	Special session: "Writing a grant proposal" This year $65000 is available to registered architects, recent graduates and architecture students through the Board of Architects’ Byera Hadley Scholarship. Former winners will speak about their projects, and academics from NSW architecture schools will offer advice on writing successful proposals. Co-hosted with UTS, UNSW and University of Newcastle
May 10	Martine de Maeseneer , architect,/teacher ,Belgium. "Retracings: Reflections on 10 years of practice" co-hosted with RAIA Women in Architecture
May 24	Gustavo Jimenez, architect / teacher, Manizales, Colombia "Vernacular and Contemporary Design: The enigmatic face of Latin American Architecture"

July 2001

August 16	Jennifer Taylor, Professor, Queensland University of Technology Yemen: An Extraordinary Architecture for an Extraordinary land
August 30	Michael Fox, Director, Access Australia "Access- No Longer an Option: Responsibilities and Opportunities
September 6	Sally Gray, Cultural Consultant "Creating a Gateway to Australia: the Art at Work public art program at Sydney International Airport
September 13	Kim Smith and Bo Helliwell, Principals, Blue Sky Architecture,Vancouver Traces of Time and Place: Canada’s West Coast Architecture
September 18	Neil Leach, Professor of Architectural Theory, University of Bath " e-Futures: Designing for a Digital World"
October 11	John McInerney, Commisioner for Land and Planning, Canberra; Director, City Plan Services, Sydney "The Professional Town Planner: Philosopher King or Municipal Dogcatcher"
October 18,	The Vice Chancellor’s Sesquicentenary Distinguished Lecture Series Aldo Guirgola. MGT Architects, Adjunct Professor, Faculty of Architecture An Itinerary of Architecture

March 2002

March 28	Professor Tom Heneghan, Chair of Architecture at the Faculty of Architecture at the University of Sydney. Ten years in Japan: Works by Tom Heneghan
April 11	Adjunct Professor Chris Johnson. NSW Government Architect. "Geometries of Power: Imperial Cities of Delhi"
May 2	Gevork Hartoonian. Teaches History, Theory and Design at the Architecture at the Faculty of Architecture at the University of Sydney A-Tectonic: Roofing the Wrap, Wrapping the Roof
May 9	Naomi Stead.Teaches Architectural Theory at the University of Technology Sydney Publicity, Populism, and Popular Culture: Reading the National Museum of Australia
May 23	Professor Fred Collignon.Professor of Planning - University of California at Berkeley Infrastructure Planning Problems in California
May 30	Anton James. Anton James is a landscape architect and artist. ANTON JAMES DESIGN: RECENT PROJECTS
June 6	Michael Fox.Sydney Architect and access consultant Access - No Longer an Option: Responsibilities and Opportunities.

July 2002

22 August	Professor Tom Kvan - Dean of the Faculty of Architecture, University of Hong Kong "Computer augmented learning in the design studio: Theory and practice"
29 August	Dr Bronwyn Hanna - Author of "Women Architects in Australia 1900-1950" with Julie Willis "Why have there been no great women architects (in Australia)?" Introduction: Associate Professor Anna Rubbo Preceded by the opening of an Exhibition of student work from the the B.Arch Open Studio and the launch of Dispatch 5.30pm and after the lecture –Level 3 Wilkinson Building
5 September	Dr Peter Armstrong - Sulman Medal Winner 2002 Architecture and Memory
12 September	Associate Professor Anna Rubbo - University of Sydney Globalisation, education and 'an architecture of decency'"
19 September	Dr Elizabeth Farrelly - Architecture Critic, Sydney Morning Herald "East Circular Quay: architecture v. democracy"
17 October	Patrick Clifford - award winning architect, co-founder of Architectus Talking about his own past and current architectural work
24 October	Professor Ilgi Askun - Mimar Sinan University, Department of Restoration, Istanbul "Turkey's Place in the World's Cultural Heritage".
31 Oct	Dr Andrew Benjamin "In what style should we build?" The Architecture of the Cosmopolitan.
Nov 7	Associate Professor John Toon - University of Sydney "Reflections on the Planning of Sydney"

March 2003

March 13	Dr Tom Uren AO, and Richard LePlastrier, architect "Sydney Harbour Dreaming: A Dialogue"
March 27	Peter Davidson, Lab architecture studio, Melbourne " the black swan of trespass
April 17	Dr David Week, Assai : culture driven projects "500 Schools in Laos"
May 1	Adjunct A/Professor Paul Pholeros "Housing for Health"
May 15	Janet Laurence, artist Elemental Spaces: Art and Healing
May 29	Dr Gevork Hartoonian, Faculty of Architecture 'The Limelight of the House-Machine'

July 2003

July 31	Professor Terry Smith, Art Historian Department of the History of Art and Architecture. University of Pittsburgh,USA "Affect Architecture: Bilbao, Ground Zero and Beyond" Introduction: Harry Margalit
August 14	Professor Elizabeth Grosz, Philosopher Women's and Gender Studies, Rutgers University, USA "Deleuze and Space" Introduction: Andrew Benjamin Co-hosted with Art History and Theory, and Gender Studies
August 28	Stephen Varady , Architect, Sydney "Architecture as Imagination made Solid" Introduction: Tom Heneghan
September 11	Catherine Hart, Development Manager, Lend Lease Development "Women Build: Making Better Places for People" Introduction: Anna Rubbo
September 18	Col James, Faculty of Architecture "CRASH Sydney: the underbelly of the Architect" Imtroduction: Caroline Pidcock
September 25	Richard Goodwin, Artist "Porosity and the Contemporary Urban Fabric" Introduction : Glen Hill
October 9*	Richard Johnson, Architect , Johnson Pilton Walker with specialist inputs by Richard Hough Engineer, Arup & Andrew Nicol, Arup Acoustics "Celebrating Joern Utzon: The Future of the Opera House" Introduction: Tom Heneghan
October 23	Dr Vivienne Milligan, Housing Analyst "How Different? Housing Assistance Policies and their Impacts in Australia and the Netherlands" Introduction: Peter Phibbs

March 2004

March 18	Andrew Andersons, PTW Architects Sydney Theatre: Designing for the Performing Arts introduction: Trevor Howells
Tuesday March 30 Eastern Avenue Auditorium, 6-8pm	Georg Gewers, Berlin and Ludwig Wappner, Munich Future Modernisms: Aspects of Contemporary German Architecture introduction: Adjunct Professor Chris Johnson
April 1	Professor Louis Albrechts, Catholic University Leuven, Belgium Planners as Catalysts for Action introduction : A/Professor John Toon
April 22	Martin Butterworth, Space Syntax , Sydney Evidenced-based Urban Regeneration of Cities introduction: Barrie Shelton
May 6	Greg Burgess, Gregory Burgess Architects. Melbourne. 2004 RAIA Gold Medallist Recent Work introduction: Colin James
May 13	Professor Lisa Findley, CCAC, California Found in Translation: Architecture and Cultural Politics introduction: Professor Tom Heneghan
May 27	John Gollings, photographer, Melbourne Architectural Photography in the Digital Age introduction: A/Professor Anna Rubbo

July 2004

August 19	'Contact Zone': The Biennale and Architecture Dr. Charles Merewether, 2006 Sydney Biennale Director
August 26	Computers and Design Creativity Professor John Gero, Faculty of Architecture
September 2	Smart Buildings and the Digital World Professor Mary Lou Maher, Dr Andrew Vande Moere and Dr Kirsty Beilharz, Faculty of Architecture
September 9	The Culture of Building John McAslan, John McAslan + Partners, UK
September 23	Ancient Rome in the Eyes of the Beholder: Virtual Reality Models and Academia Professor Diane Favro, Architecture & Urban Design, UCLA
October 7	Future House: Imagining the Future Chris Johnson, Adjunct Professor and NSW Government Architect
October 14	Society, Behaviour and the Built Environment Professor Gary Moore, Associate Professor Anna Rubbo, and Dr Duanfang Lu, Faculty of Architecture
October 21	Crossing Boundaries: Architecture, Urban Design and Planning Professor Tom Heneghan, Barrie Shelton, Professor Ed Blakely, Faculty of Architecture

March 2005

March 17	Dr. Peter Fisher, Central Queensland University Tilting or tipping points: abrupt climate change, what does it mean for planning cities?
March 24	A/Professor Anna Rubbo , Joshua Morrin, Alan Miller Global Studio, and new modes of practice: UIA Congress Istanbul , 2005'
April 7	Dr David Week, Director, Assai, Sydney The Aceh reconstruction process R. Nagarayan, Planner, India The Bitsunami Project - the challenges of the Tsunami
April 21	Dr. Cameron Tonkinwise, Director of Design Studies, UTS & Convenor of the Society for Responsible Design & its Change Design project. Dematerialism and the Art of Seeing Living or Why Architecture's Self-Images lead to McMansions
April 28	Peter Cookson-Smith, Director, Urbis, Hong Kong “Regeneration through Urban Design in Hong Kong and China”
May 19	Prof. Dr. Friedmund Hueber Ephesus: The Remains of a Built History
June 2	Joseph Buch, University of Sydney Istanbul's great architect- Mimar Sinan and his mosques

July 2005

July Semester 2005
August 11	Award-winning architects Neil Durbach and Camilla Block discuss their recent work. DURBACH + BLOCK http://www.sydneydesign.com.au/sd05/talks.php
August 25	Elizabeth Grosz, philosopher, Rutgers University 'Chaos, territory and art'
September 1	Neil Durbach, Durbach Block 'Recent work'
September 8	Thomas Lorenz, Vienna University of Technology 'Space invaders'
September 15	Richard Francis-Jones, FJMT 'Two new projects at the University of Sydney: The Law School and School of Information Technology'
October 4	Jo Noero, Noero Wolf Architects. Director, School of Architecture, University of Capetown 'The everyday, architecture and low-income communities: The museum of struggle' and Global studio, Istanbul: Genevieve Blanchett, Jason Fraser, Josh Morrin, Lara O'Reilly, Adriano Pupilli
October 13	John Pucher, Rutgers University 'Making transit irresistible: Lessons from Europe'
October 20	Frank Stanisic, Stanisic Associates 'Autonomy and connection: Recent work'

March 2006

March Semester 2006
March 9	Anna Rubbo, Rafael Pizarro, Genevieve Blanchett, University of Sydney Global Studio Vancouver Information Session
March 16	Ed Blakely Professor of Urban and Regional Planning, University of Sydney New Orleans: Will it recover?
March 23	Robert Lang Professor of Urban Planning at Virginia Tech and Director of the Metropolitan Institute Paul Knox Dean of Architecture and Planning at Virginia Tech The Emerging American Mega Suburb
March 30	Chris Abel Architectural theorist, critic and writer Foster and Gehry: One Technology; Two Cultures
April 13	LECTURE and BOOK LAUNCH, 6.0 8.30 Adrian Snodgrass Adjunct Professor, UWS; Research Associate, University of Sydney Interpretation in Architecture Co-hosted by the Faculty of Architecture and Centre for Cultural Research, UWS
April 27	Chris Johnson Adjunct Professor, Faculty of Architecture, Executive Director Urban Renewal, Department of Planning Cities within Cities: the Sydney Metropolitan Strategy
May 11	John Landis Professor of City and Regional Planning, University of California, Berkeley; Visiting Scholar, University of Sydney Regional Planning as Scenario Development: Recent examples from California

July 2006

July Semester 2006
August 3	Elizabeth Grosz, Visiting Professor, Faculty of Architecture Vibration
August 10	Jaime Rouillon, Iwamoto Scott , Responsive Environment Urban Islands
August 17	Terry Smith, Visiting Professor, Faculty of Architecture Architecture in the Aftermath: The Shift from Spectacle, the Pursuit of Purpose
August 29	Taira Nishizawa, architect, critic, and academic: Japan The Space between the Contemporary, the Modern and the Vulgar
September 7	Ed Blakely, and members of the US Study 2006 Transit Oriented Study Tour Team Transit Oriented Development---Is it real? The American Railvolution
September 14	Film: + talk by Mike Horne, Landscape Architect Urban Agriculture: Peak Oil, Cuba and the Salad Bar: Co hosted with Verge Arts Festival and University of Sydney Union
October 5	Anna Rubbo, and Global Studio participants Global Studio Vancouver and the Millennium Development Goals
October 12	Gevork Hartoonian, University of Canberra The Crisis of the Object: The Architecture of Theatricality
October 19	Phillip Thalis & Paul Berkmeier, Architects. Jane Irwin, Landscape Architect East Darling Harbour Competition: The Winning Project co hosted with the Sydney University Alumni Association

March 2007

March Semester 2007
March 15	Roger Benjamin, Art History and Theory, University of Sydney Modern Memories: writing the history of Jelinek's 'Benjamin House
March 22	Caroline Pidcock, architect & Al Gore ambassador Climate Change and your Eco Footprint - what each of us can do?
March 29	IgorMarc Arquitectos, Spain BARCELONA`s transformation (three case studies)
April 19	Greg Castillo, Faculty of Architecture, Design and Planning Egon Eiermann and Hans Scharoun: an exploration of German Modernism’s secret history
May 3	Marc Aurel Schnabel, Faculty of Architecture, Design and Planning Architectural Parametric Designing
May 17	Jenni Reuter, Hollmén Reuter Sandman Architects, Finland Beyond Design – Designing the Women's Centre, Rufisque, Senegal
May 24	Paul Pholeros, Architect, AM Eco development in China: between urban dweller and bamboo forest Co-hosted with University Architecture Alumni Association

July 2007

July Semester 2007
August 2	Elizabeth Grosz, Rutgers University and Visiting Professor Sensation. The Earth, A People, Art
August 16	Peter Williams, Housing Market Specialist, UK Growing home ownership in a booming market: The UK experience
August 30	Terry Smith, University of Pittsburgh and Visiting Professor After the Aftermath: Dwelling on Possible Futures Book launch and launch of ATR vol 12,1
September 13	Richard Goodwin, Art, Architecture Art and public space
September 20	Xing Ruan, Faculty of the Built Environment, UNSW Architectural Enclosure, Topophilia and Topophobia
October 4, UN World Habitat Day	Anna Rubbo and GSJ students, Georgia Bowen, Hugh Snelgrove, Katie Fincher, Mark Tyrrell Global Studio Johannesburg + Women’s centre Rufisque Senegal exhibition, Hearth , level 2.
October 11	Gerard Reinmuth, Terroir Can Alterations and Additions Save the World? Co-hosted with University Architecture Alumni Association
October 25	Philip Nobis, architect Origins of Modernity in Berlin

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