Urban design challenges in road infrastructure development and delivery

Thurs 27 Nov 2008, 10am – 2pm
Stockland Training Room, Level 2, 133 Castlereagh Street, Sydney NSW 2000

This AILA technical workshop, sponsored by the RTA and Stockland, focuses on some of the challenges faced by landscape architects in road planning, design and implementation.

Using real project examples, practitioners will raise some issues, lessons & principles for the future.

For further information see www.aila.org.au/nsw/workshops/08-Nov.htm

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When:     Wednesday, 19th November 2008
Where:    3 Withers Road, Kellyville  Map…
Why:       Newly refurbished site. Great new cash & carry area. New products
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Climate Change Adaptation Skills for Professional program - Brisbane consultation November 10th 2008, QLD Art Gallery - Modern Art Gallery - Lecture Theatre

The Brisbane forum is the first of a series of state based climate change consultations. These will also include a number of forums being held by AILA to update members and other professions on the current status of the Climate Change Adaption Skills for Professionals Program, to engage the locals in a discussion and to provide guidance back to the project leaders on the future directions for the project and the AILA in its advocacy work.

The Project Manager is Catherine Neilson. Also in attendance on the day will be representatives from the CSIRO, Griffith University and the EIANZ.

The draft discussion paper - AILA National Landscape Principles has just been uploaded to the website - link on this page:
http://www.aila.org.au/climate/consultations/Brisbane08.htm.

This Draft Discussion Paper has been prepared as a part of the Climate Change Adaptation Skills for Professionals Program (CCASPP), as a means to engage further discussion and input towards the development of a set of National Landscape Principles, due to be completed by June 2009.

Contributions and comment on this document are welcomed from Institute members and interested parties. All participants at the Brisbane National Consultation Forum  will need to read the document prior to attendance at that forum.

Your feedback is, as always, appreciated.

Kind regards,

Lisa Johnston

QLD State Manager

Australian Institute of Landscape Architects
PO BOX 7342, East Brisbane, QLD 4169

Ph: (07) 3890 2612, Fax 02 6249 7337

qld@aila.org.au

www.aila.org.au/qld/

Students and staff will be on hand from 5 - 8 pm in the Banksia building to discuss their work.

All are invited to join us - for further details refer to the flyer

The eBooks are:

The Principles of Garden Design by Tom Turner

(ISBN 978-0-9542306-2-3, 45 pages, 130 illustrations, 2008, normal price $15.00)

The eBook explains the 3 classic design principles: gardens should be useful, gardens should be well-made and gardens should be beautiful. The principles come from Vitruvius. They have influenced the design of gardens since ancient times and are as important today as they have always been.

24 Historic Styles of Garden Design by Tom Turner

(ISBN 978-0-9542306-3-0, 84 pages, 230 illustrations, 2008, normal price $19.00)

Giving simple and clear explanations of the use and form of the 24 best-known historic styles of garden design in the west. The period covered extends from the temples and courtyards of Ancient Egypt to the Modern and Postmodern styles of the 21st century, including recent gardens from the Chelsea Flower Show.

Melbourne listeners can tune in to The Good Earth every Saturday from 10-11am on 94.1 FM 3WBC

Everyone else can listen on-line at www.3wbc.org.au

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Sculptor and AILDM awards trophy designer Roger Apte is holding an exhibition, Curve Lurve.

He will be showing his latest works using plywood, an example of which is, Love’s Embrace, seen above. While the plywood exhibition works aren’t suitable for outdoors, they are meant to also be maquettes for larger works, and more pertinently, larger works in sheetmetal that can be used in external locations. Many of the sculptures are inspired by plant forms and apart from that I’m hoping that the members who come along will simply enjoy them as artworks too.

Location is Roger Apte’s studio, The Warehouse, Bennett Place, Surry Hills NSW.

Hours are 10.00am to 5.00pm daily.

Dates are,
·         Saturday 25 October – Friday 31 October: Designers Preview week
·         Friday 31 October – 6.00pm Opening
·         Saturday 1 November – Sunday 9 November: Open to general public

For other times, appointments can be made by phoning Roger on 0419 360 036.

For more images: the Online Preview Exhibition is up now @ www.eosmanagement.com

The following will also be inviting their members, so what a wonderfully collaborative way to help celebrate Planning Week, catch up with other associations and to raise much needed awareness and funds for the Breast Cancer Network of Australia.

Member associations invited so far:  The Australian Institute of Architects; Planning Institute of Australia, the Womens Planning Network; Parks & Liesure Australia; the Landscape Industry Association of Victoria; Womens Horticulture Association; Built Environment & Design Profession Australia; Playground & Recreation Association of Victoria. Please bring along friends or colleagues !  Anyone that has been touched by cancer, please invite.

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