Alec Tzannes’s Gold Medal Tour
12 September - 24 October, 2018
Melbourne, Adelaide, Perth, Brisbane & Sydney, Australia
About
Alec Tzannes’s Gold Medal Tour
The Australian Institute of Architects will award the highest honour, the 2018 Gold Medallist to Alec Tzannes. Alec will speak about the nature of architecture and its underestimated benefits for Australian cities and towns.
By exploring the themes that influence contemporary design thinking and language, Tzannes will look at the way we work, and the role of architecture in the community. He will invite discussion about how architects can be at the forefront of shaping a new aesthetic – one that takes on the challenge of being better recognised by the broader community as ethical and trusted stewards of the design of the built environment.
His recent work includes International House Sydney in Barangaroo and Dangrove, a state-of-the-art museum storage, research, education and private exhibition facility in Alexandria for Judith Neilson. Read his full Gold Medal jury citation here.
The tour culminates in the delivery of the AS Hook Address in Sydney on 24 October.
For more information on the gold medal for architecture, please see here.
For the date, time and location, please see the individual links below for the city of interest.
Register for the event in Melbourne on the 12th of September here.
Register for the event in Adelaide on the 13th of September here.
Register for the event in Brisbane on the 4th of October here.
Register for the event in Perth on the 18th of October here.
Register for the event in Sydney on the 24th of October here.
“Architecture is an expressive medium, “it also is central to delivering a more sustainable, liveable urban environment to secure Australia’s future from social and economic perspectives. Good design is far more valuable than is commonly understood as the value proposition is inter-generational and hard to imagine with certainty in the creation process.”
-Tzannes
