Level Eleven Talks: Beyond the Look: Modernism in Architecture and Design
28 June, 2018
Sydney, NSW, Australia
About
PTW Architects will host Level Eleven Talks, Beyond the Look: Modernism in Architecture and Design.
Aiming to look beyond and tease out the attitudes and values in seeing, designing, and making that defined the long modern ‘moment-movement,’ the panel will address the theme of modernism in art, architecture, and design. Focusing on the work of John Ruskin, Walter Liberty Vernon, and Sydney’s émigré designers, the panel will examine different historical manifestations of the modern through their own research into architectural writings and built works.
About The Speakers
Dr Anuradha Chatterjee is an academic, author, and designer based in Sydney, Australia. Anu has taught in Australia, China, and India. She is the author of three books, 1. Surface and Deep Histories: Critiques, and Practices in Art, Architecture, and Design; 2. Built, Unbuilt, and Imagined Sydney; and more recently 3. John Ruskin and the Fabric of Architecture, which has been endorsed by scholars of international standing. Anu’s recent appointments include being 1) elected as a Companion to The Guild of St George in the UK, where she is one of two Australian appointees; 2) appointed as the Area Editor for Asia for the Bloomsbury Global Encyclopaedia of Women in Architecture edited by Karen Burns and Lori Brown; 3) appointed as Affiliate to Centre for Architecture Theory Criticism History at University of Queensland. Currently, Anu is the Senior Architectural Researcher & Heritage Advisor at Cracknell & Lonergan Architects in Sydney.
Dr Noni Boyd is an architectural historian and heritage specialist with 25 years of experience. She has a detailed knowledge of building types, including military and prefabricated buildings, and construction methods of the nineteenth and twentieth century. Her recent projects include a study (with Jean Rice) of the evolution of the terrace house form in Sydney. She has been involved in conservation projects in NSW, Norfolk Island and New Zealand and is a member of ICOMOS, DOCOMOMO and the National Trust of Australia.
Rebecca Hawcroft is a cultural heritage professional with 20 years of experience working across the heritage and museums sector. Rebecca was the curator of the exhibition The Moderns: European designers in Sydney held at the Museum of Sydney (August to November 2017) and was editor of the book The Other Moderns: Sydney’s forgotten European design legacy(NewSouth Press, 2017). Rebecca is currently completing her PhD with the Digital Treasures research program at the University of Canberra.
Glenn Harper is a recipient of the 2015 Byera Hadley Travelling Scholarship for his project, The Sydney Brutalist Project, and author of the Instagram feed Brutalist_Project_Sydney. He is an architect and urban designer, an independent researcher and a long-time member of the Australian Institute of Architects’ NSW Heritage Committee. He is currently a Senior Associate and Urban Design Lead at PTW Architects.
Date and time: Thu. 28 June 2018, 5:00 pm – 7:30 pm AEST
Location: Aurora Place, Level 11, 88 Phillip Street, Sydney, NSW 2000, Australia
Event is free, however, register here.
