05 November 2018

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We are counting down to one of the Institute’s biggest events of the year – Open House Hobart – which is being held this weekend on November 10 & 11. This is a time when we collectively work with our members and the people of Hobart, volunteers and building owners alike, to develop the public’s understanding of the built environment through accessing buildings that we seldom have the opportunity to experience. But we need your help! If you have a spare 3 hours over the weekend between 10am – 4pm then please contact me to volunteer. We need about another 20 volunteers to be able to fully cover the event which comprises of almost 70 buildings and nearly 240 individual tours. The community that has been created around this event is huge and we are very grateful for your enormous contribution.

So far as part of the month-long architecture and design festival, our President Yvette Breytenbach has hosted Facing our Future Series – Forum 3: Lovable Hobart, Liveable Hobart – Development, Design and Diversity where we heard from Peter Elliot, Judith Abel and Kathleen Flanagan. Our EmAGN team also hosted the City Shapers Ball on the weekend, bringing together professionals from the broader industry to collaborate and collectively celebrate.

Over the next week we have a jam-packed program leading us into the weekend, with the fourth forum in the Facing our Future Series and The Cascade Female Factory Design Exhibition Launch.  We also have The Esmond Collective this Sunday – read more about upcoming events below in the e-news and on the website here.

Jennifer Nichols
Executive Director, Tasmanian Chapter
Australian Institute of Architects