02 July 2018

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The Tasmanian Heritage Council formally marked their 21st anniversary with an event at Government House last Tuesday, which Jen and I attended. Their Chair, Brett Torossi, launched a booklet, “The Voice – Reimagine Tasmanian Heritage“, which is a toolkit for the community to use to tell the story of worthy buildings. Do get hold of a copy to read and begin applying in order to record a rich collection of stories about building and places of note within our Tasmania built heritage. The Governor applied The Voice’s story telling methodology beautifully to bring the history of Government House alive for us. 

Our 2018 Awards Exhibition opened in Hobart on Wednesday June 20 and is on display at Brooke Street Pier. It was great to enjoy the company of so many of you who attended. Thanks to our sponsors and chapter staff for making the evening happen. And thanks to Associate Professor Greg Nolan for opening the Exhibition and to Shamus Mulcahy of Bence Mulcahy, Bee Newman of Next 50 Architects and Beck Lauer, NAWIC President, for sharing insights into their experiences and deliberations as jurists, in conversation with me. We’ve received 1200 votes so far in the People’s Choice Prize, and I encourage you all to share the website with your friends and family.

With the exhibition came a flurry of media attention with Thursday’s coverage in The Mercury, my early morning interview with Ryk Goddard on ABC Radio Hobart, and Jen and myself featuring on Wednesday evening’s Southern Cross television news (click here to view the segment at 9:21 where Jen and I have swapped personas!).

Lastly, I’m looking forward to seeing you all at the Awards Presentation Dinner on Saturday to celebrate your successes!

Yvette Breytenbach RAIA
President, Tasmanian Chapter,
Australian Institute of Architects