AIA National Seminar Series: NSW Winners

The three winners for AIA National Seminar Series Business Card Draw in Sydney were:

· Jonathan Temple
· David Gray
· Simon Clarke (Fitzpatrick & partners)

Each received a copy of the WOOD: art design architecture book.

Fire Safety Solutions Using Timber - AIA National Seminar Series Presentations

Presented by fire engineer, Paul England, the seminars are both an introduction for those with little experience in designing with timber and an informative guide to the various ways of achieving NCC fire compliance for the more experienced.

The remaining presentations are:

MON 12 AUG - ADELAIDE

TUE 13 AUG - HOBART

MON 19 AUG - PERTH

TUES 20 AUG - DARWIN

For more information and registration, please go to the AIA website here.

WOOD: art design architecture

This exciting contemporary exhibition showcases work by contemporary Australian artists, designers and architects.

It represents a cross-section of current creative practices, modes of thinking and relationships to this fundamental material and combines furniture and functional objects, sculptural works (including wood carving by Indigenous artists), interiors and architectural work. The exhibition looks at the use of wood through three lenses; place and identity, sustainability and ecology, craftsmanship and technology.

Art, design and architecture are rarely brought together in a single exhibition, but doing so allows a broader exploration of our relationship to wood and how we engage with it in our everyday lives.

Wood is inseparably connected to the human condition. From mankind's earliest manipulation of sticks for warmth, shelter and gathering food, the increasingly sophisticated ways that we have used and understood this material reflect the history of civilisation itself.

This landmark exhibition examines our evolving relationship to wood through its use in the art, design and architecture of today.

The exhibition has been co-curated by Brian Parkes and Elliat Rich, supported by the Commonwealth Government's Contemporary Touring Initiative and is principally sponsored by Wood. Naturally Better.^TM

The remaining touring dates and venues are: