2012

March

UTS Architecture Academics to speak at Speculative Formation Symposium at RMIT
12 Mar, 2012
Dave Pigram and Anthony Burke from the UTS School of Architecture, will be speakers at the symposium ‘Speculative Formation: complex systems and non-linear design strategies’ presented by RMIT School of Architecture and Design and the Design Research Institute on Friday 9 March, 2012.

2011

August

Tarsha Finney Presents at the Australian Institute of Architects
6 Aug, 2011
Tarsha Finney was recently invited to speak at the Australian Institute of Architects as part of TNT, the Tuesday night lecture series at the AIA.

May

UTS Master of Architecture Students Present Workshop Outcomes to Alice Springs Mayor
7 May, 2011
Last month, UTS Master of Architecture students participated in a ten-day workshop in Alice Springs looking at issues of urban renewal, housing, social equity and creative industries.

February

UTS: Design, Architecture and Building Research Recognised as World Standard
14 Feb, 2011
Research by the Design, Architecture and Building Faculty at the University of Technology, Sydney has been rated as world standard in the recent Excellence in Research for Australia (ERA) framework.

2010

October

ARC Discovery and Linkage Grants
26 Oct, 2010
Congratulations to Heather Macdonald and Tom Barker for their ARC grant successes.

September

Five new scholarships available for DAB PhD candidates
10 Sep, 2010
As part of its ambitious program of research expansion, UTS has created five special PhD scholarships for 2011 for candidiates undertaking research in DAB.

August

Urban Research at Venice Biennale
30 Aug, 2010
Charles Rice's research on John Portman has provided crucial information for the exhibition in the US Pavilion at this year's Venice Architecture Biennale.

March

Call for papers: UTS: Sydney International Animation Festival Symposium - Animation Histories and Futures
4 Mar, 2010
As part of the 2010 UTS: Sydney International Animation Festival, a symposium will be held to explore animation's contemporary expansion. To be held at the University of Technology, Sydney on Friday 24 September, entries are now being accepted.

2009

October

So you think architects can dance?
22 Oct, 2009
Dr Sam Spurr of the University of Technology, Sydney's School of Architecture wonders what would happen if we tried to conceive of the human body as a machine for making space in the next DAB Lab exhibition 'Diagramming the Body Geometric or So you think you can Dance?'

July

Films For a Career in Architecture and Construction
2 Jul, 2009
The UTS Equity and Diversity Unit has funded a major project designed to encourage women to study and work in fields where they are statistically under-represented, including Architecture and Construction. The result is a suite of six short films, constructed from interviews with a range of prominent, interesting and articulate practitioners working in the Built Environment professions.

February

DAB to host the SEAM Symposium 2009: Spatial Phrases
21 Feb, 2009
To address the key question of "how can the convergence in thinking between the disciplines of dance, architecture and film provoke innovative contemporary practice?", UTS is hosting the SEAM Symposium 2009: Spatial Phrases

2008

October

Iron Architect competition has UTS flavour
13 Oct, 2008
Anthony Burke, Ben Hewitt, David Burns and several students laboured on Monday 6 October in the Iron Architect event at Customs house as part of architecture week.

November

MDA Investigates the Infomatic City
10 Nov, 2008
Dan Hill from Arup and the well subscribed City of Sound plus Mitchell Whitelaw, Program Director at the University of Canberra's Media/Multimedia Production program and author of the The Teeming Void are running this semester's MDA masterclass.

Beijing Architecture Biennale
10 Nov, 2008
Ben Hewett and Anthony Burke and their practice Offshorestudio exhibited in the Beijing Architecture Biennale's, (Im)material Processes: New Digital Techniques for Architecture last month.

Charles Rice Elected Chair of OCEAN Design Research Network
10 Nov, 2008
Dr Charles Rice has been elected chair of the OCEAN Design Research Network.

October

UTS Architecture Lectures North of the Border
29 Oct, 2008
Joanne Jakovich was a guest speaker at the QUT School of Design lecture series, held at the State Library of Queensland on 21 October.

May

UTS Architecture and Construction Succeed in Equity and Diversity Grant Application
27 May, 2008
Naomi Stead recently lead a successful DAB team in applying for a UTS Gender Equity Grant for 2008.

April

School of Design and Architecture Come Together for UTS Research Grant
29 Apr, 2008
Academic staff from both the School of Design and the School of Architecture are set to work together on the UTS Challenge Grant (Blueprints for Sydney) 2008-9.

February

OCEAN comes to Sydney

12 Feb, 2008
UTS School of Architecture Academics Dr Charles Rice, Anthony Burke and Adrian Lahoud have been invited to join the international design research network OCEAN.

Walter Benjamin and Architecture

12 Feb, 2008
Andrew Benjamin and Charles Rice have recently edited a special issue of the Journal of Architecture that addresses the importance of German cultural critic Walter Benjamin's work for the interpretation of modern and contemporary architecture.

UTS Academics Debate Architecture and Authorship

12 Feb, 2008
School of Architecture academics Dr Naomi Stead and Dr Charles Rice presented papers at a symposium on Architecture and Authorship at the KTH School of Architecture in Stockholm in early February.

2007

October

Dual book launch for Architecture academics
29 Oct, 2007
Dr Charles Rice and Anthony Burke both from Architecture will host a dual launch to celebrate the recent publication of their books, "Emergence of the Interior: Architecture, Modernity, Domesticity" by Dr Rice and "Network Practices: New Strategies in Architecture and Design" an collection of essays co-edited by Anthony Burke.

June

UTS challenge grant research project
12 Jun, 2007
A DAB research team which consists of Professor Spike Boydell, Peter Rickwood, Leena Thomas and Garry Glazebrook is involved in a collaborative research project titled 'Integrating Urban Models for Improved Decision Making'.

ARC industrly linkage grant win for DAB
12 Jun, 2007
The Head of School of Architecture, Sandra Kaji-O'Grady and Martin Kornberger, have been successful in their ARC Industry Linkage grant application with collaborating partner Woods Bagot for "The Architecture of Academic Research".

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