Bringing Architects Together
A weeklong festival of Architecture with Architects from Australia, Bangladesh, Japan,Malaysia.Commencing at Federation Square, Melbourne and Monash University, Clayton with seminar and exhibition of Award winning Architecture works from Bangladesh on Friday 14th September to Saturday 15th September 2012
The exhibition includes presentation of works from all National level Award winning Bangladeshi Architects, Presentation of Bengali Heritage Architecture and some presentation of works by Constantinos Doxiadis, Louis Kahn, Poul Rudolph.
Hon. High Commissioner of Bangladesh, Chief Architect and the Secretary of Public Works and Housing Bangladesh will also be present at the Seminar.
We will be delighted if you could come and join us in this event.
Date & Time- Friday 14 September and Saturday 15 September 2012
Key Presenters:
-Shelley Penn( National President,AIA),
-George Kunihiro( Japan, President, ARCASIA)
-Architect Pei Ing Tan (Malaysia,President Elect ARCASIA)
-Alec Tzannes( Former AIA President,Director Tzannes Associates)
-Architect Louise Cox( Imm. Past President, UIA),
-Mubasshar Hussain( President, IAB & CAA),
-Poul Pholeros( Director, Healthhabitat)AO( Order of Australia),
-Gregory Burgess AM(Member of the Order of Australia, HonDArch, Director Gregory Burgess Architects)
-Rafiq Azam( Architect, Director, Shatotto)
-Iqbal Habib( Architect, Associate Director Vitti, Urban Designer, Activist)
-Professor Abu Said (Head of the Department, Asia Pacific University Bangladesh)
-Diego Ramirez-Lovering(Head of Dept. Faculty of Architecture Monash University).
-Professor Hisham Elkadi,(Chair of Academic Board,Head of School of Architecture & Building Deakin University).
-Philip Goad(Chair,Faculty of Architecture, Building and Planning,University of Melbourne)
– Dr. Md Mizanur Rashid(Associate Professor, Architecture Department,International Islamic University Malaysia)
Guests-
-Jill Garner(Associate Victorian Govt. Architect at Dept. of Premier and Cabinet)
-Jon Clements(President, AIA VIC,Director,Jackson Clements Burrows Architects)(Tentative)
Key partners:
Bangladeshi Architects in Australia (BaA); Institute of Architects Bangladesh (IAB); Australian Institute of Architects (AIA) – Victorian Chapter and
Bangladesh High Commission in Australia
Title Sponsor: ARTISAN APARTMENTS BANGLADESH LTD.
Platinum Sponsor: SEL ,The Structural Engineers Ltd
Sponsors: Merit Real Estate & Development Ltd, NIR Developments Ltd., Horizon Construction & Development
When
Fri 14 Sep 17:30 – 21:00 Eastern Time – Melbourne, Sydney
Where
BMW Edge, Federation Square and Monash University Auditorium, Performing Arts Centre Bld 68 Clayton. (map)
