Architecture talks
Each year Council hosts the ‘Architecture on Show’ series of talks with the Australian Institute of Architects. The Institute curates these talks which aim to create a better understanding of good architecture and design.
These popular talks showcase local design excellence including award winning projects from Council's Architecture and Urban Design Awards. Talks are free and provide a place for the community to hear first-hand from leading architects and designers.
Previous talks have focused on various topics including:
- Green architecture and One Central Park (Chippendale)
- award-winning residential projects
- the winning design of the K2K Urban Design Competition
- light rail urban design approaches
- heritage renovations
- Newmarket Stage 1
Council started video recording the talks in 2018. We’ll record all future talks and post them below.
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Previous talks
2025 Architecture Talks
Randwick City Council is thrilled to announce that Architecture Talks will be returning early 2025. These insightful talks aim to foster a deeper understanding of exemplary architecture and urban design within our community.
Hosted by Andrew Nimmo, Director at Lahznimmo Architects and Past NSW Chapter President of the Australian Institute of Architects, this event will showcase award-winning projects from Randwick's Architecture and Urban Design Awards and celebrate local design excellence and innovation. This free event is open to all.
Speakers include:
- SAHA Architects – Harry Catterns and Sascha Solar-March: 2023 winners of the ‘Best Alteration/Renovation’ category for their 'Coogee Courtyard' project
- Rolf Ockert: 2023 winner of the ‘Best House’ cateogry, for his project ‘Ravine House’
The Panel
David Welsh – Welsh + Major
David Welsh is an architect, writer and co-founder of Welsh + Major, a "modern-ish" architecture, interiors and urban design practice he established with Chris Major. The work of the practice has been awarded across a range of categories, and has featured in prominent design publications around the world in both print and online. He has taught at various universities, participated on architecture awards juries and contributed as a writer to a number of publications both in Australia and abroad.
Jacqueline Bosscher – The Design Commission
Jacqueline is a qualified interior designer with a focus on the research and implementation of sustainable building and design practices. She graduated with Distinction from Design Centre Enmore and set up The Design Commission in 2011, providing residential design services for clients undertaking renovations and new build projects. In 2020, The Design Commission was joint winner in the Best Alteration/Renovation category of the Randwick City Architecture & Urban Design Awards for the house Kenzai. In 2018, she founded the micro-movement Live The Difference Now! to publicly engage in actions to reduce CO2 emissions and improve ocean environments. Prior to a career in design, Jacqueline worked for a decade in the field of contemporary art as a curator/project manager. She has a BA from the University of London and studied Fine Arts at the Ecole d’Architecture de Paris-Belleville, Paris. She lives and works in Sydney with her husband and two teenage boys.
Andrew Macdonald – Allied_Office
In 2020 Andrew Macdonald's team won the Best House category in the Randwick 2020 Architecture and Urban Design Awards with their House 15/75 project on the edge of Centennial Park.
Whilst the project was completed under Mi Architects; they have since joined forces with longtime collaborator Telly Theodore under the new name Allied_Office.
Allied_Office focus is on finding appropriate and enduring responses, through a legacy of rigour, response and responsibility. They seek to work with high calibre residential & commercial clients, who understand the complexities of procuring architecture in an increasingly regulated environment. They describe their approach their approach during the Architecture Talk event in 2021, focusing on House 15/75.