Skip to main content
state library of queensland
Blog
Asia Pacific Design Library

Book now for Asia Pacific Architecture Forum

By Anita Lewis | 26 January 2016

The program of events for the Asia Pacific Architecture Forum is out now and bookings are being accepted!

Architecture professionals, students and enthusiasts are in for a treat when leading architects from across the globe gather in Brisbane from 1–14 March for the inaugural Asia Pacific Architecture Forum (APAF), an initiative of Architecture Media and State Library of Queensland (SLQ).

The two-week long forum will include a range of events including exhibitions, installations, lectures, workshops and a symposium, which will engage architecture enthusiasts, professionals, educators and students alike.

Featured image for blog post 326009
Parkroyal on Pickering in Singapore by WOHA. WOHA founder and director, Richard Hassell is a keynote speaker at the Asia Pacific Architecture Symposium. Photography: Patrick Bingham Hall

Parkroyal on Pickering in Singapore by WOHA. WOHA founder and director, Richard Hassell is a keynote speaker at the Asia Pacific Architecture Symposium. Photography: Patrick Bingham Hall

Highlights of the forum include:

• Design Minds Lumifold Workshop
• Free Design Minds UQ Future Indigenous Architects Workshop
• Sherman Contemporary Art Foundation’s fourth iteration of Fugitive Structures, designed by award-winning Vietnamese architect Vo Trong Nghia, which aims to reconnect city dwellers with the natural environment
• Free Little Designers architecture workshop
• ArchitectureAP Symposium, a one day conference with internationally renowned keynote speakers
• Free Living in the city: New architecture from Brisbane and the Asia-Pacific, a Museum of Brisbane exhibition featuring models of unbuilt work by architects from Queensland and Brisbane’s Asia Pacific sister cities
• Free UQ Architecture lecture series, featuring leading local, national and internal architects
• Free Vokes and Peters: Detail and Manner, an Artisan exhibition investigating the work of the Brisbane-based architecture practice

Plus there is much more! Go to aparchforum.com to find our more and to secure your spot at the ticketed events.

Over the next few weeks we will introduce some of the speakers at the events and tell you more about what to expect at APAF. Stay tuned!

 

When: Tuesday 1 Mar - Monday 14 Mar

Program information: aparchitectureforum.com

The forum is a collaboration between founding partners Architecture Media and State Library of Queensland; presenting partners Sherman Contemporary Art Foundation, BVN, and Museum of Brisbane; event partners University of Queensland School of Architecture, Australian Institute of Architects, and Artisan; in association with QAGOMA — 8th Asia Pacific Triennial of Contemporary Art and Maison & Objet Asia.

Comments

Your email address will not be published.

We welcome relevant, respectful comments.

Please read our Comment Policy before commenting.
We also welcome direct feedback via Contact Us.
You may also want to ask our librarians.