Architectural Review Asia Pacific

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Architectural Review Asia Pacific

BEING BIALEK • SJB IS A MULTI AWARD-WINNING PRACTICE COMPRISING A GROUP OF BUSINESSES THE BASED B IN IN SJB SYDNEY , HAS NOW AND MELBOURNE BEEN WITH . THE ONE PRACTICE OF ITS THREE FOR FOUNDERS NEARLY 50 , YEARS MICHAEL . BIALEK,

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Making the most of membership • CELEBRATING ITS 30TH ANNIVERSARY THIS YEAR, ARCHITEAM IS A MEMBERSHIP COOPERATIVE FOR AUSTRALIAN ARCHITECTS WORKING IN SMALL, MEDIUM AND EMERGING PRACTICES. HERE AR ASKS THREE MEMBERS OF VARYING DURATIONS ABOUT THEIR EXPERIENCES AND INVOLVEMENT.

FROM DISASTER TO DAS • DAS STUDIO IS AN ADELAIDE-BASED PRACTICE LED BY HUSBAND AND WIFE DUO SARA HORSTMANN AND DINO VRYNIOS. FOUNDED IN 2018, THE PRACTICE QUICKLY SWELLED FROM TWO TO A CREW OF 17. HORSTMANN AND VRYNIOS SPEAK WITH AR ABOUT THE IMPORTANCE OF GENEROSITY AND ADVOCACY TO THEIR PRACTICE, THEIR GROWING PAINS DURING A GLOBAL PANDEMIC AND THEIR UNFLINCHING ABILITY TO TURN DISASTER INTO OPPORTUNITY.

THE WAY FORWARD? • A NEW MODEL OF OWNERSHIP IS BEING HAILED AS THE ANSWER TO SUCCESSION PLANNING ISSUES ACROSS PRACTICES IN THE UK AND ACROSS THE US. BUT IT APPEARS ARCHITECTURAL FIRMS HERE ARE YET TO BE CONVINCED.

FINANCE Calculating fees – part two Working out the appropriate fees to charge clients • THE PREVIOUS ISSUE OF AR LOOKED AT HOW PRACTICES CAN WORK OUT THEIR BREAK-EVEN POINT ON PROJECTS. THIS TIME ACA VIC/TAS PRESIDENT PAUL VINEY REVEALS THE NEXT STEPS TO WORKING OUT AN APPROPRIATE FEE TO DELIVER A PROFESSIONAL SERVICE AND TO MAKE A PROFIT ON THE PROJECT.

ARCHITECTURE AND DESIGN: A BLAK AESTHETIC • THE FIRST NATIONS LITERARY FESTIVAL, 2016 BLAK IN AND NAARM BRIGHT (MELBOURNE , WAS ESTABLISHED ). THE MOST IN RECENT EVENT WAS HELD OVER FOUR DAYS LAST MARCH AND INCLUDED THE PANEL DISCUSSION ‘ARCHITECTURE AND DESIGN: A BLAK AESTHETIC’.

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OTHER WAYS OF DOING ARCHITECTURE: A CONVERSATION WITH MADRID ARCHITECTS – PART ONE • MADRID ARCHITECTS CAMILO GARCÍA (HUSOS), GABRIEL RUIZ-LARREA, JORGE SOBEJANO (TALLER DE CASQUERÍA), PEDRO PITARCH AND URIEL FOGUÉ (ELII) DISCUSS HOW THE CRISES FROM THE GFC ONWARD HAVE INFORMED THEIR PRACTICE.

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AR conducts an informal POE with Nicholas Wilkinson – Development Origination, Dexus

ESCA BLEWITT SPRINGS • MANY EMERGING PRACTICES HAVE THEIR HANDS FULL SIMPLY GETTING THEIR HEADS AROUND THE BUSINESS OF ARCHITECTURE. THE TEAM AT DAS ARCHITECTS HAS DIVED STRAIGHT INTO OPERATION OF THE BUILDINGS TOO.

Getting down to details • WHEN THE GOING GETS TOUGH, THE TOUGH… START A PODCAST. OR HOW THE PANDEMIC LED TO WARWICK MIHALY, KATE FITZGERALD AND MICK MOLONEY STARTING IN DETAIL THEIR EPISODIC LOOK BEHIND THE SCENES OF CREATIVE BUSINESS.

HEALING WITH HEIDE • APART FROM THE SOMETIMES TUMULTUOUS PERSONAL RELATIONSHIPS WITHIN, HEIDE HAS BEEN AN OASIS OF QUIET CALM EVER SINCE JOHN AND SUNDAY REED ESTABLISHED IT IN THE 1930S. AND NOW IT HAS A SPOT SPECIFICALLY DESIGNED TO HEAL AND REJUVENATE.

How leaders create team effectiveness during doubt and anxiety • WITH ’ ALL OF THE INSTABILITY IN THE WORLD RIGHT NOW, IT S BECOME HARDER TO HAVE HIGHLY PRODUCTIVE TEAMS. PEOPLE ARE FEELING STRETCHED, DISENGAGED AND EXHAUSTED. LEADERS ARE UNDER EVEN MORE PRESSURE TO APPROPRIATELY LEAD AND MANAGE THEIR TEAMS.

THERE’S NO PLACE LIKE HOME • THE LATEST PROJECT BY IAN...