Talking Architecture is a series of public conversations set to take place at the State Library of New South Wales on some of architecture’s key contemporary points of debate. Elizabeth Farrelly, Sonia Blasco Lázaro and Ed Lippmann have put together three panels providing diverse perspectives, with Porcelanosa and Vitrocsa supporting the events.
The three talks are scheduled for 22nd October, 5th November and 19th November, and will feature a range of speakers from across design practice, publishing and academia.
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The first event focuses on questions of beauty and architecture, asking why architecture seems so rarely to be discussed in terms of shared definitions of beauty today. Moderater Elizabeth Farrelly will be joined by TZG’s Tim Greer, philosopher Dalia Nasser, artist and author Nick Hollo and Isabelle Aileen Toland of Aileen Sage.
Next up, it’s all about marketing as a new panel considers whether ‘style’ is a dirty word in architecture. Farrelly will be joined by our very own Editor Timothy Alouani-Roby, as well as Hannah Tribe (Tribe Studio Architects), Mark Raggatt (ARM Architecture) and Roy Green (UTS). The panellists will consider the lines between symbolism, decoration and style, asking whether architecture-as-billboard is that’s left in post-post-modernity.
Finally, the focus turns to drawing as art advisor and public art curator Barbara Flynn, Candalepas Associates’ Angelo Candalepas, Ed Lippmann and Smart Design Studio’s William Smart form a panel again moderated by Elizabeth Farrelly. An especially relevant topic in the context of AI, this talk will discuss the connection between hand, eye and mind in contemporary practice.
Talking Architecture explores architecture, urban design and their influence on our cities and communities, aiming to challenge audiences by challenging conventional thinking and sparking lively debate beyond the usual comfort zones. Find out more and get tickets at the links below.
Talking Architecture 1: The beauty thing
Talking Architecture 2: Is ‘style’ a dirty word?
Talking Architecture 3: Drawing the line
