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Goals of the AAA

To make architecture accessible the AAA is developing:

Black is the name and brand of the AAA Talks
Black is a series of talks about 21C architecture given in Australia by the world’s leading architects and presented by the Australian Architecture Association.

Black has been chosen as the name of the 21C talks series because it suggests a place crammed full of dense, interesting and enjoyable ideas – waiting to be discovered and relished by architects and non-architects who love architecture.

Black speakers include: Peter Zumthor, David Chipperfield, Ricardo Legorreta, Todd Williams and Billie Tsien, Alvaro Siza and Renzo Piano.

White is the name and brand of the AAA Tours
White is a programme of architecture tours that will open the world of architecture to everyone in the Australian community.

White has been chosen as the name of the architecture tours because it suggests a space waiting to be filled up with information about architecture and is considered the starting point of understanding for non-architects.

White tours include: a Sydney Harbour Architecture Cruise, the Sydney Walk, the Surry Hills Walk and a Glenn Murcutt tour of the Arthur and Yvonne Boyd Centre at Riversdale.

Chicago Architecture Foundation
To use the Chicago Architecture Foundation (CAF) as the model for the AAA. This goal is being developed in a number of ways, following the visit to Australia of the CAF President and CEO, Lynn Osmond last October, the CAF have now joined the AAA as a Founding Corporate Member.

Media Office
To assist all journalists, editors and producers, with architecture stories.

Think Tank
To produce opinion and comment on architecture.

Architecture Tours

Learn about the who, what, why, when and where of Australian architecture.

Up coming tours:

Castlecrag walking tour
10:00am - 12:00pm
Thursday 16 October 2008
Sydney City Skyscraper experience
10:30am - 12:30pm
Saturday 18 October 2008
Newcastle - Civic tour
10:00am - 12:00pm
Sunday 19 October 2008
Architects Choice Walk - Philip Thalis
2:00pm - 4:00pm
Sunday 19 October 2008
Walk through time
10:30am - 12:30pm
Saturday 25 October 2008
Sydney City Skyscraper experience
10:30am - 12:30pm
Saturday 25 October 2008
Surry Hills Walk
2:00pm - 4:00pm
Saturday 25 October 2008
Architecture Harbour Cruise
12:45pm - 2:15pm
Saturday 1 November 2008
Sydney Twilight Skyscraper walk
6:00pm - 7:30pm
Tuesday 4 November 2008
Sydney Twilight Skyscraper Walk
6:00pm - 7:30pm
Wednesday 5 November 2008
Sydney Twilight Skyscraper Walk
6:00pm - 7:30pm
Tuesday 11 November 2008
Castlecrag walking tour
2:00pm - 4:00pm
Saturday 15 November 2008
Newcastle - 'Newcastle Open' Tour
10:00am - 12:00pm
Sunday 16 November 2008
Sydney Twilight Skyscraper Walk
6:00pm - 7:30pm
Tuesday 18 November 2008
Sydney Twilight Skyscraper Walk
6:00pm - 7:30pm
Wednesday 19 November 2008
Residential Experience - Peter Stutchbury architecture bus tour
9:30am - 5:30pm
Saturday 22 November 2008
Surry Hills Walk
2:00pm - 4:00pm
Sunday 30 November 2008
Architecture Harbour Cruise
12:45pm - 2:15pm
Saturday 6 December 2008

For a long list of all our tours, try here.