Monique Woodward

Monique Woodwardco-founded her award-winning, Melbourne & Perth based practice, WOWOWO Architecture, in 2010. Recently becoming a National Councilor of the Australian Institute of Architects, Monique had served on the Institutes Victorian Chapter Council since 2016 and co-chaired both EmAGN and the Small Practice Forum. In 2019 Monique was the recipient of the Australian Institute of Architects National Emerging Architect Prize and co-curated of the Institute’s 2019 National Conference ‘Collective Agency’. In 2015 she won the Dulux Study Tour Prize, over an 8-year period taught at both RMIT and Monash University, sat on multiple Awards Juries including the most recent NGV Architecture Commission, and is currently a Design Excellence Advisory Committee Technical Advisor at the City of Melbourne. WOWOWA is BCorp certified and was an investor in Nightingale Village.



Kevin Carmody 

Kevin studied architecture at the Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology (RMIT) and Canberra University, Australia. In London he worked with David Chipperfield Architects before establishing Carmody Groarke with Andy Groarke.

Recently completed work includes the critically acclaimed Windermere Jetty Museum in the Lake District, a temporary museum for Charles Rennie Mackintosh’s Hill House in Scotland and a new gallery for the Science and Industry Museum in Manchester. Current projects include a major refurbishment and extension to the National Design Museum in Ghent (Belgium) a masterplan for the British Library in Yorkshire, with a major new archive building for the national collection and an extension to the historic Dulwich Picture Gallery in South London.

Kevin has lectured internationally about the work of the practice and taught at several architecture schools, including The Bartlett School of Architecture (University College London), The Royal College of Art , The University of Stuttgart, Cornell University (Ithaca), Yale School of Architecture where he was William Henry Bishop Visiting Professor and Harvard University Graduate School of Design where he was a visiting design critic in architecture. 



Andrew Mackenzie

Andrew is the Founding Director of CityLab. He has advised on competitions in every state in Australia, assisting local and state governments, universities, cultural institutions, corporations and development authorities.

With over two decades of skill and experience working in the architectural sector, Andrew is well-placed to assist in managing and delivering architectural procurement processes, with particular expertise in complex design briefs. Andrew is also an architectural writer with a strong industry profile as a strategic design thinker and communicator. He hosts numerous design events, was a Creative Director of the 2015 Australian Institute of Architects' National Conference, and is the Creative Director of Living Cities.

Vlasta Brown (Jeftic) 

Her recent work has included a housing development initiative for women at risk of homelessness, a pilot project in the ACT under the new Build to Rent to Buy model – developed in partnership by Community Housing Canberra and the ACT Government. Vlasta is also interested in how the housing affordability crisis can be addressed through clever design and construction, using technology and innovation to address pinch points in the construction industry.

Vlasta has led significant projects that have received both state and national architecture awards. She describes her approach as “to instil in the project social, environmental, and economic sustainability, and to look and analyse the impact the project will have beyond its own boundaries”. This, together with her body of work, has culminated in her being awarded the Alastair Swayn Foundation Strategic Grant, which she is using to research and implement strategies to address the growing housing affordability crisis in the ACT.

Vlasta is an ACT Chapter Councillor, Property Council Sustainability Committee member, founding member of ACT Archibubs, educator, and
leader in practice. She continues to focus on improving the industry by making architecture a more inclusive and diverse industry.


Gunjan Shah 

This is a fringe event as part of the 2023 Australian Architecture conference.  The theme for the 2023 Australian Architecture Conference – precedent –It is the time to reflect on what has come before, focus on how we face the future and shape what is yet to come.

$15 | Institute members
$10 | SONA Members 

$15 | Student non Institute member
$20 | Non Institute member

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