Consultants as Partners Series | Session 1: Aligning Architecture & Engineering: Smarter Stair Pressurisation DesignThis session explores how stair pressurisation systems—while often treated as purely technical—have a direct influence on architectural planning, spatial efficiency, and occupant life safety. Read More |
Consultants as Partners Series | Session 4: Sensory Design: Neurobiological Foundations for Architectural PracticeThis session introduces architects to sensory design through a psychological and neuroscientific lens. It frames architectural practice as an active participant in regulating perception, attention, behaviour, meaning, wellbeing and health—mental health in particular. The session equips participants [...] Read More |
Design Choices | Northern Memorial Park DepotThis session examines how sustainability and human-centred design can be established as core drivers of architectural decision-making, rather than layered onto projects as secondary considerations. Using the Northern Memorial Park Depot - recipient of the 2025 AIA National Award for Commercial [...] Read More |
Bundle 5: The Practice LeaderWe have selected ten hours of CPD from the most popular courses that practice leaders (principals, directors etc) have registered for over the past year. The selection has been curated to cover key areas for practice leaders: legislation updates, contract administration, AI and innovation, [...] Read More |
Design Choices | Melbourne PlaceThis CPD session will cover the design and delivery of Melbourne Place Hotel. Melbourne Place was developed as an independent hotel which was designed to offer a point of difference to the global brands which dominate the Melbourne hotel market. Read More |
NCC 2025 UpdateThe session will outline the main changes to National Construction Code with NCC 2025, which includes several updates intended to improve safety, performance and usability across the built environment. Read More |
Design Choices | Shiel Street Community HousingThough a balance of rational and resident prioritised design strategies, Shiel Street Community Housing verifies the notion that quality housing can be understated, affordable and delightful. This CPD session will focus on design strategies employed for this award-winning project. More broadly, [...] Read More |
Design Choices | Cloaked House and Sustainable Design StrategiesThis CPD session will focus on sustainable design strategies employed at Cloaked House. More broadly, it intends to demonstrate how this as a case study carries lessons for other housing projects, including in relation to thermal comfort, operational and embodied carbon, and building retention. [...] Read More |
Contract Administration Essentials: Effective Contract Management for Best PracticeThis CPD session will explore the essentials of contract administration, from the specifics of contract management to risk and claims management. By the end of this session, architects and designers will be better able to ensure that contractual commitments and obligations are efficiently [...] Read More |
Applications of AI Data in Architecture: Case Studies from PracticeThis CPD session explores how artificial intelligence is already reshaping architectural practice, moving beyond notions of ‘AI as automation’ towards AI as design intelligence. Through a series of real-world building case studies, the session examines how AI is being applied across key stages [...] Read More |
Insight to Impact: Rethinking City ResilienceThis CPD bundle brings together four sessions from the Queensland symposium Insight to Impact: Rethinking City Resilience. These four sessions build on the momentum of the Future Shock: Designing City Resilience program (February 2024), expanding into a multi-disciplinary CPD bundle that convenes [...] Read More |
Invisible Foundations: Social civic and service infrastructure for growing regional communitiesGreat density demands great infrastructure, from childcare and civic spaces to digital connectivity. This session examines the often-overlooked services that make regional places liveable, and explores how better planning and partnerships can enable these foundational elements. This standalone [...] Read More |
Built In Place: Architectural and community-led models for regional infill and medium densitySee how density is already being delivered in regional Victoria through small, smart, and locally led projects. This session showcases successful architectural and planning responses to housing challenges, led by practitioners deeply embedded in their communities. This standalone CPD session [...] Read More |
Introduction to AI-driven visualisation for architectsThis presentation provides an overview of the fundamentals of AI-driven visualisation tools and offers guidance on how to evaluate and compare some of the leading tools available today. Brice suggests possible workflows for integrating AI into architectural workflows for conceptual designs [...] Read More |
Starting with Country | Reshaping Architecture PracticeHow does ‘Starting with Country’ shift the design process, and what new responsibilities emerge for architects within this paradigm? In this one-hour webinar, we’ll explore the transformative potential of Starting with Country. Through case studies, dialogue, and reflective prompts, we’ll [...] Read More |
Unconscious Bias in Architecture PracticesThis session emerges from the Australian Institute of Architects’ 2023 Diversity and Inclusion in the Architectural Profession survey, which revealed that only half of respondents believe the profession values diversity and inclusion, despite strong progress within individual workplaces. Drawing [...] Read More |
Design for 3D Concrete Printing: Processes and ImplicationsDiscover how cutting-edge concrete 3D printing is transforming architecture in this presentation, featuring global case studies. Read More |
Tangible Dynamics in Architecture: Designing for material, structural and environmental performance optimisationExplore how architects can lead the shift to sustainable construction in this webinar exploring waste timber innovation, carbon-neutral concrete, and Gaudí-inspired digital design breakthroughs. Read More |
Pattern Books to Address Housing Needs? Historical Background and Potential ApplicationsDiscover how pattern books have shaped housing design from historical roots to modern-day revival. This CPD session explores their potential to deliver affordable, well-designed, and sustainable homes within today’s planning systems. Ideal for architects, planners, and policymakers seeking [...] Read More |
Research into Practice: Modern Methods of ConstructionIn this CPD session, Industrialised Construction otherwise known as Modern Methods of Construction (MMC) will be presented through the lens of Building 4.0 CRC – a Commonwealth-funded, collaborative industry and academic research hub that since 2021 has executed more than 80 research projects [...] Read More |