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My WIsh for BrisbaneFREE. All through May Currently at George...

Sat, 12 May 2012 22:10:21 +1000

My WIsh for Brisbane
FREE. All through May
Currently at George St, opposite Parliament House
(attached to the Brisbane Botanical Gardens fence).

http://mywishforbrisbane.tumblr.com/

My wish for Brisbane is an interactive public art project inviting Brisbane residents to write down and publicly declare and share what their wish for Brisbane is.

Inspired by Candy Chang’s ‘Before I Die’ project, this project involves the installation of boards painted with chalkboard paint, and stencilled with the sentence “my wish for brisbane is _______”. The wall becomes an enlightening way to discover what matters most to the people of Brisbane and how they would like to shape the city.

Wishes will be documented via the blog. It is the hope that the board becomes a starting point in creating a shared dialogue on shaping Brisbane now and in the future.

Please continue wishing via social media: instagram, twitter #mywishforbrisbane, submit your wishes on the website (click submit), or email wishes @ mywishforbrisbane@gmail.com

Special thanks to Potato Press for kindly creating the stencils for this project.

She’ll be apples! Pop-up Installation in Fortitude Valley,...

Wed, 09 May 2012 16:06:30 +1000

She’ll be apples!

Pop-up Installation in Fortitude Valley, May

A simple re-imagining of Brisbane’s back streets. With hopes to inspire a little whimsy, spontaneity, colour, flux and interactivity into the thoughts of pedestrian commuters.

The could-bes.

What would you do?

*Ongoing Event

Friday 25th of MayPainting starts @ 7:30pm at Brew BarFree...

Wed, 09 May 2012 16:05:25 +1000

Friday 25th of May
Painting starts @ 7:30pm at Brew Bar
Free Entry

Burnett Lane

Come along to the BLANK CANVAS event and see some LIVE ART with local Artists using Brisbane as their backdrop down the rustic Burnett lane. Stay tuned for Artists list.

This is also the closing event for the month long UR{BNE} Festival. (urbne.com)

Hosted by | looseleaf.paper ( looseleaf-paper.com ) and Sirmano ( sirmano.com.au )

This event is in conjunction with the Brisbane Style over Speed Ride (riding from West End and ending at Brew Bar).

see you all there =)

“Straw, Sticks and Bricks: QLD House Histories”...

Mon, 07 May 2012 20:36:00 +1000

“Straw, Sticks and Bricks: QLD House Histories” Talk

16 May 2012, 12:30pm

FREE
State Library (Auditorium 2)

http://www.slq.qld.gov.au/whats-on/calevents/seniors/talks/straw_sticks_and_bricks

Discover how the wetlands, forests and clay of the Mary River helped shape the architecture of Maryborough, and how your own home may have been influenced by the environment. Leading historian and architect Don Watson examines how local building traditions in Maryborough relate to surveys undertaken prior to the discovery of gold in Gympie.

Brisbane City Council archivist Annabel Lloyd and Mary Howells, historian in the Heritage Branch of the Department of Environment and Resource Management, will reveal the resources which help in researching the history of a house.

This is an Out of the Port free lunchtime talk, presented by State Library’s John Oxley Library and the Department of Environmental and Resource Management.

Launch of the 26th Queensland Awards for Planning...

Thu, 03 May 2012 11:03:00 +1000

Launch of the 26th Queensland Awards for Planning Excellence
Planning Insitute fo Australia (QLD Division)

Tuesday 29th May 2012
12.30pm – 1.30pm
a light lunch will be served 1.30pm – 2.00pm
http://www.planning.org.au/documents/item/3810

Premiers and Speakers Rooms @ Parliament House
cnr George and Alice Streets, Brisbane

Presentations will also be made to the
Minister’s Town Planning Prize Winners
PIA Student Academic Prize Winners
PIA Bursary Winner

FREE.
For catering purposes, please RSVP to dion.adam@qldplanning.org.au
By Tuesday 15th May

http://www.ogh.qut.edu.au/news/2012/news4.jsp Old Government...

Wed, 02 May 2012 09:04:08 +1000

http://www.ogh.qut.edu.au/news/2012/news4.jsp

Old Government House is having a birthday.

May 6th, 2012
9am-12:30pm
Free Family Day

Tucked away in QUT, it is a beautiful building if you have never seen it

To celebrate the 150th birthday of Old Government House, there will be a morning of pomp and ceremony. Colonial military personnel, brass and pipe bands will evoke colonial days. Gentlemen and ladies in the attire of the day will mingle with visitors, awaiting the arrival of Her Excellency Ms Penelope Wensley AC, Governor of Queensland, by horse-drawn carriage, to commence proceedings at 9.30am.

Bring your picnic hamper and enjoy lunch on the lawn after the official ceremony or you might like to try the coffee at Merlo Cafe.

MapAttack Brisbane Wednesday, May 16th 12- 1pm MapAttack is a...

Tue, 01 May 2012 22:56:05 +1000

MapAttack Brisbane

Wednesday, May 16th

12- 1pm

MapAttack is a (free) real-time location-based smartphone game that turns the city into one big Pac-Man-like gameboard.

Two teams battle for supremacy over a physical territory by capturing digital points on the gameboard. The gameboard, in this case, is the city streets of the neighborhood the players are in. Players can earn points for their team by physically picking up as many digital dots as they can. (See more at Pop-Up City)

Details to sign up to teams: TBA

Brisbane Development Association with UR{BNE} Thursday 10th May,...

Tue, 01 May 2012 22:41:14 +1000

Brisbane Development Association with UR{BNE}

Thursday 10th May, 6-8pm

$11 - Tickets > http://www.eventbrite.com.au/event/3448240781

Gresham Lane (off Adelaide St, Queen St)

At this BDA evening celebration, join our speakers as they explore, through a series of presentations and interventions:

The power of cross collaboration
The role of festivals as city making
Film, fun and debate

Key presenters for the evening include:

Yen Trinh, the 2011 Queensland Premier’s Emerging Design Leader, and co-organiser of the U.R{BNE} Festival who will discuss the UR{BNE} film festival and the role of festivals in city making.

Matthew Miller, President of the BDA, who will discuss the fundamental role the BDA has played in influencing Brisbane’s growth and their desire to support the U.R{BNE} Collective in realising this exciting opportunity.

Simon Elvery, web developer and designer, having spent the past year recording his every move, will present fascinating discoveries and discuss geo-location technologies and how they’re being used to engage with our city.

plus engaging visual and interactive urban displays including urban art installation from Salma Osman and presentation of a short film by John Skillington at Blueroom Productions.

Where: Sparrow and Finch Espresso, 100 Creek Street, Brisbane

When: 6-8pm, Thursday, 10 May 2012

See how a city’s residents can use public spaces to express their creative side and share ideals and activities with others.

Payment Details:

Tickets available online via Eventbrite: $10 p/head (including GST plus processing fee). Drinks will be provided.

Registration closes 4.00pm Thursday 10 May 2012.

Please use the link below to purchase your ticket. Numbers are limited to 100 people.

http://www.eventbrite.com.au/event/3448240781

Brisbane PARK(ing) Day is celebrating it’s 5 year...

Sun, 29 Apr 2012 20:30:00 +1000

Brisbane PARK(ing) Day is celebrating it’s 5 year anniversary with a book. http://www.brisbaneparkingday.com/index.html

BOOK LAUNCH:

with Urban Grind, 131 Latrobe Tce

Sunday, 27 May 2012, from 10am

Buy the book + have a coffee + meet PARKers + celebrate where Brisbane Park(ing) Day started.

PARK(ing) Day was started in 2005 by Rebar to raise awareness about the lack of green spaces in San Francisco’s downtown. It transformed an on-street car park into a ‘people park’ by temporarily providing turf, seating and shade. It is based on the idea that paying for a parking meter is like ‘renting’ a public space.

Photo: QUT Book Swap (2009, West End) by http://www.flickr.com/photos/djackmanson/

Northern Suburbs Urbangaine27th May, 10am WHAT IS AN...

Sat, 28 Apr 2012 11:05:37 +1000

Northern Suburbs Urbangaine
27th May, 10am

WHAT IS AN URBANGAINE? It’s a navigation challenge in an urban area where the objective is to collect the highest score by finding checkpoints within a set time limit.

The Qld Rogaine Association and Explore Fitness invite you to the Explore the North Urbangaine on 27th May 2012.

WHERE: Brisbane’s north side including parklands

WHO: Teams of 2 or more people - ideal for families and novices

WHAT: 3-Hour urbangaine with choice of a cafe crawl or a solid workout

WHEN: Maps available 9:00am for a 10:00am start - 27th May 2012

COST: $5 per QRA member, $10 per non-member, under 15 free

INCLUDES: Map, challenge, adventure and a great day out

ENTRIES: Close Wednesday 23rd May

MORE INFO? Please call Paul Elby 0402-671-056 or email paul@explorefitness.com.au

Event information will be sent to all entrants in the week before the event.

The Official UR{BNE} Program

Fri, 27 Apr 2012 23:24:43 +1000

The Official UR{BNE} Program

The Asia Pacific Design Library is bringing back their pop-up...

Thu, 26 Apr 2012 19:47:18 +1000

The Asia Pacific Design Library is bringing back their pop-up library for Changing Lanes Street Party on the 25th May 2012.

Hynes St, Valley
Free Entry (5-7pm)
$10 (after 7pm, includes welcome drinks)
After Party @ Oh Hello

Changing Lanes is a collaboration between the designers of Hynes street, a distinct group of architects, engineers and interior designers that have come together to create a student based design competition and design oriented street party held in Hynes street on the eve of Brisbane Indesign 2012.

Painted traffic signal boxes brightens our public spaces, and...

Thu, 26 Apr 2012 19:36:01 +1000

Painted traffic signal boxes brightens our public spaces, and the actual act of painting them is also activating, engaging and enlivening streets with intrigue, street theatre and interaction.

Come see UR{BNE} friends paint!

Painter: SIRMANO www.sirmano.com.au
Location: Box B0200 - Given Tce & Latrobe Tce, Paddington
TIme: 28th - 29th April 2012

More painters TBA
To paint a box in Brisbane, contact Urban Smart Projects

(image: international TSB example at http://www.thecoachellavalleyartscene.com/)

Space Imagineers Anonymous (SIA) SIA enlivens and re-imagines...

Thu, 26 Apr 2012 18:37:00 +1000

Space Imagineers Anonymous (SIA)

SIA enlivens and re-imagines Brisbane’s urban spaces.

It involves designers and general public getting together to draw and rethink spaces in the city (such as walls, lanes and plazas). SIA is an open public forum for ideas, sharing and discussion.

UPCOMING EVENTS

21st April 2012, 1:30pm (in partnership with Brisbane Sketchcrawl)
11th May 2012, 12:30pm-1:30pm
23rd May 2012, 12:30pm-1:30pm
29th May 2012, 12:30pm-1:30pm

ABOUT: SIA Events

1) Monthly Missions: You will be sent a secret email message, with time, date and a map for locations to redesign. Drawings will be posted up in that space and online afterwards. On special missions, speakers and a secret agent may also be on hand. These missions self destruct in an hour (usually lunchtimes).

2) Bootcamps: These are occasional training sessions such as drawing classes with an architect

CONTACT: sonia.kirby@gmail.com

Find us on Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/SpaceSIA

Urban Research Program: Seminar Series ‘Triumph of the City’: A...

Tue, 24 Apr 2012 18:43:18 +1000

Urban Research Program: Seminar Series

‘Triumph of the City’: A debate”

Wednesday 2nd May 2012

12.15 p.m. - 1.30 p.m.

Nathan campus - Building N55, Room 1.12

FREE EVENT

ABOUT
In 2011 Harvard economist and New York Times contributor Edward Glaeser published Triumph of the City: how our Greatest Invention Makes us Richer, Smarter, Greener, Healthier and Happier.

The book has garnered much attention in both International and Australian urban arenas and thus invites scholarly attention, reflection and debate. Come along and join this facilitated discussion around key contemporary urban issues affecting Australian cities.

Speakers
Dr Matthew Burke was promoted to Senior Research Fellow at the URP late last year. Dr Wendy Steele is a Research Fellow co-located in the URP and the Griffith Climate Change Response Program.

Sick of fairy bread and children’s party games ? We’re...

Tue, 24 Apr 2012 18:21:13 +1000

Sick of fairy bread and children’s party games ?

We’re not ! If like us, you have a hankering for more playtime in your life, join us for an evening of musical chairs under the stars, followed by a spot of chair-bombing* (*http://dotankbrooklyn.org/22)

Just BYO chair and dust off those mad musical chair skilz you learnt back in preschool.

When? 19th May @ 7.30pm

Where ? Meet outside City Hall in King George Square

Who ? “You and your cousins and me and my cousins.”

Edible Streets Tour Our suburbs are a gleaners paradise, the...

Fri, 20 Apr 2012 22:33:07 +1000

Edible Streets Tour

Our suburbs are a gleaners paradise, the overhanging branches and diverse pickings are tribute to our bountiful subtropical climate and multicultural heritage. But the decades of nativist plantings, and the overly-cautious policies that keep food producing trees off of our nature strips lest somebody slip on a macadamia, or be offended by fallen fruit, has dampened the cities potential as a veritable food forest. The edible streets tour offers an introduction to foods, fungi, weeds and other functional plants that inhabit our urban environment. Along the way we discuss the ethical considerations of harvesting, share maps, surplus and ideas to contribute to our edible landscapes. Thanks to the wonderful folks at Forgreenies you can view a short video and photo gallery of a previous edible streets tour now screening on the Permablitz Brisbane website.

The edible streets tour is a International Permaculture Day and Jane’s Walk event.

Location: Meet at the Bent Books corner of Boundary and Vulture Streets, West End.
When: 10am Sunday May 6th
Cost: By donation
Contact: ben@blitzbrisbane.org

Permablitz #20 West End 20 May 2012 8am-5pm Come down to these...

Fri, 20 Apr 2012 22:32:00 +1000

Permablitz #20 West End

20 May 2012

8am-5pm

Come down to these delightful Community Gardens in beautiful West End for a day of good friends and food and of course hard work! Our beautiful gardens were destroyed in the 2011 floods and with the help of Permablitz we were able to get back on our feet. Now more than a year later we still have many projects unfinished. Once more, thanks to the dedicated Permablitz volunteers we will be able to have everything looking beautiful and producing food! We’ll have big projects like building raised beds and planting fruit trees and small projects like pruning and weeding; everyone at every skill level is welcome. Help us to not only grow and nurture food but to grow and nurture local community involvement in our little piece of the world.

Places are limited, please RSVP to book your place: contact@blitzbrisbane.org

Postcards to Brisbane (wish you were here) : Grey Street...

Wed, 18 Apr 2012 16:11:20 +1000

Postcards to Brisbane (wish you were here) : Grey Street Exhibition

Hosted by South Bank Corporation, supported by Australian Institute of Architects and the Architectural Practice Academy

Thursday May 10 - Thursday June 7, 2012
Grey Street, South Brisbane

Saturday May 12 - Aperture - closing party

Preamble:
Postcards to Brisbane is a photographic exhibition and competition hosted by South Bank Corporation with the support of the Australian Institute of Architects, Young Architects Queensland, and coordinated by the Architectural Practice Academy.

In the lead up to the conference, architects from around Australia are invited to submit photographs that tell a graphic story about their surroundings and adventures.

Postcards to Brisbane will be publicly exhibited on Grey Street, a busy restaurant strip only a minute’s walk from the conference venue, in a highly visible outdoor exhibition. The work will be on show from the commencement of the conference, and remain on display for a month. A shortlist of entries will be displayed and judged at the conference Closing Party Aperture, held on the night of 12 May and hosted by Street and Garden Furniture Co.

Postcards to Brisbane is free, and open to delegates of the Australian Institute of Architects National Conference, friends and family, students and design professionals.

Entries:
Entries are open to anyone with a photographic device of any kind. Entry is free and individuals are invited to submit five photographs.

Theme:
“Postcards to Brisbane” (wish you were here)
What is it that makes you tick? What do you love about where you are? Share with us delights from your immediate surroundings and everyday adventure.

Submission Requirements:
Submit via email to apa@apa.qld.gov.au by Friday April 27.
Submission format: JPEG, A5 landscape @ 300 DPI.
Photos of what you are about to eat are strictly not allowed.

Prizes
Winners will be decided by popular vote and prizes will be awarded at the EMAGN closing party on the night of May 12. First prize is a fantastic outdoor bench, valued at $1400, kindly sponsored by Street and garden Furniture Co.

There will also be awards for minor placings to be announced at the closing party, and shipped if required.

CONTACT

Enquiries:
Emerging Architects Queensland
Luke Pendergast: lukep@rara.net.au
Marissa Lindquist: m.lindquist@qut.edu.au

Architectural Practice Academy
Nick Flutter: nicholas.flutter@apa.qld.gov.au

South Bank Corporation:
For more information about South Bank and Grey Street please visit the South Bank Corporation website: southbankcorporation.com.au, visitsouthbank.com.au

Image via APDL

High Speed Railwith Australian Government Department of...

Tue, 17 Apr 2012 15:08:32 +1000

High Speed Rail
with Australian Government Department of Infrastructure & Transport
(and American Society of Civil Engineers)

Date: Wednesday, 9 May 2012
Time: 12.30 pm for 1.00pm
Venue: Paterson Room
Novotel Hotel 200 Creek Street, Brisbane
(You may also enter via Astor Terrace)

Free Lecture
Light luncheon refreshments will be served
RSVP: Please register via asce.qld@gmail.com to assist with seating and catering

The High Speed Rail Study is a strategic study by the Australian Government on the implementation of a 350 kilometre per hour high speed rail service on the east coast of Australia. It is currently estimated that this venture, if brought to fruition, will involve 1600 kilometres of new standard gauge, double track and cost in the order of $ 60 - 100 billion.

The study, currently being carried out in two phases, is looking at potential routes from Brisbane to Melbourne, via Sydney and Canberra, as well as the economic viability of such a network

Image: http://inhabitat.com/kawasaki-environnmentally-friendly-super-express-train/