COFA TALKS
Did Utzon’s Opera House change the way
we see Sydney?
WHEN WHERE
6pm College of Fine Arts,
August 10 2010 cnr Oxford Street and
Greens Road, lecture
theatre: EGO2
It is possible to argue that, in 1973, when the
Sydney Opera House opened, Australia changed
forever. Richard Johnson, Alec Tzannes and
James Weirick will discuss how the visual
presence of the Opera House has influenced how
Australians see ourselves, and how we are seen
by the world, as well as exploring the impact of
the performance activities at the venue.
Richard Johnson has had a distinguished
career as an architect in both the public and
private sectors. His work varies from pavilions at
world expos, to detailed museum and museum/
gallery exhibition design, embassies, schools,
office buildings, hotels and a range of master
planning and urban design, landscape design
and architectural projects in Australia and China.
He is active in the professional and educational
arenas and is an Adjunct Professor of Architecture
at UNSW. He has been an active member of the
Royal Australian Institute of Architects (RAIA), and
has delivered many public lectures.
IMAGE Sydney Opera House under construction. Courtesy: Sydney Opera House Trust.
COFA TALKS
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WHO COST
Richard Johnson Free and Open to
Alec Tzannes and the Public
James Weirick
Professor Alec Tzannes is the Dean of the Faculty
of the Built Environment (FBE), UNSW. Tzannes
has been a member of numerous boards and
committees, including design panels for Sydney
Olympic Park, Centennial Park and Moore Park
Trust. He is a member of the Historic Houses Trust
and the Australian Institute of Architects where
he has held several positions including National
President. Tzannes’s work has been published
widely and he lectures regularly around Australia.
The NSW Public Library holds many original
drawings and sketchbooks of his work.
Professor James Weirick is the director of the
Master of Urban Development and Design program
at the FBE, UNSW. He is well known as a world
authority on the architects Walter Burley Griffin
and Marion Mahoney Griffin. Prior to joining
UNSW in 1991, Weirick was Head of Landscape
Architecture at RMIT University and was a Lecturer
in Landscape Architecture at Canberra College of
Advanced Education. Weirick holds a Master of
Landscape Architecture from Harvard University
and has had various consultancies in Sydney,
Melbourne and Canberra.