President's message

Over the past 6 months the AILA ACT Chapter has been very productive, with much work behind the scenes by many members preparing for up and coming events. The Industry Night to be held during Floriade is well and truly under way. Also coming up in October is the Margaret Hendry Lecture Series as part of the National Capital Lecture Series. It promises to be a fabulous event with Catherine Bull giving the inaugural lecture. Longer term there is planning underway for the 2006 Awards and the Awards Night – dates and jury soon to be announced.

On behalf of all ACT chapter members I would like to give a huge thank you to all those (to many to list here) involved in organising for these events. A big thank you is also due to David Moyle, Alan Peggie and Helen Cohen for undertaking the 2005 interviews for new associate members. And of course a thank you also to all the committee members and other members that have attended meetings, contributed to email discussions and generally helped out when needed.

The other high lights, relevant to LA in Canberra, over the past 6 months are the City Hill proposals and discussions. This is a high profile and extremely important topic that we all must keep on top of and be ready to input into the planning process that ACT Planning have begun this month.

The other potentially important project underway at the moment is the University of Canberra, School of Design and Architecture’s proposal to bid for a grant from the Collaboration and Structural Reform Fund. It is early days so far, with preliminary discussions held this week. More information will be circulated as it comes through from UC.

Closer links with the UC Landscape Architecture Club are being formed. With Paul Costigan giving a presentation to the Club members earlier in the year, ACT Chapter’s sponsorship of a digital projector for UC LA department and the potential affiliation of the Club with AILA being investigated. There is still more potential to be built on in terms of interaction between the Canberra LA professional community and the UC. Let’s keep the energy flowing!

Diana Hill
ACT President

Canberra International Arboretum and Gardens Design Competition

The ACT Chief Minister John Stanhope will announce the winner of the Canberra International Arboretum and Gardens Design Competition on Tuesday May 31st.

The winning entry will be on display for one week in the foyer of the National Museum from 31st of May.

Playground Safety Workshop - KIDSAFE

Child Accident Prevention Foundation of Australia Kidsafe New South Wales, Inc.

The seminar will provide information on:

• The NEW Australian Playground Standard AS 4685:2004 (Parts 1-6)
• Overview of the Current Australian/New Zealand Playground Standards
• Strategies for ensuring playground equipment is properly inspected and maintained
• Effective planning and design ideas to develop safe and creative playspaces

Wednesday 1st June 2005 at Goulburn Mulwaree Council Chambers Civic Centre 184-194 Bourke St Goulburn - Cost $220

Phone Kidsafe NSW on 02 9845 0890 to register

New AILA Fellows announced

The AILA National Council has recently awarded AILA Fellowships to several local members in recognition of their on-going commitment to the profession of landscape architecture as well as to the Institute and its members.

John Easthope FAILA
Dianne Firth FAILA
Helen Cohen FAILA

Congratulations to these three new AILA Fellows.

Watch for an announcement of a coming ACT AILA event to celebrate and congratulate AILA’s new Fellows, to welcome the new AILA members and to thank our local supporters.

Margaret Hendry National Capital Lecture Series

Date: Tuesday 4th October
Time: 6pm
Canberra Venue: to be announced
The Australian Institute of Landscape Architects (AILA) announces the National Capital Lecture Series held in conjunction with the National Capital Authority.

AILA is privileged to announce the inaugural speaker for this series: Professor Catherin Bull, Elisabeth Murdoch Professor of Landscape Architecture, Associate Dean (International)

http://www.aila.org.au/act/hendrytalkseries/default.htm

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