Did you miss out on a particularly interesting webinar? Are you working towards fulfilling your CPD requirements? A comprehensive suite of relevant ACA CPD webinars are now available for purchase on demand.

informed by Planned Cover is offering a 15% discount for ACA members for its upcoming CPD webinar on modular risk in practice. The session will feature Isla McRobbie, Partner at Jackson McDonald, who will share her experience and wisdom regarding modular design. Book now!

Join the ACA’s Business of Small Practice (BoSP) forum on Tuesday 26 August for our next Melbourne event, focusing on successful strategies for winning work. Hear from our expert panel of clients and architects, representing a range of different sectors. Discover the values clients seek when engaging architects, and explore key strategies for getting projects across the line. Book now!

Join the ACA NSW/ACT and Paulo Macchia and Matt Travis from Government Architect NSW on Wednesday 27 August, for a special briefing on the newly released NSW Housing Pattern Book – Low Rise Patterns. 

Join the ACA on Wednesday 13 August for a panel discussion on the Townsville 2032 Legacy Action Plan. This exclusive event will examine how Olympic events will be staged and analyse the evolving property landscape through 2032 and beyond.

This year, Equal Pay Day is on 19 August and Parlour is offering ACA members a 33% discount for their Parlour Talks session on Data in Practice. Watch this key discussion on demand as WGEA CEO Mary Wooldridge and HR specialist Merilyn Speiser unpack what the WGEA data reveals about the gender pay gap – and share practical strategies for driving change.

The Business of Design Lunch returns to Adelaide in August – a unique opportunity to hear prominent designers talking about their business. This year the ACA SA Committee is delighted to welcome Philip Thalis as our guest speaker. Early Bird Pricing available – book now!

Feel overwhelmed by social media, digital advertising, SEO, and database marketing? Do you know what they all have to do with your website? This presentation demystifies the digital marketing ecosystem, offering clear insights into how it can support your practice. Join the ACA and Alicia Brown on Thursday 28 August to learn about this complex, rapidly changing landscape and gain insights into strategic approaches that work.

It’s back! The ACA and Management for Design (M4D) are offering an exclusive half-day workshop on business financial management on Thursday 24 July in Melbourne. Help fill gaps in your financial understanding and elevate your business skills by attending this bespoke course created for architecture practices. With 3 CPD points, don’t miss this opportunity!

It is critical that sole traders, small business owners and small business employees protect their business and their clients’ data against scammers. The ACA has partnered with Cyber Wardens to offer ACA members free and simple cyber security training. Access the session today!

Come along to Welcome to Brunswick on 18 June for our next Melbourne Business of Small Practice (BoSP) event on Branding and Positioning for practices. Our speakers will explain the process behind branding and positioning and the benefits it can deliver for your practice. Book now!

ACA QLD/NT invites you to an engaging conversation with Queensland’s leading City Architects. Learn more about these important roles and their impact on shaping Queensland’s urban and regional environments.

The Regional Architects Association (RAA) is offering ACA members a discount for its upcoming event, VITAL: Questions of Resilience, in Dungog Worimi/Gringai Country in the NSW Hunter Region. The main seminar day is on Friday 20 June with fringe events available on the Thursday and Saturday. 

What do Gen-AI, the market for creativity, and monkey copyright have in common? The ACA SA committee is delighted to bring you another insightful Business of Small Practice (BoSP) event, this time delving into the evolving role of artificial intelligence in architectural practice. Book now!

Did you miss the recent Victorian rescode codification information session? A video recording is now available for those who missed it on the day. Colleen Peterson and Jim Papadimitriou from the Victorian Department of Transport and Planning provide updates on the new ‘Townhouse and Low-Rise Code’ (the Code) and how it will be applied, answering questions from attendees to clarify details.

BoSP is back in Melbourne on 26 March, this time at Metz Tile Gallery in Collingwood. For our second event our experienced panel featuring Shae Parker McCashen, Ross Clark and Toby Ewert, is discussing organisational structure and business planning. The BoSP forum is a fantastic opportunity for those running a small practice or interested in getting started to meet up, listen to experts, share knowledge and learn from each other.

The ACA SA Committee is delighted to invite you to their next practice managers lunchtime round table on Tuesday 25 March at JPE Design Studio. The discussion will cover the many responsibilities of the practice manager role. Don’t miss this valuable opportunity to meet with other practice managers for advice, support and to build your network.

The Sydney School of Architecture, Design and Planning at the University of Sydney is offering a 20% discount for ACA members for its Practicing on Country CPD course, an online, self-paced 1.5 hour learning module.

The SA Committee was delighted to host the fourth annual Business of Design lunch on Thursday 18 August with guest speakers Lindsay and Kerry Clare. Several attendees share their reflections here.

Stephen Pearse provides a recap of the ACA’s recent six-monthly catch-up and CPD event in Canberra. It was an excellent evening for all, with informative presentations and a chance to learn, earn CPD and meet up.

More than 300 architects registered for our recent BoSP webinar on fees with Kate Fitzgerald, Warwick Mihaly and Mick Moloney, and we’re still not sure if it was the topic or the presenters that generated all that interest!

In April 2021, the QLD/NT branch committee organised a site tour of the seven-storey Science Learning Centre at the Brisbane Girls Grammar School. Ray Giarola provides a recap.

On 31 March, the WA branch hosted its most ambitious event yet – a symposium on the State Government’s proposed policy to guide medium density developments across Western Australia. Emma Brain provides a recap.

The WA branch has been leading a series of initiatives aimed at engaging the architecture profession with the State Government’s draft Medium Density Code. Watch our short film featuring some of the designers who worked with DesignWA to shape this policy ... and then have your say.