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Utzon Lecture: Donald K Turner Address

4 September 2018
6.15pm – 8.30pm AEST
Leighton Hall UNSW
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Please join us for the third Utzon Lecture for 2018 and the Annual Donald K Turner Address.

UNSW Built Environment Professor of Practice Rachel Neeson, Director of Neeson Murcutt Architects will present on the topic "The house in the city, the child in the sports hall".

This lecture will explore the migration of critical thinking across scales – the house in the city, the child in the sports hall – and explain why having made the leap in our practice, we continue to design houses.

Location: Leighton HallJohn Niland Scientia Building, UNSW (Building G19) Venue Map

Speakers
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Professor of Practice Rachel Neeson

Director Neeson Murcutt Architects

Rachel Neeson formed Neeson Murcutt Architects Pty Ltd with her late partner Nicholas Murcutt in 2004. Based in Sydney, the practice pursues a range of project types across Australia from bespoke houses to housing prototypes, multiunit housing, public and community projects, sports facilities, and schools.

Neeson Murcutt Architects is one of very few smaller practices to have been awarded the highest professional accolade across diverse categories – public architecture, urban design, interior, heritage, education and residential architecture.

Rachel studied architecture at the University of Sydney, graduating with the University Medal in 1993. She was awarded the Board of Architects 2002 Byera Hadley Travelling Scholarship and completed a Masters of Architecture in Barcelona. She has been Adjunct Professor at the University of Sydney, and is now Professor of Practice at UNSW Built Environment. Rachel currently serves on design advisory panels for the City of Sydney and Landcom.

Neeson Murcutt Architects was joined by Dr Stephen Neille, formerly of Perth-based practice Pendal and Neille, in 2016.