Current News 17 December 2009 RMIT ARCHITECTURE HAS SCORED THE HIGHEST POSSIBLE RANKING OF 5 IN THE EXCELLENCE IN RESEARCH FOR AUSTRALIA (ERA) TRIAL. The RMIT Architecture discipline has scored 5, the highest possible result, in the ERA trial to assess the research excellence of Australian Humanities and Creative Arts (HCA) disciplines for 2002-7. The national average score for Architecture in Australia was around 2.5. The Built Environment and Design Cluster at RMIT also scored 5. A score of 5 is categorised as an "outstanding performance" where "research outputs demonstrate the highest standards of quality and scholarly impact." 16 December 2009 RMIT ARCHITECTURE ACADEMICS SHORTLISTED FOR INCLUSION IN THE VENICE BIENNALE. Venice Architecture Biennale 2010 Australian Creative Directors, John Gollings and Ivan Rijavec ran a competition to select projects to be exhibited in the Ideas for Australias Cities 2050+ Australian Pavilion exhibition. There were 129 submissions. Of the 24 teams that have been shortlisted, 5 teams have RMIT Architecture academics as members. 16 November 2009 RMIT ARCHITECTURE AND DESIGN STAFF AND ALUMNI WIN DESIGN CHALLENGE COMPETITION: The 2009 Design Challenge: Fire competition has been won by the Polytactics team: Firoz Alam, Jordi Beneyto-Ferre, Nigel Bertram (RMIT Architecture), Laura Harper (RMIT Architecture Alumni), Professor David Mainwaring (RMIT Applied Chemistry), Professor Robert Shanks, Victoria Smith and Associate Professor Sue Anne Ware (RMIT Landscape Architecture). Winning and shortlisted projects are on exhibition at the Melbourne Museum Lower Foyer, 11 Nov 2009-28 Feb 2010, 10am-5pm 13 August 2009 RMIT ARCHITECTURE HEAD APPOINTED CREATIVE DIRECTOR OF AIA NATIONAL CONFERENCE: Mel Dodd, RMIT Architecture Program Director, Practice: Muf, has been appointed Creative Director of the Australian Institute of Architects (AIA) 2010 National Architecture Conference. 6 August 2009 RMIT ARCHITECTURE STUDENT WINS NATIONAL HP CITYSCAPE 2020 DESIGN COMPETITION: RMIT Architecture Student Tom Morgan has won the national HP Cityscape 2020 Citylife Design Competiton | Selected Projects | Current/Upcoming Events 29 February 2010 DESIGN COMPETITION EXHIBITION: DRI 2009 Design Challenge - Fire EXHIBITION VENUE: Melbourne Museum, Discovery Centre, Lower Foyer, Nicholson St, Carlton, Victoria. EXHIBITION DATES: 11 Nov 2009 - 28 Feb 2010, 10:00 AM - 5:00 PM | ||
