AAA Walks - Sydney Design Festival '08

16th - 23rd August '08

Various locations
Sydney, Australia

As part of the Sydney Design Festival '08, the Australian Architecture Association (AAA) will be giving tours of some of Sydney’s most important architectural developments.

Included in the walks are:

Walk through time
Starting in Australia’s oldest public precinct at Hyde Park Barracks, this tour delivers a 200-year journey through time in a two-hour walk. Meet Sydney’s first architect; hear about his passage to Australia in chains and his skills in designing finely detailed brick buildings. Learn about the difference between Beaux Artes and Art Deco, why Martin Place was closed to cars, when communications determined the location of most bank buildings and how ideas for modern architecture were developed.
16th August, 2.00pm
Meet: Hyde Park Barracks, Macquarie Street in front of main gate
Cost: $25.00, AAA members free

Sydney skyscrapers
Take a close look at Sydney’s modern skyscrapers. This walk reveals the architect of Sydney’s tallest skyscraper, what a curtain wall building is, why Australia Square is round, when fire regulations changed to allow buildings higher than 13 storeys and where the highest garden in Sydney is located.
16th and 23rd August, 10.30am
Meet: Customs House, 31 Alfred Street, Circular Quay
Cost: $25.00, AAA members free

Other walks
Castlecrag tour with Ben Gerstel, 14th August
Northern Suburbs Residential Bus tour, 16th August.

For more information visit www.sydneydesign.com.au