Dear staff,

Fabricate is the official student newsletter at the Melbourne School of Design. You are receiving this email as a current student or staff member of the Faculty of Architecture Building and Planning. The cover image is of Cloud Gate, a public sculpture installed at Millennium Park within the Loop community area of Chicago, Illinois. The sculpture by Indian-born British artist Anish Kapoor, often referred to as the bean - weighs 100 tons. It was constructed out of 168 stainless steel plates welded together, and is highly polished so that no seams are visible. This iconic and transformative work is said to challenge perception by distorting and deforming the surrounding architecture. The works of Kapoor is currently showing in a major exhibition on at the Museum of Contemporary Art, Sydney.

Date: Applications close Saturday 4 May

Submissions are invited for The University of Canberra Lodge on the Lake Design Ideas Competition. This is an initiative by the University and the Gallery of Australian Design, which invites ideas for a new official residence for the Prime Minister on the south bank of Lake Burley Griffin.

The competition is open to Australian design professionals, design graduates and design students.

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Date: Thursday 7 March
Time: 7.00 pm
Venue: Carrillo Gantner Theatre, Sidney Myer Asia Centre

Introducing the new ABP AGENDA series, profiling the people and practices transforming our modern world. ABP AGENDA kicks off in 2013 with renowned New York-based design critic and blogger, Alexandra Lange.

Alexandra will join a panel of experts, including; the University of Melbourne's Dr. Karen Burns, design writer and former Architecture Australia editor, Justine Clarke, editor of Architectural Review Asia Pacific, Michael Holt and author of Future Practice (2012), Dr. Rory Hyde, to discuss architectural writing and criticism at a free public event hosted by the Faculty of Architecture, Building and Planning.

Media Partner: Architectural Review Asia Pacific.

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Date: Thursday 21 February
Time: 6.00 - 7.00 pm

SOLD OUT: If you haven't secured your ticket, make sure to register your interest on the waitlist.

In the first Dean’s lecture of 2013, Iconic British Architect, Professor Sir Peter Cook will discuss his journey from Archigram, the avant-garde architectural group formed in the 1960s, to CRAB, the innovative practice he established with Gavin Robotham six years ago.

Renowned for his ingenuity and experimental design style, Cook is responsible for such projects as the Taiwan Tower for Taichung, Vallecas Housing in Madrid, and the School of Architecture at Bond University in Queensland which is nearing completion.

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Dr Peter Raisbeck has been appointed the new Co-ordinator for the Master of Architecture programme. Peter will be actively working with Donald Bates, Philip Goad and the New MSD director Alan Pert to actively build the design culture of the architecture program.

Peter is a registered architect who, after graduating from RMIT Architecture in 1986, ran his own small practice. In 1998 he departed from practice to complete an MBA in finance. Following a spell in IT working for a series of dot.coms and research centres, Peter drifted back to architecture and completed a PhD in architectural history on utopian cities of the 1960s. With a core background in architecture, a PhD and a MBA in finance, Peter’s current research interests are varied. In recent years he has published research on procurement and PPPs and conducted a number of research consultancies in this area.

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Date: Application due 30 April

Cinecity presents an architectural film competition, screened at Federation Square, during the 2013 National Architecture Conference. In the Competition we invite artists, architects and film-makers to explore the theme of the 2013 AIA National Architecture Conference, "Material" by examining relationships and differences between the material and conceptual, the physical and immaterial, between the ‘real’ and ‘imaginary’, between a building and an idea of a building.

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Date: Applications close Friday 26 April

The 2013 RIBA Norman Foster Travelling Scholarship has launched and is inviting applications from schools of architecture around the world. A £6,000 grant will be awarded to one student by a panel of judges which includes Lord Foster and the President of the RIBA.

Students from all RIBA or CAA validated degree programmes from Schools of Architecture worldwide are invited to apply for this £6,000 scholarship, which funds international research on topics and in locations of the student's choosing.

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Date: Wednesday 6 March
Time: 12.00 – 4.00 pm
Venue: Royal Exhibition Building, Carlton

The University of Melbourne’s Careers Fair provides an invaluable opportunity for students and alumni to meet face-to-face with representatives from over 100 employer organisations. From as close as around the corner to the other side of the world – in one convenient location in just one afternoon.

So take the time to explore the comprehensive range of structured graduate employment programs and other full-time employment positions on offer. You never know, you might discover options you haven’t considered before, or even land your dream job.

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Date: survey closes Friday 8 March

Attention New Students, we want your feedback!

Go in the draw to win a 15” MACBOOK Pro or a 16GB iPad with Retina display or one of five $100 Co-op bookshop vouchers when you complete the 2013 Commencing Student Survey. It will take around 15 minutes to complete and will help the University of Melbourne plan for a range of activities.

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