The Australian Architecture Association (AAA) was set up in 2004 as a not for profit organisation to promote the understanding of both local and world architecture in Australia. The Chicago Architecture Foundation

Chicago Architecture Foundation

The Chicago Architecture Foundation is a nonprofit group in Chicago, Illinois, USA, dedicated to increasing the public's understanding of architecture and design...

 (CAF) is used as the model for the development of the organisation.

In late 2004, it began to offer talks by internationally renowned architects as the Black Talk Series. In 2005, regular architecture tours showcasing important buildings and architecture of Sydney

Buildings and architecture of Sydney

The Architecture of Sydney is not characterised by any one architectural style, having accumulated and developed over its 200 year history.Under early nineteenth-century the tenure of Governor Lachlan Macquarie, the works of Francis Greenway were the first substantial buildings for the fledgling...

 led by volunteer tour leaders began in Sydney city and architecturally significant suburbs of Surry Hills and Castlecrag. In 2006, the Australian Architecture Association started the annual Sydney Architecture Festival on World Architecture Day, first Monday of every October, with the Australian Institute of Architects and the New South Wales Architects Registration Board.

The Founding Committee

The founding committee has a mix of architects, marketing professionals and publicists. The founding President is Glenn Murcutt

Glenn Murcutt

Glenn Marcus Murcutt AO is a British-born Australian architect and winner of the 2002 Pritzker Prize and 2009 AIA Gold Medal.-Biography:...

, winner of the 2002 Pritzker Prize

Pritzker Prize

The Pritzker Architecture Prize is awarded annually by the Hyatt Foundation to honour "a living architect whose built work demonstrates a combination of those qualities of talent, vision and commitment, which has produced consistent and significant contributions to humanity and the built...

 and the founding committee are, Wendy Lewin, Harry Seidler

Harry Seidler

Harry Seidler, AC OBE was an Austrian-born Australian architect who is considered to be one of the leading exponents of Modernism's methodology in Australia and the first architect to fully express the principles of the Bauhaus in Australia.Harry Seidler designed more than 180 buildings and he...

, Richard Johnson, James Grose, Ian Moore, Alex Popov

Alex Popov (architect)

Alexander Popov is an Australian architect working in the Late 20th Century Modern style.-Biography:Popov was born in Shanghai of Russian parents and moved to Sydney aged twelve. He was educated at Newington College and the University of Sydney before studying further in Denmark...

, David Bare and Manu Siitonen. Supporting them are the founding directors, Stella de Vulder and Annette Dearing.

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