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Designing Designers - the Evolution of an Architect will run from Tuesday 26 February until Friday 14 March, 9.00am-5.00pm daily (except Sundays). Full Image (107.86K)

Monday, 25 February 2008

Rediscovered treasures spanning 50 years of architectural design and education will form the basis of a new exhibition at the University of Adelaide as part of the official Adelaide Fringe 2008 program.

The free exhibition, Designing Designers - the Evolution of an Architect, represents a snapshot of the development of architecture in South Australia dating back to 1958.

The Hon. Jane Lomax-Smith, Minister for the City of Adelaide, will officially launch Designing Designers at 5.30pm on Monday 25 February.

The exhibition consists of design drawings and models dating back to the inception of the University of Adelaide's then Faculty of Architecture and Town Planning in 1958.

"Until recently, this collection remained an undiscovered treasure in our storerooms, with student works - many of them by students who went on to become prominent Australian architects - kept for the purpose of School accreditation," says the Head of the School of Architecture, Landscape Architecture and Urban Design, Professor Nancy Pollock-Ellwand.

"This is a fascinating and historically significant collection for South Australia. We are thrilled to be able to show this work to the public as part of the celebrations of our School's 50th anniversary, and as part of the Adelaide Fringe."

WHAT: Exhibition: Designing Designers - the Evolution of an Architect

WHERE: Display Room, Level 4, School of Architecture, Landscape Architecture and Urban Design
North Terrace Campus, University of Adelaide

WHEN: Public exhibition: Tuesday 26 February until Friday 14 March
9.00am-5.00pm daily except Sundays

Official launch (open to the public): Monday 25 February, 5.30pm

COST: Free

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