The inaugural Sydney Architecture Festival will be held on Monday 1st October which is a public holiday in Sydney.

It is also World Architecture Day and World Habitat Day.

The Australian Architecture Association is collaborating with the Royal Australian Institute of Architects (RAIA), the NSW Architects Registration Board (BoA), the NSW Government Architect and the City of Sydney to present this new Festival.

Just for the Festival, the AAA Volunteer Tour Leaders have developed a programme of guided tours around the city that can be completed in either 1 hour or an hour and a half.

Like all the other Festival activities, the tours are free.

The RAIA has put together an all day talks programme focussed on the theme of ‘Zero Carbon’ that includes Malcolm Turnbull, the Federal Minister for the Environment.

Children have a chance to design buildings and contribute to the world’s longest architecture drawing.

Download a Sydney Architecture Festival flyer , or call 02 8297 7283 for more information

Fit in an architecture tour before the APEC disruptions.

Enjoy a free cup of coffee before or after the Sydney City Walk this Saturday 25 August, if you book ahead and have a ticket to show the barista.

Departing Customs House at 10.30am the Sydney City Walk takes in the modern city skyscrapers of Sydney along with some notable adapted buildings including the GPO and Conservatorium of Music. Download booking form.

All walking tours are two hours in duration.

The Walk Through Time departs at 10.30am from outside the Hyde Park Barracks, Macquarie Street and moves through 200 years of architecture in two hours. It includes one of Sydney’s finest examples of Egyptian inspired Beaux Arts. Download booking form.

The extremely popular Surry Hills tour departs at 2.30pm from the corner of Cleveland and Elizabeth Streets. It includes the original Railway Institute, the magnificent Readers Digest building and the redevelopment of the St. Margaret’s Hospital site. Download booking form here.

All tours are $20.00 or free for AAA members. Book now by downloading a booking form or calling 02 8297 7283.

The Architecture Harbour Cruise and the Sydney City Walks will not be run from the 1 – 9 September.

With the restrictions on access to parts of the City that affect both these tours, we have decided it is more prudent not to hold tours during this time.

We apologise to our members and any visitors who were hoping to take an architecture tour in early September.

Explore Sydney’s architecture during the Sydney Design Festival. From Saturday 4 August 35 walking, bus and boat tours will be run, all led by knowledgeable guides.

Download the full programme here.

To reserve a place you can download a booking form below or call 02 8297 7283 and book on the phone.

Architecture Walking Tours booking form
Architects Choice Tours booking form
Harry Seidler Complex Tour booking form
Port Kembla Steel Bus Tour booking form
Environmentally Sustainable Residential Bus Tour booking form
Architecture Harbour Cruise booking form
City Bar Booking form