Share your love for architecture with your family and friends this Christmas!

Get a AAA membership for your loved ones this year.  As AAA members, they will enjoy unlimited free guided architecture walks, discounted tours to buildings otherwise inaccessible to the public, talks by renowned architects and other exciting events in the new year.

We are also offering the AAA boxed set of cards and gift membership as a package deal.  The set includes 24 cards reproduced from original drawings by 24 Australian architects.  All the proceeds from the boxed set will go to the AAA Fund to support a children's program to broader their awareness of sustainable architecture, our architectural heritage and the design process.

Gift Membership Packages:

1. 1 Year Individual Membership: $165
2. 1 Year Individual Membership with Boxed Set of Cards: $210 + $10 p+h
3. 1 Year AAA Senior/Student Membership: $75
4. 1 Year AAA Senior/Student Membership with Boxed Set of Cards $120 + $10 p+h

Download the order form now and fax or email it back to us by 15 December 2010.

His Excellency, Michael Bryce AM AE KStJ
B Arch (Qld) Hon. DUniv (Canb and Qld) LFRAIA LFDIA FRSA
Adjunct Professor

Michael Bryce is an architect and designer acknowledged in Australia and overseas for his distinguished work in graphic, urban and environmental design.

He was born in Brisbane, started school in Gordonvale and was educated at Brisbane State High School and the University of Queensland. In 1968, he commenced his own architecture practice in Brisbane, developing a special interest in graphic design. From 1979 to 1983, he was Federal President of the Industrial Design Institute of Australia. He was also a member of the Design Board and the Design Council. His practice has won awards for graphic and environmental design, including the RAIA (Qld) Civic Design Award, the House of the Year Award, and the RAIA President’s Award. The practice has also received many citations in the print industry and Design Institute awards.

20 October to 7 November 2010

The Annual Sydney Architecture Festival celebrates the city's architecture and aims to engage the public in exploring aspects of the built environment.

The AAA has some great tours planned again for the Festival, including the popular Architecture Harbour Cruise on Saturday 6 November which is sure to be an unforgetable experience with architect Nick Hollo leading the tour.

Discover Sydney by going on the Sydney City Architecture Walk; find out about Macquarie Street in the Governor's Street walking tour or learn about the history of the vibrant, inner city suburb of Surry Hills with the AAA trained guides.

Events for the Festival will be held across the City of Sydney and will also feature talks, exhibitions, children's activities and much more. For more information on the Festival, go to www.sydneyarchitecturefestival.org

Through it's dynamic events, activities, discussions and lectures, Sydney Design creates a platform for the convergence of design lovers with respected photographers, stylists, craftspeople, designers, curators and artists.

Visit the Powerhouse Museum as often as you like for 16 days during the festival with a Sydney Design Pass. Includes unlimited daytime admission between 31 July and 15 August 2010.

www.sydneydesign.com.au