Tour 1: Loam Island & Riverway Pioneeer Park Precinct Thursday 8 Sept 9.30am – 1.30pm . . . “… the key was to intersperse the lagoons and theatre/galley, like hands interlocked, so that people who came for a swim were simultaneously exposed to cultural activity” . . . @evoke2016 Tour bookings close this Friday 2 Sept! Booking link via the Venues/Events tab on the evoke website (link in bio) . . . Project – Thuringowa Riverway Arts Centre and Lagoons, Cox Architecture . . . #evoke2016 #riverway #loamisland #townsville #architecturetour

Tour 2: Living North Houses 1 Thursday 8 September 9.30am – 1.30pm . . . Discover Townsville’s tropical lifestyle with a tour that includes a contemporary interpretation of the Queenslander by Barrett Architecture, 3 exemplar houses within the National Trust Heritage Centre, two award winning projects by Architects North and catered lunch on the terrace of Stephen de Jersey’s Courtyard House (pictured) . . . Tour registrations close this Friday 2 Sept! Find out more on the Venues and Events tab on the evoke website (link in bio) . . . #evoke2016 #townsville #tropicalqld #northqld @sdejarchitect

There is nothing quite like the emotion and atmosphere in an architects sketch! Especially this one by James Birrell! ・・・ Jim Birrell’s Edi Koiki Mabo Library at James Cook University in Townsville is an iconic piece of Australian Architecture that is deeply entrenched in place . . . “Vistas from the courtyard… of the main library, embrace Mount Stuart and the broad mountain silhouette” -excerpts from A.S Hook Adress for 2005 RAIA Gold Medal, James Birrell . . . Visit Birrell’s library on the James Cook University Tour on Thursday 8 September as part of @evoke2016 Tickets for the tour close this Friday. Tickets available from the evoke website (link in bio) . . . #evoke2016 #jcu #jamesbirrell #townsville #australianarchitecture Jim Birrell sketch courtesy of John Oxley Library, Queensland

#Reposting @institute_architects_aus ・・・ The countdown is on for #evoke2016! Join us in Townsville for the 2016 Regional Architecture Conference. Limited tickets still available. See link in bio for more information. @evoke2016 #architecture #townsville

TCL’s Australian Garden “highlights the tension between the natural landscape and our human impulse to steadily change it. This tension is not eliminated; rather it is the driving creative impulse for exploration, expression and interpretation of the landscape and its flora” . . . TCL director, Kate Cullity shares @evoke2016 Session 3 ‘Landscape and Poetry’ with Indian architect Shimul Javeri Kadri and Session Host Paul Hotston . . . Project – Australian Garden, TCL Image by – Wrigley, Snape and Hyatt #evoke2016 #tcl #australianlandscapearchitecture #australiangarden

Mt Cootha sky

So pleased to have Australian Gold Medallist, Architect and mentor / teacher to so many, Brit Andresen hosting our keynote speaker Kengo Kuma from Japan as well as leading the ‘evoke’ closing conversation with Kengo Kuma, Anu Puustinen, Finland and Rachel Neeson, Australia on Saturday afternoon #evoke2016 #architecture #townsville Portrait: Anthony Browell

‘Home Grown’ is a dedicated exhibition being curated for evoke by @kevincurator ・・・ In the dark. Evoke exhibition display panel light testing. Getting closer to the show. @evoke2016 #evoke2016 #architecture #Townsville #curatingopened for evoke Reposting @kevincurator ・・・ In the dark. Evoke exhibition display panel light testing. Getting closer to the show. @evoke2016 #evoke2016 #architecture #Townsville #curating