Strategic themes brought to light at GA200+ will be presented in discussion papers to inform an inaugural, draft Policy for Architecture and Urban Design in NSW. Keynote speakers are Vicente Guallart of Guallart Architects, former Chief Architect, Barcelona, 2011-2015, and Jeffrey Schumaker, Chief Urban Designer and Director of Urban Design, New York City. GA200+ commences Wednesday with a symposium at the State Library of NSW, coinciding with the final week of the Library’s exhibition Imagine a City: 200 Years of Public Architecture in NSW. To give shape to this debate, the NSW Office of the Government Architect (NSW OGA) is launching GA200+, a program of forums, discussions and keynotes in Sydney and regional NSW for government, industry, researchers and the public about how we can collectively deliver a great built environment for the public good in the years ahead. NSW Government Architect No.5 Mortimer Lewis circa 1860 and current NSW Government Architect Peter Poulet Recent research shows that Australians want good design and understand the consequences of a poorly designed built environment. What sort of places do we want our cities and towns to be? How can we achieve that? The GA bicentenary takes place at a time of momentous change as NSW, like the rest of Australia and indeed the world, faces the challenge of creating a sustainable future, particularly in the cities and towns where most of us work, live, learn and play. The appointment established the role of NSW Government Architect (GA) which has endured unbroken for 200 years. In 1816, Governor Lachlan Macquarie appointed architect, stonemason and convicted forger Francis Greenway as civil architect and assistant engineer to the colony of NSW.

: Featured Article - Department of Planning and Environment The NSW Government's Department of Planning and Environment is celebrating 200 years of public architecture and government architects:Ĭelebrating 200 years of public architecture in NSW

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