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Major reform to NSW planning laws – heritage under threat

World Architecture Day, 2 October 2023

Lippincott House in Melbourne for sale

Restoration Australia: the Duncan House

MMG Lecture 2022 – Canberra and Sydney

Canberra and the National Heritage List

Canberra's foundation stone laid on 21 June 1920

Sculpture for Marion Mahony Griffin, architect, environmentalist and visionary

Griffin Open Houses at Castlecrag – Sunday 2 May 2021

Outdoor Historic Photo Exhibition guided tours – 2 to 9 May 2021

MMG Lecture 2021 – 14 February 2021 at 11.00am

Griffin Open Houses at Castlecrag Sunday 2 May 2021

Open House Melbourne 2020 virtual tours of two Griffin buildings

Lake Burley Griffin’s West Basin threatened by poor planning proposal

2021 – Centenary of the Griffins’ Castlecrag and Sesquicentenary of Marion Mahony Griffin’s birth

NSW fast-tracks previously refused developments, April 2020

Cancelled due to covid-19 pandemic – The Griffins' Castlecrag Heritage Walk, 2 May 2020

Integrity of Canberra's Parliamentary Triangle threatened

Demolished Sydney exhibition 19 November 2016 - 17 April 2017

A circus opera The Carnival 17 and 18 February 2017

In Her Own Right: Marion Mahony Griffin 7 October 2016 - 12 March 2017

Pholiota Unlocked 7 October to 23 October 2016

Ethereal Eye 15 and 16 October 2016

Inside the Ethereal Eye 14, 15,16, 21, 22, 23 October 2016

Griffin Houses Open Day Saturday 17 September from 10am-3pm Castlecrag

Griffin Talks Saturday 17 September 2016 at 4pm

Canberra and the Five Year ACT Heritage Strategy 2016-2021

National Trust Heritage Award for Visionaries in Suburbia

New Book: Visionaries in Suburbia: Griffin Houses in the Sydney Landscape published by the Walter Burley Griffin Society Inc. September 2015

Canberra's light rail Capital Metro: Slow Tram Coming 11 September 2015

Haven Amphitheatre update March 2015

Proposed new planning laws threaten heritage and conservation areas

Proposed planning changes threaten conservation areas and the environment in NSW

Canberra centenary celebrations Thursday 15 August to Saturday 17 August 2013

Heritage Guided Tours of the Capitol Theatre, Melbourne

2012 - 100 years since the Griffins won the Australian National Capital Competition

PUBLIC MEETING Save The Lake Shore - Stop these unnecessary memorials! Wednesday 23 March 2011, 7.30pm Albert Hall, Canberra

Prominent Australians Oppose Memorial media-information session Wednesday 2 February 2011, 11:00 am to 11:30 am

Grandiose war monuments are a flawed proposal for Canberra 9 November 2010

Designing for Canberra National Archives of Australia Speakers Corner 14 November 2010, Canberra

MEDIA RELEASE - COURT REFUSES CASTLECRAG DEVELOPMENT PROPOSAL"TOO BIG FOR THE SITE" 21 October 2010

Plans for proposed Immigration Bridge abandoned

The Way Forward? Can Canberra's planners learn from Washington?

MEDIA RELEASE High rise proposal blight for Canberra 15.1.2010

Intrusive plans for new ASIO headquarters

Commonwealth Government response to the parliamentary inquiry into the National Capital Authority

Winter House listed on the State Heritage Register, 9 January 2009

Proposed planning 'reforms' threaten NSW heritage

Winter House nominated for listing on the State Heritage Register

The Magic of America published online

Financial interests prevail over democracy and the Griffin legacy.Senate debate on the Griffin Legacy Amendments to the National Capital Plan

Griffin Society wins prestigious award for its website

Albert Hall public meeting of 24 May 2007

Griffin and Modernism in Lucknow 1930-1970 Architectural seminar, Integral University, Lucknow, India

Canberra's Griffin legacy under threat

Amendment 53 for Albert Hall Precinct - more controversy

Plans for Canberra unacceptable

Glebe Incinerator celebratory picnic. FREE event Sunday 24 September 2006

Website goes live

Other news from Melbourne

View the National Library of Australia's new acquisition, 28 June 2006

Walter Burley Griffin Society of America's 7th annual meeting and tour

Preparation of Management Plan for Lake Burley Griffin, Canberra

Funding for Interwar Housing Typology Study, Sydney