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LSAA 1994 Conference Sydney

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"Lightweight Structures in
Australasian Architecture"

LSAA 1994
Conference of the Membrane
Structures Association of Australasia

17-18 July 1994, Sydney.
For individual papers, see below
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Session 1 MEMBRANE STRUCTURES

  • Ian Norrie
    Bond James Laron & Norrie, Consulting Engineers, Sydney
    Hong Kong Stadium Roof Click to view paper (PDF)
  • Peter Kneen and Darryl Thomson
    Dept. of Structural Engineering, UNSW
    Vice President Fabric Structures, Gale Australia, Melbourne
    Design, Manufacture and Construction of Shadehouse Structures.
    Click to view paper (PDF)
  • Bryan Dowling
    Architect, Canberra:
    Architecture with Membrane Structures
    (See Late Papers)

Session 2 Open panel discussion.

Session 3 RECENT LIGHTWEIGHT STRUCTURE PROJECTS

  • Chris Tattersall
    Consulting Engineer, Melbourne
    Shade Structures at the Prahran Pool
    Click to view paper (PDF)
  • John McCartney
    Irwin Johnston & Partners, Consulting Engineers, Sydney
    Macrospan A new generation of long-span lightweight structures.
    Click to view paper (PDF)
  • Peter Reynolds and Brian Dean
    Connell Wagner, Consulting Engineers, Perth and Melbourne
    Lakeside Joondalup Shopping Centre Great Space Roof Structure
    Click to view paper (PDF)
  • Howard Bersten
    Taylor Lauder Consulting Pty Ltd., Sydney
    Glass Pavilion at the Zenith Centre.
    Click to view paper (PDF)

Session 4 NEW TECHNOLOGIES AND THE BUILT ENVIRONMENT

  • Robyn Williams
    Chair, Commission of the Future, ABC Science Show Producer.
    (Sponsored by Tubemakers and arranged through Celebrity Speakers)
  • Vinzenz Sedlak
    Director, LSRU, The University of New South Wales
    A Global Review of Lightweight Construction

    (See Late Papers Section)
  • Gabriel Poole
    Architect, Noosa/Sydney
    Architecture with Lightweight Structures.
    Click to view paper (PDF)

Session 5 NEW TECHNOLOGIES IN CONSTRUCTION

Session 6 CURRENT ISSUES OF MATERIAL AND BUILDING PERFORMANCE

  • Peter Lim and David McCready
    Spacetech Pty Ltd, Melbourne
    Coated Membrane Materials for use in Construction of Stressed Membrane Structures
    Click to view paper (PDF)
  • Lawrence Reddaway
    Irwin Johnston & Partners, Consulting Engineers, Melbourne
    Design and Engineering for Fire.
    Click to view paper (PDF)
  • Peter Griffiths
    Ove Arup Acoustics, Consulting Engineers, Sydney
    Design and Engineering for Acoustics
    Click to view paper (PDF)

Session 7 WIDE SPAN STRUCTURES FOR OLYMPIC AND PUBLIC USES

  • Philip Cox
    Philip Cox Richardson & Partners, Architects, Sydney
    Recent Projects (See Late Paper Section)
  • Owen Martin
    Connell Wagner, Consulting Engineers, Sydney
    Lightweight Structures for the Olympics 2000
    Click to view paper (PDF)
  • Erik Aasheim
    Norwegian Institue of Wood Technology, Oslo
    The Olympic Halls in Lillehammer, Norway.
    Click to view paper (PDF)

Session 8 SUMMARY AND OUTLOOK

  • Vinzenz Sedlak
    Director LSRU, Member IASS
    International Conference on Lightweight Structures in Architecture in 1998

APPENDIX - LATE PAPERS (Not available)

  • Bryan Dowling
    Architect, Canberra: Architecture with Membrane Structures
  • Vinzenz Sedlak
    Director, LSRU, The University of New South Wales
    A Global Review of Lightweight Construction
  • Philip Cox
    Philip Cox Richardson & Partners, Architects, Sydney
    Recent Projects
  • Vinzenz Sedlak
    Director LSRU, Member IASS
    International Conference on Lightweight Structures in Architecture in 1998

Last Updated: May 16 2006.