Keynote Speaker: Jeremy Smith, Irving Smith Architects

When a cyclone cleared the trees around a house he designed in a forest, accomplished Aotearoa New Zealand architect Jeremy Smith embarked on an alteration, research and teaching adventure. What happened next included a multitude of international awards, speaking, exhibition and judging engagements, an iterative-design teaching program and PHD at the University of Auckland, an Adjunct Professorship at Aotearoa’s newest architecture school, an advisory role in India, an Adjunct Professorship in Africa, a Visiting Distinguished Practitioner appointment in America, and now a book with American critic and author Aaron Betsky. Read more...