UTZON Lecture Collective

Discover a rich library of UNSW UTZON lectures featuring more than 50 global leaders in the field of the built environment. This decade long series was launched by the family of Danish architect, and designer of the Sydney Opera House Jorn Utzon AC.

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2025 Judith Neilson UTZON Lecture – Kamal Kishore

Kamal Kishore—Special Representative of the UN Secretary-General for Disaster Risk Reduction and Head of UNDRR—explores the urgent global challenges posed by disasters, and how local action can play a pivotal role in reducing risk and building resilience.

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2024 Gold Medal A.S. Hook Address with Professor Philip Thalis

2024
The Gold Medal is the Australian Institute of Architects' highest honor. In 2024 it was awarded to UNSW Professor of Practice Philip Thalis who, as part of the award, gave the A.S.Hook Address at UNSW on the 26th September, 2024. UNSW would like to thank Donald K Turner for philanthropic support with the event.

Alison Killing

Pulitzer Prize-winning Architect, Killing Architects

2022
Investigating Xinjiang's network of detention camps

Francine Houben

Founding Partner, Mecanoo Architects, Delft, The Netherlands

2019
People, Place, Purpose, Poetry

Hank Koning and Julie Eizenberg

Founding Principals, Koning Eizenberg, USA

2019
Australian Institute of Architects Gold Medal

Dame Jo da Silva OBE

Global Director of International Development, Arup Group, United Kingdom

2018
Reducing Risk, Building Resilience

Jan Utzon

Utzon Architects, Denmark

2010
Sydney Opera House: The Past, Present and Future

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The extensive collective library

All UTZON lectures

Year	Name	Title with link to lecture
2025	Vinu Daniel	UTZON Lecture
2024	The Hon. Rose Jackson	Gene Willsford UTZON Lecture
2024	Professor Daniel Aldrich	Judith Neilson UTZON Lecture
2023	Jan & Lin Utzon	50th Anniversary of the Sydney Opera House
2023	Professor Briony Rogers	How can we strengthen Australia's Climate Resilience?
2023	Phil Bernstein	Mind the Gap
2023	Dr Rob Stokes	Deciding Sydney's Density Destiny
2023	Mun Summ Wong and Richard Hassell	Radically Rethinking Urban Architecture
2022	Alison Mirams	Shaking Up the Construction Industry
2022	Alison Killing	Investigating Xinjiang's network of detention camps
2021	Baye Adofo-Wilson	Redeveloping Black Communities \| Learnings from American Urban Planning
2021	Professor Penny Sparke	Nature Inside \| From Domestic Décor to Climate Change
2020	Professor George Ofori and Professor David Sanderson	Cities, Construction and Corruption
2020	Zhizhe Yu	Humanising High Density
2019	Hank Koning and Julie Eizenberg	Australian Institute of Architects Gold Medal
2019	Brett Moore	The Global Refugee Crisis: The Role of Built Environment Professionals
2018	Jo da Silva OBE	Reducing Risk, Building Resilience
2018	Professor of Practice Rachel Neeson	The House in the City, the Child in the Sports Hall
2018	Carme Pinos	The Work of Estudio Carme Pinos
2018	Professor Peter G. Rowe	China's Changing Urban Communities
2017	Dr Anshu Sharma	Humanitarian Architecture: Who Really Designs?
2017	Associate Professor Nina-Marie Lister	Resilience Beyond Rhetoric - Design for a New Sustainability
2017	Professor Duncan Maclennan	Homes and Cities: Growth and Inequality
2017	Reiner Nagel	Culture, Ideas, Strategies in the Making of the City: Baukultur and the Germna Federal Cities Program
2016	Kerry Hill AO	Footprints
2016	Professor Mattheos Santamouris	Innovation to Zero in the Construction Sector
2016	Associate Professor Oya Demirbilek	Colliding Worlds
2016	Professor David Sanderson	Resilient Neighbourhoods?
2016	Professor Juhani Pallasmaa	Tradition and Newness
2016	Professor Helen Lochhead	Re-imagining the Harbour City
2015	Professor Sue Holliday	The Tipping Point: Cities on the Edge
2015	Professor Mario Carpo	The Second Digital Turn in Architecture
2015	Professor Mark Burry	Towards 2026: Completing Gaudi's Sagrada Familia Basilica
2015	Professor Michael Benedikt	Architecture Beyond Experience
2015	Adjunct Professor Graham Jahn AM	Transforming Sydney: Where it's At, Where it's Headed
2014	Associate Professor Elizabeth Farrelly	Architecture and Morality: Geometries of Virtue
2014	Professor Barry Bergdoll	Architecture in the Museum: The Art of Advocacy
2014	Jennifer Westacott AO	Cities, Competitiveness and Australia’s Competitive Advantage: Why We Must Get Australian Cities Right
2014	Professor Vishaan Chakrabarti	The Fourth International Utzon Symposium - Keynote Speaker Professor Vishaan Chakrabarti
2014	Professor Juhani Pallasmaa	The Fourth International Utzon Symposium - Keynote Speaker Professor Juhani Pallasmaa
2014	Liu Jiakun	The Fourth International Utzon Symposium - Keynote Speaker Liu Jiakun
2014	Professor Bruce Judd	The Ageing City: Are we Prepared?
2014	Professor John Tomaney	Governing London: Progress and Prospects
2013	Professor George Galster	Driving Detroit: The Quest for Respect in Motor City
2013	Dr Alfonso Vegara Gomez	Intelligent Territories: The 21st Century City in Europe and Asia
2013	Professor Susan Fainstein	Justice in the Neo-Liberal City
2013	Adjunct Professor Diane Jones	Architecture and Justice: Design Meets the Law
2013	Professor Alan Peters	Does Too Much Urban Planning Result in Higher Housing Prices or Slower Economic Growth?
2013	Professor Xing Ruan	What Exactly Is Chinese Architecture?
2013	Glenn Palin	Smart Is Not Enough: The Future of Leadership in Construction
2013	Professor Satoshi Kose	Designing Dwellings Toward a Highly Aged Society: Japanese Experience as a Forerunner
2012	Professor Richard Johnson	Sydney Opera House: Legacy and Lessons
2012	Professor Deo Prasad	Envisioning Low Carbon Cities: Challenges and Opportunities
2012	Professor James Weirick	100th Anniversary of Walter Burley Griffin: Griffin and Canberra
2012	Professor Michael Neuman	Sticks and Stones Will Make My Bones: Durability in Design
2012	Sir Anthony Mason	Liquidated Damages and Penalties in Construction Contracts
2012	Greg Deas	From Showcase to Place: The London 2012 Athletes' Village
2011	Clover Moore	Sydney 2030 Vision
2011	Professor Martin Loosemoore	Going Green: Risks and Opportunities
2011	Professor Peter Singer AC	Building Values
2010	Professor Susan Thompson and Professor Anthony Capon	Healthy Built Environments = Healthy Cities
2010	Adjunct Professor Sasha Coles, Emeritus Professor Linda Corkery, Adrian McGregor, Jane Irwin	Recent Parks: Sydney's Great Design Strengths
2010	Dr Mile Park	E-waste: Designing Out Obsolescence
2010	Jan Utzon	Sydney Opera House: The Past, Present and Future

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