"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
• Peter Kneen and Darryl Thomson
  Dept. of Structural Engineering, UNSW
  Vice President Fabric Structures, Gale Australia, Melbourne
  Design, Manufacture and Construction of Shadehouse Structures.
  
• Bryan Dowling
  Architect, Canberra:
  Architecture with Membrane Structures
  (See Late Papers)

Session 2 Open panel discussion.

• David McCready
  Durability and Performance of Coated Fabrics
  

Session 3 RECENT LIGHTWEIGHT STRUCTURE PROJECTS

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

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.
  

Session 5 NEW TECHNOLOGIES IN CONSTRUCTION

• Tristram Carfrae
  Director, Ove Arup & Partners, Sydney
  Lightweight Glazing Systems and Applications
  
• R. Rumbel
  Architectural Glass Projects
  Adapting Glass to Lightweight Structures
  
• Peter Lim
  Spacetech Pty Ltd, Melbourne
  Tension Elements in Lightweight Structures
  
• Richard Desgrand
  Denton Corker & Marshall, Consulting Engineers, Sydney
  Castings in Architecture: Technology and Application
  

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
  
• Lawrence Reddaway
  Irwin Johnston & Partners, Consulting Engineers, Melbourne
  Design and Engineering for Fire.
  
• Peter Griffiths
  Ove Arup Acoustics, Consulting Engineers, Sydney
  Design and Engineering for Acoustics
  

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
  
• Erik Aasheim
  Norwegian Institue of Wood Technology, Oslo
  The Olympic Halls in Lillehammer, Norway.
  

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

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