Helping governments and communities resolve housing density disputes An inaugural 2-Day Workshop 16-17 July 2012 What if we could achieve our sustainability and housing density goals without causing community unrest, dissatisfaction – even uproar? Could communities respond positively to density increases under the appropriate conditions? Dr Wendy Sarkissian believes all of that is possible. But [...]
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Inaugural Homing Instinct Workshop
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Engagement without Borders
I am delighted to assist IAP2 with this forthcoming event at Abbotsford Convent on the 29th May in Melbourne. Places are filling fast to attend this spectacular line up of contributors and workshops. Download the PDF of the program here: Engagement Without Borders _outline program Personal, organisational, cultural, demographic or geographic; engaging with the full [...]
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Ceremony at Victoria Square / Tarndanyangga, in honour of Kevin Taylor
I am passing on this message from Kate Cullity and everyone at Taylor Cullity Lethlean: Dear friends and colleagues, Honouring the vision and legacy of Kevin Taylor We welcome you to come and share in the Spirit of Place at Victoria Square / Tarndanyangga, as we gather to honour the vision and legacy of Kevin [...]
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Funeral for Kevin Taylor
It was standing room only in Adelaide Town Hall on Thursday morning August 18th when over 1100 people packed the historic concert hall to pay tribute to beloved landscape architect, Kevin Ross Taylor. For details of Kevin’s death, see: http://sarkissian.com.au/death-kevin-taylor/ The grand Victorian architecture and soaring [...]
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Tribute to Kevin Taylor from David Yencken
Kevin Taylor Kevin Taylor came to work for Merchant Builders (a housing company that Johnny Ridge and I had started) when he was a young man. It was his first job. He came with a strong personal recommendation from Wendy Sarkissian (then lecturing in Adelaide) [...]
Kevin Taylor: Tributes and Funeral
A great, humble and exceptionally beautiful man has died. On Sunday morning, 7th August, Kevin Taylor, Principal of Taylor Cullity Lethlean, Landscape Architects, Designers and community consultation specialists, Adelaide and Melbourne, was killed instantly in a vehicle crash in Darwin. He was 57. His passing is mourned by many, many friends all over the world [...]
