This online event is being held in the lead up to REFLECTIONS, to set the scene for the in person experience. Nigel Milgate and Mirjana Tann of Indigenous organisation and cultural business, Marring, will introduce the concept of Buwindyala, their Theory of Change. This is a Dharrawal-led framework that carries the mindset of the Ancestors into how your people decide, work and lead themselves and others. Change that starts within, and ripples out.

Join us in the unique outback setting of Cobar NSW on Ngiyampaa Wangaaypuwan Country for RAA’s final 2026 event.

Regional practice requires an agility and focus tied to location, environment and demography. As regional practitioners we are working across all aspects of architecture and architectural practice. Our influences and experience inform only a small portion of the placemaking and design programs we develop. Country, social, political and cultural demographics unique to regions underpin our governing subconscious, impacting our change and growth as designers and architects.

One of the benefits of registration as an architect is the portability of the ‘licence’. Various mutual recognition agreements, both within Australia and internationally, support architects to work beyond their ‘home’ jurisdiction.

This session will provide you with some background on the role of the Architects Accreditation Council of Australia in negotiating mutual recognition agreements, an overview of agreements currently in place, and how to take advantage of these. 

This session presents findings from a research project conducted by University of Tasmania PhD candidate and RAA intern, Hanna Shojaee Pour, supervised by RAA Secretary, Sarah Aldridge, mapping where registered architects practice across regional Australia. Built from state registers starting with New South Wales, Queensland and Victoria and reconciled against ABS regional classifications, the project is building a comparable picture of the regional profession’s scale and distribution.

Join the party! We look forward to seeing RAA members at the upcoming AGM to share the achievements of 2025-2026, learn about RAA’s newly developed strategic plan as well as celebrate RAA’s fifth birthday together. Members are invited to gather with others in their local area and/or participate in selected architecture-adjacent activities such as baking a cake shaped like a building, writing a poem about your favourite project or perhaps dressing up in 'non-architect' attire among other options – it's time to get creative!