For the Regional Architecture Association’s recent experience in Mparntwe/Alice Springs, titled When you come to another country, creative directors Bobbie Bayley, Owen Kelly and Tonielle Dempers set an ambitious agenda: a three-day forum for sharing knowledge grounded in place.

30th September 2025

A RAA event where visitors will come away with a felt sense of Mparntwe’s layered Country, where design converges with story, land and reality, and a deeper reckoning with the intricate, often uneasy entanglements of community, climate, landscape and water.

1st August 2025

The Regional Architecture Association (RAA) has announced its third event for 2025 – MPARNTWE: WHEN YOU COME TO ANOTHER COUNTRY — to be held in Alice Springs on Arrernte Country and representing the organisation’s first foray into Central Australia.

25th July 2025

The Regional Architecture Association (RAA) has announced its third event for 2025 – MPARNTWE: WHEN YOU COME TO ANOTHER COUNTRY — to be held in Alice Springs on Arrernte Country and representing the organisation’s first foray into Central Australia.

The Regional Architecture Association is presenting an educational event on 'Questions of Resilience', looking specifically at Australia's burgeoning hemp industry for sustainable construction.

20th May 2025

The Regional Architecture Association (RAA) is putting on an experience in Canberra in March 2025.

13th March 2025

The Regional Architecture Association (RAA) is set to host a three-day event focusing on regional architecture and its impact on the perception of place.

29th August 2024

The Regional Architecture Association (RAA) is planning something big for Regional New South Wales! MiCRO kicks off in March.

4th June 2024

The Regional Architecture Association (RAA) is planning something big for Regional New South Wales! MiCRO kicks off in March.

19th February 2024

Beginnings – First Peoples Architecture presented by the RAA, took place 19th-21st October. Hands-on in its learnings, attendees also gained CPD Points.

22nd November 2023

A continuation of their support of the Uluru Statement from the Heart, Regional Architecture Association (RAA)’s next event, BEGINNINGS – First Peoples’ Architecture is a chance to be immersed in a deep cultural experience of architecture and language from the families and elders who have an ancient connection to Coolendel.

A deep cultural experience, Beginnings is an opportunity to learn from First Nations peoples about the link between architecture and connection to Country. As part of the event, First People’s will build structures in the spirit of ancestors who historically built on the same land, in Coolendel.

The Regional Architecture Association (RAA) is organising an immersive event designed to provide attendees a comprehensive experiential introduction to First Nations’ design and building practices.

20th September 2023

Following the devastation of bushfires, floods, and the pandemic, in 2021, a group of like-minded regional architects banded together to form a new, member-driven organisation with a focus on bringing about positive change in Australia’s regional areas. Thus, the Regional Architecture Association (RAA) was born.

6th July 2023

In the regions, architects and those interested in the built environment are pooling their knowledge to help affect change. Jan Henderson introduces us to the Regional Architecture Association and what it does.

23rd November 2022