Australian Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat
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The Australian Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat (ACTBUH) was founded as the Australian version of the Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat.
[edit] Key figures
President: Bruce Wolfe, Conrad Garget Architects Secretary: Andrew Getnar, NDY Treasurer: Cameron Mclean, Mckenzie Group Consulting (QLD) Immediate Past President: Brett Taylor, Bornhorst & Ward
[edit] History
In the late eighties the Australian Council of Tall Buildings was just an idea of Professor Bill Lim and Henry Cowen. Both were members of the International Body.
By the early nineties there had been a well attended and exciting conference in Brisbane setting an international Building Agenda following the success of Brisbane Expo 88. Energy was supplied by Noel Robinson, Elwyn Wyeth and Trevor Redcliffe. At the same time the Australian Council of Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat had been formed with David Norris as chair and Janet Conrad and Ian Bishop providing organizational support.
Seminars were conducted, mainly in the offices of Feez Ruthning and the committee expanded including Russell Brothers, Wayne Petrie and John Gaskin
At the time of the CTBUH conference in Melbourne 2001 (organizing force Bonacci Group and Professor James Leamouth) the ACTBUH was running the popular Breakfast Seminars at the Brisbane Club.
More recently, presidents of the ACTBUH have included Wayne Petrie and Brett Taylor.
Since then, it has held seminars on a regular basis, with speakers including: Andy Davids, Alex Cohn, Michael Rayner, Michael Kerry, Ed Blakely, Chris Johnson and more.
