City Mag, 8 October 2015

Last night, one of Adelaide's newest festivals - the Festival of Architecture and Design - was opened with a (now almost obligatory) laneway party. Here's our tips on navigating a program that speaks of how design decisions have shaped our past and will affect our future.

Sophie Perri, The City, 7 October 2015

Owners of city buildings should be more open-minded on how to make rooftops accessible to the public, landscape architect Ying Qian says ahead of the Festival of Architecture and Design (FAD). With more high-rise developments underway and amid a State Government push to increase residents numbers in the CBD, Ms Qian says building...

Kylie Fleming, The City, 7 October 2015

Design is all around us, it really is everywhere you look, says Kara Growden, Australian Institute of Architects. "It's (FAD) about celebrating the amazing creative community here and people are starting to realise that now, feel good about it, be proud of themselves and, in that way, they're talking about it more."

Nathan Johnson, Architecture & Design Online, 7 October 2015

There are a host of events that encourage the community to participate in and enjoy the history, culture and future of Adelaide architecture and others that aim to develop and strengthen relationships and the distribution of information among the architecture community.

Interview, Radio Adelaide Breakfast, 5 October 2015

The Festival of Architecture and Design is coming up with the notion of driverless cars headlining the event. Ian Newton spoke to Festival Creative Director Dino Vrynios on Radio Adelaide Breakfast show to discuss the Future Forum: The Age of the Driverless Car event.

Nathan James Crane, The Adelaide Review, 1 October 2015

The gallery’s co-director Steve Ronayne describes the Life is About to Change exhibition as “a survey, rather than a comprehensive of what’s happening in design. It’s a snapshot of what’s being designed and manufactured in Australia today.” A majority of the designers featured in the event are internationally renowned, award– winning creatives, including Adam Goodrum, Kate Stokes, Damon Moon...

Belinda Willis, The Advertiser, 29 September 2015

DESIGNING a city around driverless cars is a focus for this year’s rapidly growing Festival of Architecture and Design in Adelaide.

Festival joint creative director Dino Vrynios said the town hall event came from recent discussions during this year’s Premier’s delegation to China where the idea to see Adelaide turn into a city of the future took root.

Architecture & Design, 29 September 2015

The fourth edition of Open House Adelaide will unlock the doors of several award-winning homes in Adelaide as well as provide an opportunity for participants to explore the design process in working architectural studios.

Katrina Lobley, Traveller, 26 September 2015

A winery design conversation – set in the Barossa Valley – is one of the highlights of this year’s Festival of Architecture and Design (FAD). The conversation will take place on October 10 at the JamFactory at Seppeltsfield – an arts and craft hub that opened in late 2013 within 19th-century stone stables at the historic Seppeltsfield winery.

ArchitectureAU, 24 September 2015

Adelaide’s Festival of Architecture and Design will launch for its second year on Thursday 8 October and will run until Tuesday 13 October. This year’s theme is Life on the Edge, which aims to explore the unique design outcomes that result from Adelaide’s cultural, geographic and economic context.

David Russell, Inside South Australia, 22 September 2015

Good news Adelaide! You don’t need to wait until #MadMarch to get your festival on anymore. A growing number of event organisers are capitalising on the demand for revelry at other times throughout the year and are staging increasing popular festivals in spring.

Walter Marsh, Rip It Up, 22 September 2015

Glenside Hospital’s Z Ward will turn music venue next month when it hosts a program of classical and electronic sounds as part of the Festival Of Architecture and Design. Hidden Sounds from the Z Ward will take advantage of the unique acoustics of Z Ward’s empty cells and hallways with an intoxicating mix of classical and contemporary sounds curated by Helpmann Award winner and Soundstream Artistic director Gabriella Smart.

Katrina Lobley, Traveller.com.au

Adelaide’s first Festival of Architecture and Design (FAD) last year was planned in just a few short months. “It was a pretty monumental effort,” says the festival’s co-creative leader, architect Dino Vrynios.

The inaugural event, driven by the Australian Institute of Architects’ state chapter featured a dozen events over five days.

Dave Walsh, Weekend Notes, 15 September 2015

The Festival of Architecture and Design is a new South Australian festival launched in 2014. The festival aims to educate and engage people in Adelaide about how architecture and design impact on our lives. An eclectic program of events from October 8-13 2015 will have widespread appeal, not just to people who are professionally involved.

The Adelaide Review, September 2015

Wine. It’s part of the South Australian way of life. The Seppeltsfield Winery is now home to architecture award-winning JamFactory gallery, shop and artist studios, a new cellar door and FINO restaurant offering a unique food, wine and design experience like no other.

Kelly Noble, Glam Adelaide, 11 September 2015

The Festival explores the theme ‘Life on the Edge’ and how Adelaide’s geographic, economic and cultural position stimulates unique design approaches and outcomes. Events will focus on sharing stories about our small bar culture, waste in the built environment, women in design, the possibilities presented by the driverless car, links between wine, food and design, a heritage legacy of elegance and innovation...

Nathan James Crane, The Adelaide Review, September 2015

After a successful debut last year, the Festival of Architecture and Design (FAD) returns in 2015 and is set to stage events across the state from Thursday, October 8 to Tuesday, October 13. Dino Vrynios, one of FAD’s Creative Directors, shares some insights into what we can expect from this year’s festival.

Bension Siebert, InDaily, June 6, 2015

A design competition is underway to turn this grand old building into the creative hub for the second annual Festival of Architecture and Design in October. The three-storey neoclassical building was designed by then government architect Charles Edward Owen Smyth to demonstrate the benefits of telephone technology around the time of federation.

Leanne Amodeo, The Adelaide Review, NOVEMBER

The inaugural Festival of Architecture and Design offered plenty of opportunities for conversation, networking and debate. Organised by joint Creative Leaders Anthony Balsamo and Dino Vrynios, and Executive Team Leader Leah Salamon, in close collaboration with the SA Chapter of the Australian Institute of Architects, the five-day event delivered a series of sessions and presentations that were...

Architecture and Design, October 1, 2014

The SA Chapter of the Australian Institute of Architects (AIA) have released the program for the inaugural Adelaide Festival of Architecture and Design (FAD) and it includes design debates, films and guided architectural tours. It will have a central focus on Adelaide’s architecture and design culture, and the importance of integrated design to shape the city today and in the future.

Leanne Amodeo, The Adelaide Review, OCTOBER

The much-anticipated Festival of Architecture and Design launches as an annual event this October, promising a program of events and activities targeted at the wider community. In a city recognised for its strong festival culture there’s some anomaly as to why it’s taken this long for Adelaide to hold an annual festival of architecture and design. 

ArchitectureAU > Festivals, September 26, 2014

The festival has been brought together by creative leaders Anthony Balsamo, Walter Brooke, Dino Vrynios and Grieve Gillett Dimitty Anderson Andersen Architects who state its long-term goal is become part of Adelaide’s vibrant festival culture which contribute to the liveliness in the city all year round.

September 26, 2014

For the first time in Adelaide, The Vantage Festival of Architecture and Design (FAD) presented by the SA Chapter of the Australian Institute of Architects, has launched its program of events for Friday 10th until Tuesday 14thOctober. The Festival will deliver a fun, vibrant and educational program of...