MDW x BOOK LAUNCH: 'Adapt' by Hannah Lewi and Cameron Logan

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Join authors Hannah Lewi and Cameron Logan with guests (TBC) for the launch of Adapt: Designing New Lives for Old Buildings for Melbourne Design Week.

One of the most powerful ways architects have to build more sustainably is by building as little new work as possible in favour of informed conservation, care and adaptive reuse of existing buildings and materials. Join a panel of speakers from leading architecture practice, the heritage sector and academia to celebrate the publication of ADAPT: Designing New Lives for Old Buildings.

The book launch will include a panel discussion – a site which is featured in the book as one of the case studies of successful adaptive reuse for community-making. The panel discussion will be moderated by Associate Professor Rory Hyde, and will include Professor Hannah Lewi, Associate Professor Cameron Logan and Professor Robert Crawford as co-authors of the ADAPT book. Plus, designers and decision-makers included in the book to discuss best practice in sensitively and creatively adapting and reusing historic buildings and landscapes over the last decade in Australia.

When: 6pm Wednesday 20 May 2026

Where: CY Space, Unit 7/35 Johnston St, Collingwood VIC 3066 (Collingwood Yards) (NOTE: this is not the Bookshop by Uro store)

Tickets:
$5- ticket price redeemable as a discount from book purchases