NaarmArchitectureFoundation

The Naarm Architecture Foundation has been established to foster, develop and promote the past, contemporary, and speculative practice of architecture in Naarm/Melbourne, and its role in the city's culture and society. Located in Naarm/Melbourne our vision is committed to a place-based approach to design.
We support architectural and related design practices that engage in a range of discursive, cultural, social, environmental, and aesthetic issues. This is realised through our project-based annual grants, creative practice incubator program, The Naarm Architectural Papers, alongside supporting publications, events and exhibitions.

Naarm Architecture Foundation

… Is a building on Little La Trobe
… Is a new foundation
… Is a creative practice incubator
… Is a funding body
… Is for architects and designers
… Is for Naarm
… Is for you

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Find out more about the ‘Naarm Architectural Papers’ a new biannual publication published by NAF. ‘Patch, Repair, and the Cache—46 Little La Trobe Street’ by Simulaa, with contributions by Maggie Edmond and Philip Goad.

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The Naarm Architecture Foundation is based on the unceded lands and waterways of Wurundjeri Woi-wurrung Country. We acknowledge over 65,000 years of continuous place-making, cultural knowledge and custodianship by Wurundjeri Woi-wurrung and Bunurong peoples, and by First Nations communities across Australia.

Naarm means place in Woi-wurrung language and reflects our commitment to place-based creative practice in the city of Naarm/Melbourne. We thank the Wurundjeri Woi-wurrung Cultural Heritage Aboriginal Corporation for their guidance in using this word to shape our identity as a Foundation.

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