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Exterior of Rose Seidler House
4 May, various times
Tour

Curator-led tour of Rose Seidler House & Julian Rose House

Enjoy a tour of Rose Seidler House with Museums of History NSW curator Michael Lech, plus a rare peek at the Julian Rose House with Brian Seidler AM

White Bay Power Station
9 May 12pm & 1.20pm
Tour

Members heritage tours: White Bay Power Station

Decommissioned in 1984, Sydney’s longest-serving power station at White Bay will once again energise Sydney as part of the 2024 Biennale of Sydney

Queen Victoria Building
30 May, 5.30pm & 7pm
Tour

QVB Twilight Tours

Join us for a special-access tour of one of Sydney’s best-loved architectural icons, the Queen Victoria Building (QVB)

Sydney Opera House sails with a crane in front and the Sydney Open graphic over the top

Sydney Open Series

A continuation of the Sydney Open annual program throughout the calendar year and will present talks, workshops, and tours

Roughly hewn sandstone steps and entrance looking up to the Butterfly House

The Butterfly House

Designed by Peter McIntyre in 1955, the Butterfly House in Kew, Victoria, challenged conservative postwar architecture in Australia through the use of bold colour and experimental design

Side on view of the exterior of the zinc clad penthouse atop the brick apartment block

The Droga Apartment

Muscling into a tough urban streetscape, the Droga Apartment sits atop a 19th-century brick warehouse that acts as a plinth to its remarkable curved zinc-clad form

This is a photograph of a oval shaped concrete building with a large square glass room protruding at the front of the building. The house is surrounded by grass and trees.

The Gottlieb House

The Gottlieb House, designed and built between 1990 and 1994, provides no clues to its domestic use from the street. Inside, custom designed furnishings, light, form and sheer monumentality create a sense of the theatrical

This is a photograph of a pendant light hanging over a dark timber dining table with a patterned wallpaper in the background

The Jack House

The design and layout of the Jack House challenged the conventional style of 1950s Australia

This is a photograph of the belvedere of the Mooloomba House with a native garden surrounding it

The Mooloomba House

The distinctive belvedere of the Mooloomba House, designed by Andresen O'Gorman Architects in 1995 on the idyllic North Stradbroke Island, has a nest-like affect, providing a peaceful area to enjoy the ocean and night sky view