SPONSORSHIP OF THE ARCHITECTURE FOUNDATION

BENEFITS OF SPONSORSHIP
The following will indicate the advantages of being an on-going, annual donor to the Fund.

FINANCIAL

• Tax deductibility of all donations made to The Architecture Foundation,
• Potential exemption from capital gains tax where testamentary gifts of property valued at more than $5000 are received by the Fund.

NETWORKING AND SPONSOR EXPOSURE

• Sponsors are promoted to the architectural profession and wider community by way of:
  400 annual dinner invitations and other communications totalling over 600 per year,
  Architecture Foundation website exposure and embedded hotlinks,
  promotional documents and CDs,
  formal press and media releases,
  promotional presentations.
• All sponsors’ logos are exhibited on a Sponsors’ Page attached to all correspondence,
• The opportunity to network professionally with scholars before and after they have completed their programme of travel and their professional studies,
• Familiarity of scholars and collegiate students of Architecture with a sponsor’s corporation, products and services, immediately and when they enter the architectural profession.

PHILANTHROPY

• The personal rewards that stem from acts of philanthropy towards persons for whom no form of benefit and support of this type is available,
• The potential to share in, and thus benefit from, the very evident maturing and richness which result from the experiences of the unique scholarship programme,
• Major sponsors are encouraged to join annual dinner attendees, thus gaining exposure and a chance to promote products and services,
• Sponsorship confirms goodwill towards and support of:
  the University of Newcastle,
  the unique professional educational programme in Architecture presented by the School of Architecture at the University of Newcastle,
  the profession of Architecture,
  the building industry and the wider building community,
  previous and future recipients of the Eric Parker Travelling Scholarship.

Major sponsors are encouraged to attend the official launch of the award in March of each year at the University of Newcastle to promote their products and services and to become known to the body of architecture students.Major sponsors are also encouraged to attend the annual scholarship presentation dinner, held in September.

MAJOR SPONSORS AND BENEFACTORS

EJE Architecture is a major, Newcastle-based, architectural practice forming part of a larger multi-disciplinary group of sixty staff with a commitment to creativity and innovation. The directors of EJE are graduates of the School of Architecture at the University of Newcastle.

The group has been a sponsor of the scholarship programme from its inception in 2000 and, in 2006, became on-going major sponsors of the Architecture Foundation in support of its vision to fund and develop the Eric Parker Travelling Scholarship at the University of Newcastle.

Website: www.eje.com.au

Established in 1976, Rice Daubney is one of Australia’s leading architectural practices producing projects that have an emphasis on quality, commercial focus and innovation in design.

The practice is based in Sydney and Brisbane and is composed of a number of specialty areas including commercial, retail, health and research, interiors and workplace, defence, lifestyle design and building diagnostics.

The group has been an on-going, major sponsor since 2003 and continues to provide invaluable financial support for the activities of The Architecture Foundation.

Website: www.ricedaubney.com.au

Winning Appliances is Australia’s leading cooking and appliance specialist, offering value and service - in a modern environment, with state of the art appliances.

Their six showrooms are located across Sydney and at Newcastle and offer an extensive range of products and breadth of choice from more than sixty world-renowned product manufacturers. Coupled with their professional and knowledgeable staff, their aim is to provide an exceptional service to the architectural profession as well as the general public.

Winning Appliances became a major sponsor of the scholarship programme in 2007 and remains a highly valued benefactor of The Architecture Foundation.

Website: www.winningappliances.com.au

Zumtobel is the internationally-leading supplier of integral trend-setting lighting solutions for a wide variety of applications. By combining technology, design, emotion and energy efficiency, they provide unique customer benefit. They provide customised lighting solutions, professional advice and comprehensive technical services throughout the world.

Zumtobel Lighting Pty Ltd (Australia) became a major sponsor of The Architecture Foundation in 2006. In addition to major financial sponsorship, Zumtobel Lighting supports the travelling scholars during their travels by receiving them at their headquarters in any country in which the scholars are visiting.

Website: www. zumtobel.com.au

Allandale is a modern, medium-size winery situated in the Lower Hunter Valley wine growing area of Lovedale, adjoining Pokolbin. The winery was established in 1978 and over time has built an enviable reputation for premium quality varietal wines. The winery is owned and operated by Wally and Judith Atallah who have seen the winery develop from a small production, sold through cellar door, to a winery with sales in all eastern states and with export markets in 5 countries.

Allandale is managed by Bill Sneddon who oversees marketing and sales operations and is the winemaker for the winery.

Allandale Winery became sponsors in 2006. In addition, they support the Architecture Foundation by supplying high quality wines as part of an on-going, fund-raising initiative of the Foundation. The Parker Dozen of high quality Hunter Valley wines is available at any time by contacting The Architecture Foundation.

Website: www.allandalewinery.com.au

Bonnyrigg Garden Centre has serviced Sydney garden and landscape enthusiasts for the past 40 years offering their experience and advice to customers and long term clients. They are not immediately associated with the world of architecture but the owner is a graduate in Architecture from the University of Newcastle. In recognition of his life-changing professional education in Architecture, he continues to contribute generous financial support.

Bonnyrigg Garden Centre has been a sponsor of the scholarship programme from its inception in 2000 and remains a highly valued benefactor of The Architecture Foundation.

Website: www.bonnyrigggardencentre.com.au

Duc Associates is a Newcastle-based architectural practice with international and national experience in urban design and the design of commercial, industrial, residential and institutional buildings.
The practice is one of a small number of regional architectural practices with full quality assurance certification to ISO 9001.

Duc Associates has been a sponsor of the scholarship programme from its inception in 2000 and remains a highly valued benefactor of the Architecture Foundation.

Website: www.ducassociates.com.au

Stramit Building Products is a leading Australian manufacturer of steel building products, including roofing, walling, gutters and fascias, frames and trusses, purlins, flooring and structural formwork. A “Building Solutions” approach ensures customer relationships are built on business understanding, flexibility, service, systems support and product innovation, with a focus on ease of transactions and accurate, on-time delivery.

Stramit Building Products provides technical support to architects, designers and engineers through a combination of technical literature, technical services managers and national R&D.

Major manufacturing operations are quality endorsed to ISO/AS 9002 accreditation and the company is committed to achieving this status throughout the entire organisation.

Stramit Building Products (Newcastle) has been a sponsor since 2003 and continues to provide invaluable financial support for the activities of The Architecture Foundation.

Website: www.stramit.com.au

The practice of Suters Architects was founded in Newcastle in 1958. During the 1960s and 1970s, the practice was responsible for a number of important civic projects which saw its reputation spread beyond the Hunter Valley. In the late 1980s, the practice began to expand to allow it to take on major projects across NSW.

The practice now has 120 staff and 23 directors based in Newcastle, Sydney, Brisbane and Melbourne.

Its founding principal, Dr Brian Suters, was awarded an honorary doctorate by the University of Newcastle in recognition of his contribution to the profession of architecture and the built environment.
Suters Architects has been a sponsor of the scholarship programme from its inception in 2000 and remains a highly valued benefactor of the Architecture Foundation.
Website: www.sutersarchitects.com.au

Established in 1980, Lindsay & Dynan is the largest regionally based structural civil engineering consultancy in NSW.

The practice provides personalised, professional consulting services to private, corporate and government clients throughout Australia and Asia.
They have expertise in concept development, through to detail engineering design and construction supervision in the areas of industrial, mining and bulk materials handling, infrastructure, commercial and retail, residential, educational and government as well as health and aged care.

Their key objective on each project is to work with their client to understand their requirements and to develop tailored design solutions that are innovative, practical and add overall value to the project.

Lindsay and Dynan became sponsors in 2006 and provide invaluable financial support for the activities of The Architecture Foundation.
Website: lindsaydynan.com.au

THE SERVICE SPONSORS OF THE ARCHITECTURE FOUNDATION

Hosting Impact is a Newcastle-based website hosting business that specialises in providing cost-effective, communications-hosting solutions for Australian small business. They maintain and manage their servers to the highest levels. Their mission is to provide the best valued Web Hosting Solutions at all times.

Hosting Impact became service sponsors in 2007 and provide invaluable web hosting, email and promotional support for the activities of The Architecture Foundation.

Website: www.hostingimpact.com

Parker and Randall is a long-established, Newcastle-based legal practice with a fascinating history attaching to its founding partner who undertook a significant part of his legal studies as a prisoner of war during World War 2, with the assistance of the Red Cross.

The small practice provides mainstream legal services but in an extremely personal and immediate context against the current commercial trend of “big is powerful”.

The practice supports the work of The Architecture Foundation by donating legal advisory services to the Trustees of the Foundation to ensure effective and proper legal management of the fund’s activities.

Prosperity Advisers is one of the largest, independently-owned Chartered Accounting and Financial Planning practices in NSW. The practice supports the work of The Architecture Foundation by donating financial and business advisory services to the Trustees of the Foundation to ensure effective and prudent management of the fund’s resources.

Prosperity Advisers became sponsors of The Architecture Foundation in 2006 and have assisted in establishment of the Foundation as well as its establishment and registration as a prescribed private fund.

Website: www.prosperityadvisers.com.au

STA Travel is a nation-wide travel group which provides international travel, insurance, accommodation and traveller support to The Architecture Foundation. In addition to providing travel resources to tertiary students, STA Travel also offers a wide range of travel facilities to the general public and are renowned for creating unique travel packages at highly competitive rates.

STA Travel (Newcastle office) became service sponsors in 2007 and are focussed on providing a comprehensive and cost-effective travel portfolio for the Foundation.

Website: www.statravel.com.au

The Aqua Bar and Grill Restaurant is located at the Beach Hotel, Frederick Street Merewether. It is a superb venue overlooking the Pacific Ocean at Merewether and is ideally suited to be the location of the annual Foundation Dinner held each September.

The proprietors of the Aqua Bar and Grill became sponsors in 2006 and continue to assist the Foundation by donating the use of the venue and by providing a variety of catering services to support annual functions.

Website: www.thebeachhotel.com.au/aqua.htm

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