{"id":329007,"date":"2025-12-05T08:14:09","date_gmt":"2025-12-05T08:14:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/329007\/"},"modified":"2025-12-05T08:14:09","modified_gmt":"2025-12-05T08:14:09","slug":"architecture-prize-for-herald-writer-who-turns-somewhat-inaccessible-into-stories-that-resonate","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/329007\/","title":{"rendered":"Architecture prize for Herald writer who turns \u2018somewhat inaccessible\u2019 into stories that resonate"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Sydney Morning Herald senior reporter Julie Power has been awarded the Australian Institute of Architects\u2019 2025 NSW President\u2019s Prize for her reporting and impact on architecture.<\/p>\n<p>Elizabeth Carpenter, the president of the NSW chapter of the Australian Institute of Architects, said architects had a tendency to be \u201csomewhat inaccessible\u201d.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Sydney Morning Herald senior reporter Julie Power.\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/0136ee40cb625b77fe4ed67bb1426bfc22d973f8.jpeg\" height=\"390\" width=\"584\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Sydney Morning Herald senior reporter Julie Power.Credit: Louise Kennerley<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe have a tendency to talk in \u2018archi-speak\u2019, which can be misconstrued as either arrogant or privileged,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking at the annual event on Thursday, Carpenter said Power\u2019s jargon-free stories had highlighted how architecture can benefit the public.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI also like to think Julie\u2019s clear and engaging writing is the connective tissue between government, councils and developers as well as architects and, importantly, readers.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Loading<\/p>\n<p>Power\u2019s contribution was especially important now, Carpenter said, given the need for innovative and imaginative housing solutions and the importance of mitigating the impact of a changing climate on the urban environment.<\/p>\n<p>Carpenter, who is also the managing principal of FJCStudio architecture practice, said Power\u2019s \u201cunique and fresh take on the world, with a human centred focus to ground each story\u201d promoted a public understanding of the role architecture played in shaping the city.<\/p>\n<p>Accepting the award, Power, who has been lay juror on the NSW annual architecture awards, said she had been \u201centranced by the power of architecture to change lives\u201d.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Sydney Morning Herald senior reporter Julie Power has been awarded the Australian Institute of Architects\u2019 2025 NSW President\u2019s&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":329008,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[31],"tags":[449,458,459,64,63,460,134],"class_list":{"0":"post-329007","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-arts-and-design","8":"tag-arts","9":"tag-arts-and-design","10":"tag-artsanddesign","11":"tag-au","12":"tag-australia","13":"tag-design","14":"tag-entertainment"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/329007","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=329007"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/329007\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/329008"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=329007"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=329007"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=329007"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}