Architecture with Pride | Love Letters to Blooming

Presented by Architecture with Pride, Love Letters to Blooming brings together some of Australia’s most diverse design practitioners and creatives for an evening of short-form presentations - each offered as a love letter.

In response to the Sydney Gay and Lesbian Mardi Gras 2026 theme, Ecstatica, this event celebrates the explosive joy, connection and resilience that emerges when queer communities come together. Across eight five-minute presentations, our speakers will explore what blooming means to their identity, their practice, their community and their story.

Hear from...

Han Chen — Associate Landscape Architect, Arcadia

Maryam Farnia — Ex-Humanitarian Architect. Current teacher to tiny humans.

Terrence Stapleton — Sydney Studio Leader, TCL

Jess Hodge — Principal, Designing with Country, Yerrabingin

Taylor Coyne — Researcher and Designer, Yerrabingin / UNSW

Paul Matthews — Design Strategist, UNSW

Cilicia Christy — Palawa & Ngāti Kahungnunu

Emiliano Miranda — Director, Lintel Studio

Expect thoughtful, joyful, tender and powerful takes on queer blooming — delivered with heart, humour and honesty.

Your first round at the bar is included in the ticket price.

This event takes place on the land of the Gadi people. We acknowledge the traditional custodians of the land and pay our respects to Elders past and present.

Free tickets are available for First Nations peoples and trans folk. Please get in touch via our website or at hello@architecturewithpride.com.au.

The Abercrombie is a fully accessible venue. If you have specific accessibility requirements, please contact hello@architecturewithpride.com.au.

Header image: Audience members enjoy a love letter at Love Letters to Being, presented at The Burdekin Hotel in 2025. Image: Architecture with Pride