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"As a kid, I always had a passion for making things so architecture was an easy fit. I grew up sailing dinghies with my family so we lovingly tweaked them to optimise performance. It gave me the craft of making but also awareness of external factors. I don’t know how anyone makes a successful career choice with such limited exposure to the world. I guess I was one of the lucky ones."
A historically significant wall is to be restored as part of Lendlease’s 6.1 acre Melbourne Quarter development. Constructed in 1890 by Victorian Railways, the 174 metre bluestone retaining wall on Flinders Street marks the site of Batman’s Hill and John Batman’s first home, constituting an important slice of Melbourne’s history. Before World War II, the […]
Melbourne architecture practice ClarkeHopkinsClarke has designed a village which helps to empower disadvantaged children and alleviate poverty in Kenya. The ever-growing village is the brainchild of Dean Landy, a partner at ClarkeHopkinsClarke, and the founder of the ‘for-purpose’ organisation One Heart Foundation which operates the project. Currently, One Heart Village hosts a primary school with […]
Image above, Smith House by environa studio, features optimum orientation and solar access. Image courtesy the architect. Jan O’Connor of environa studio, an expert in the world of sustainability, discusses the intangible new parameters qualifying sustainability. Gillian Serisier: Five years ago sustainability meant solar panels. But now we’re at a very different place in the […]
Each year, UK architectural news publication Building Design (BD) surveys architecture studios from all over the globe to compile a report on the biggest 100 practices in the world. These practices are ranked by the number of fee-earning architects they employ, and this year, six Australian studios made the cut.
John Pauline of HASSELL discusses designing sporting stadiums that are useful to their host city long after the event they were built for is over.
"Our aim was to provoke and inspire. As such, sculptures and artworks are integrated into the office, including a 12-metre long decommissioned rocket from the Soviet era."
You may walk past these bastions of the built environment every day or have seen them in a thousand holiday photographs, but what did they look like when they were just a twinkling in their creator's eye? Skeletons looks at the origins of notable buildings, beginning with the State Library of Victoria.
Above: The ICC Convention Centre. Photography by Guy Wilkinson Photography. Featuring Australia’s biggest stage, biggest ballroom, seven exhibition halls and a 270-degree view of the Sydney Harbour skyline, ICC Sydney by HASSELL and Populous has set a new benchmark in exhibition and convention venues. The precinct includes a convention facility capable of holding three separate concurrent […]
The Victorian Government has released details of its Better Apartments Design Standards, which will come into effect in March 2017. The two-year long process was undertaken in close consultation with a range of industry experts, including the Victorian Chapter of the Australian Institute of Architects. The standards aim to ensure that apartments are designed for […]
From brick additions in Dublin to white, sweeping halls; from big practices to small up-and-comers - see which photos earned the most double-taps on Instagram for 2016.
Above: Medibank Place by HASSELL. Photo by Peter Bennetts/Earl Carter. Following last week’s wrap-up of 2016’s most popular interiors, here we take a look at the year’s most popular architecture projects. 7. Abode318’s shifting façade “From a distance, the building appears to ripple and bulge, while close-up the individual apartments become legible. The undulating form has a […]
When Ken Shuttleworth left Foster and Partners after 30 years to start his own practice, he worried that he might make a pig's ear of it. But he went ahead and did it anyway...
Above: supermanoeuvre’s entry. Render courtesy supermanoeuvre. Five architects have been shortlisted in the competition to redesign Frankston train station. Minister for Public Transport Jacinta Allan and Member for Frankston Paul Edbrooke joined the finalists today at the Frankston Revitalisation Hub to view their designs. The finalists include: Luke Farrugia and Andrew Shaper – both young practitioners on […]
Designs for Populous‘ brand-new 30,000-seat Parramatta stadium were unveiled by the NSW Government last week. “This design boasts Australia’s steepest stands to ensure fans will be closer to the action than they are at Brisbane’s Suncorp Stadium, or any other in the country,” says NSW Premier Mike Baird. “We’re getting on with the job of delivering the biggest […]
Image above, the Parkview townhouses by Conrad Architects. All renders courtesy Glenvill. Property developer Glenvill Group has announced its first architect commissions for the Eastern side of its 16.5-hectare YarraBend development. Fender Katsalidis, Rothelowman, DKO, Point Architects and Conrad Architects have all been appointed to design various projects within the first precincts. Glenvill has so […]
Above: Candevish House by Mole Architects, who is part of Diversity + Community ’17. Photo by David Butler, Siobhan Doran. Drawing speakers from Africa, Asia, Europe, North and South America and Australia, Diversity + Community is a two-day conference which provides a range of talks revealing the shifting priorities and emerging opportunities for responsive, culturally and […]
"Good architects think long-term and play the long game.” Creating a balance between form and function has long been the challenge for architects, but now there is a new imperative – closing the loop.
Woods Bagot has been announced the winner of Schiavello's Future Workplace competition, and now is your chance to cast a vote in the People's Choice.
Above: Marion Mahony Griffin, one of the first licensed female architects in the world. Image courtesy Parlour/National Library of Australia PIC/9929/2046. Parlour has announced the launch of Marion’s List, a new public register for the women of Australian architecture and the built environment. “We need never again accept the excuse, ‘We asked a woman, but she wasn’t available’,” says […]
The Australian Smart Skyscrapers Summit is an inaugural event that will premiere in Melbourne in March 2017. Looking at sky-high towers, high and medium-rise construction and design, the Summit brings together world leaders in architecture, engineering, urban planning and construction. With a wide range of international and local speakers, case studies in both the Australian […]
Image above by Anthony Geernaert. Renowned Australian architect Peter Corrigan AM passed away on Thursday 1 December. Corrigan received the Australian Institute of Architect’s highest honour, the Gold Medal, in 2003 for his contribution to architecture across built works, set and stage design, and academia. When awarding him with the Medal, the jury expressed that Corrigan […]
To insource or outsource: that is the question. John Wardle and Lindsay Urquhart Riba debate the pros and cons. THE CASE FOR IN-SOURCE: JOHN WARDLE, PRINCIPAL, JOHN WARDLE ARCHITECTS We basically outsource very little. If there’s a special reason for engagement with somebody, a craftsman or artist, we would outsource that, but generally the […]
"The ensuing story of the project is one that goes to show that architecture isn't just grand edifices, but rather, at best, it can change the way people think and can bring people together. It shows you what great architecture can do." Glenn Murcutt: Spirit of Place will air on ABC TV on December 6 at 9.30pm.
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