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We take a look at the recently revealed winners for the South Australian and Western Australian Architecture Awards.
With over 105 buildings available for self-guided tours and a variety of free talks tours and events, the Open House Melbourne weekend is a rare opportunity to hear about the creative process behind some of Melbourne’s most iconic buildings.
Is there a consistent connection between the silently beautiful but bold Nordic architectural design gestures, and the way in which the mind can be freed to creatively innovate? ADR contributor Bronwyn Marshall unpacks the enduring appeal of Nordic design.
Still buzzing from the Victorian, Tasmanian, Queensland and last night's NSW awards? We recap the major projects to watch for at the National Awards in November.
Always moving forward and never resting on its laurels, Technē Architecture + Design has made a name for itself designing beautiful projects that showcase the practice’s talent, imagination and integrity.
Sneak a peek inside the AIA award-winning Mongrel Rapture, with AR's exclusive review of the 1616-page monograph dedicated to the important and highly influential practice, Ashton Raggatt McDougall (ARM).
"Yes, it’s a monograph but it’s also a manifesto of sorts," says Howard Raggatt about ARM’s 150,000 word tome of biblical proportions, which took out the Bates Smart State Award for Architecture in the Media at last week's Victorian Architecture Awards.
There is an increased responsibility for the architecture and design community to replicate ideal living conditions in multiresidential apartments, as a way to bridge the gap in quality between high density accommodation and traditional housing.
Capitol Grand, the tallest skyscraper outside of the city centre of Melbourne, has been approved for construction by VCAT. Designed by Bates Smart Architects, the 50-storey tower will house 450 residential apartments.
Post-reveal, the Pavilion this year has been described as "closer in spirit" to Zaha Hadid's inaugural tent, suggesting a progression in design lineage on the exhibit's 15th anniversary.
An enigmatic Paris-based architecture practice has been announced as the firm to helm the design of the Guggenheim Helsinki.
Woods Bagot’s Nan Tien Institute and Cultural Centre, designed for the ambitious Taiwanese Fo Guang Shan Buddhist order, is the first building in what is proposed to be an extensive new university campus for Wollongong.
There has been a recent surge in popularity for prefab construction, yet the technique still polarises the architecture and design community, carrying the stigma of a ‘quick-fix’ production line solution. We speak with Jan Gyrn from Modscape about shifting attitudes towards modular building.
The 2015 finalists for the World Architecture Festival (WAF) and the INSIDE World Festival of Interiors have just been announced, with Australian practices well represented across both prestigious international shortlists.
“We don’t have the same kind of structured internship following graduation that a number of countries offer,” says Architects Accreditation Council of Australia (AACA) CEO Kate Doyle.
In the world of photography there is one man who is recognised and celebrated as arguably the best architectural photographer in Australia. Who is this icon? It is, of course, Mr John Gollings.
‘The revolution in architecture brought us freedom but robbed us of taste,’ wrote Roy Simpson of Yuncken Freeman Architects. So what would Simpson think of the addition to 'his' Sylvia Walton Building by Lyons Architecture?
The recently completed Garma Cultural Knowledge Centre at Gulkula expresses Yolngu knowledge, power, and identity through the medium of contemporary architectural design.
Beverly Hills welcomes a new addition to its exclusive ZIP code, with SPF:a’s recent transformation of a historic building into the new Wallis Annenberg Center for the Performing Arts.
Elenberg Fraser’s recently completed Avenue apartment building, on the corner of Chapel Street and Alexandra Avenue, has a striking purity, with its gentle, curved surface offering a soft visual gateway into South Yarra.
Following Brisbane City Council’s recent approval for three towers in Toowong by Zaha Hadid, this week, the prolific architect reveals plans for a second project – a pair of towers at Mariner’s Cove on the Gold Coast
Along the west bank of Shanghai’s Huangpu River stands a 13.5-metre concrete tower. Yung Ho Chang and Atelier FCJZ’s Vertical Glass House is an inward-looking residence, both physically and metaphysically.
Modular homes and buildings have experienced a local surge in recent years, with architects and builders alike turning to prefabricated solutions to facilitate speedier, more cost-effective builds.
The Melbourne School of Design (MSD) at the University of Melbourne, designed by John Wardle Architects in collaboration with Boston-based architecture studio NADAAA, has been described as ‘representing the values of the university’ as ‘built pedagogy’.
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