Robin Gibson was Queensland’s most influential modern architect and that influence was exerted by his design for the riverside Cultural Precinct at the heart of modern Brisbane. But do the buildings perform to Gibson’s intentions? The author asked three expert users for their judgement of the buildings and their public reception, thirty years later.
Donovan Hill decisively shifted the professional and the public conversation forward from the reheated dichotomy of modernism and the Queensland vernacular tradition.
Cai Guo-Qiang's current exhibition, Falling Back to Earth, is an immersive experiential delight that coddles the audience just long enough for the artist’s concerns to slip into the collective psyche.
This year’s awards constituted ten regional awards and four special awards including a new category – Regional Building of the Year.