Linda Cheng is Editor of ArchitectureAU.com. She has written extensively on architecture and design in Australia and around the world. Linda completed a Bachelor of Planning and Design (Architecture) at the University of Melbourne and has worked at a small architecture practice in Melbourne. Linda has also contributed to Australian architecture and design magazines including Architecture Australia, Houses, Artichoke, DQ, and the National Gallery of Victoria’s Gallery magazine. She was previously deputy editor/art director of Furnishing International and editorial assistant of Indesign and Habitus magazines.
Linda Cheng's Latest contributions
Crystalline ‘giant stair’ of Parramatta: Manuelle Gautrand
Manuelle Gautrand speaks with ArchitectureAU on her competition-winning collaboration on a civic building in Parramatta.
Wardle-designed new office tower lends hand to homeless
A proposed office tower development in Melbourne’s Collingwood designed by John Wardle Architects will provide assistance to the local homeless.
Make, Architectus’ $1b Sydney tower gains final approval
A $1 billion Sydney office tower development designed by UK-based Make Architects and Architectus has received approval from the New South Wales Cabinet.
NH Architecture, Woods Bagot make over MCEC
The Melbourne Convention and Exhibition Centre (MCEC) is set for a major expansion designed by NH Architecture and Woods Bagot.
Studio Octopi’s floating pool concept tests Australian waters
A Melbourne not-for-profit organization is bringing Studio Octopi’s famed floating pool concept to Yarra River.
Green light for ARM and TCL’s Adelaide Festival Plaza redevelopment
The SA government has announced the redevelopment Adelaide Festival Plaza, by ARM and TCL, will go ahead after signing key agreements with stakeholders.
Water born: The Pool opens in Venice
Australia’s exhibition in the 2016 Venice Architecture Biennale, The Pool, explores one of the country’s most “fundamental public spaces.”
Nightingale 2.0 passes through council
The City of Darebin has voted to support the the second Nightingale apartment development designed by Six Degrees Architects.
Jean Nouvel’s first Melbourne tower unveiled
Developer Sterling Global has unveiled a 70-storey mixed-use tower in Melbourne designed by Ateliers Jean Nouvel.
Architect appointed for new Sydney Uni museum
The University of Sydney has appointed an architect for a new museum that will house 700,000 artefacts.