Architecture Australia, November 2000
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Comment
Foreword
During the recent Olympic Games in Sydney, I had the privilege of spending some time at the Homebush venue. I was with a group of …
Letters and Fixes
Letters and Fixes: Architecture Australia, November 2000
Obituary
SIR LESLIE MARTIN 1908-2000Professor Sir Leslie Martin, MA, PhD, FRIBA, who, along with Cobden Parkes, Eero Saarinen and fellow Mancunian Harry lngham Ashworth, chose Jorn …
Features
Commercial Commendation
DESCRIPTIONThe "sustainable sheds for tourism" project is located in an area with a high level of nature conservation value, that is also of significance to …
Commendation for Public Buildings
DESCRIPTIONThe new building for RMIT’s Faculty of Art, Design and Communication explores the expressive characteristics of academic activity and the industrial processes of the printing …
Commendation for Housing
DESCRIPTIONThe residence is situated on a densely timbered, sloping 3,000 square metre hill block overlooking the Kalamunda National Park. The building is located toward the …
RAIA Awards 2000
of projects now taking environmental issues as key motivating factors - a university building, childcare facilities at Darwin Hospital, an hotel in rural South Australia …
Robin Boyd Award for Housing
Robin Boyd Award for Housing – Emery Residence by Denton Corker Marshall
Special Jury Award
Apartments at Newington (Precinct 3) by HPA Architects, Planners and Interior Designers with Bruce Eeles and Associates and Vote Associates
Commendation for Housing
Carter/Tucker House by Sean Godsell Architects
Commendation for Housing
Reeves House by Stutchbury and Pape, Peter Stutchbury and Sue Harper in association.
Commercial Award
363 George Street by Denton Corker Marshall
Special Jury Award for International Practice
Wohnpark Neue Donah by Harry Seidler & Associates
Commendation for Housing
St Lucia house by Peter Skinner and Elizabeth Watson Brown
Sir Zelman Cowen Award for Public Buildings
The Scientia, UNSW by MGT Architects
Commendation for EED & ESD
Olympic Lighting Towers by Tonkin Zulaikha
Lachlan Macquarie Award for Conservation
St Stephen’s Chapel by Robin Gibson & Partners
Commendation for EED & ESD
DESCRIPTIONSited at the entrance to the Royal Darwin Hospital, the Childcare Centre looks out over the spacious grounds of the hospital. In the distance a …
Commendation for EED & ESD
DESCRIPTIONThe original Prairie Hotel at Parachilna - constructed from stone and corrugated iron - has been modified to provide four suites, refurbished, and extended with …
Piano in Sydney
"I propose, then, that the building will open up, play with the light, the view, the sun, the breezes, the wind; that it might have …
Architecture - The Future
Architecture - the Future FAST-PACED TECHNOLOGICAL CHANGE, LOW-COST INTERNATIONAL PROVIDERS AND CHANGING PROCUREMENT METHODS ALL PRESENT SIGNIFICANT CHALLENGES TO THE PROFESSION. SO WHERE DO WE …
Walter Burley Griffin Award for Urban Design
DESCRIPTIONRMIT’s City Campus is undergoing a metamorphosis, an urban transformation which sheds its fortress image and opens it up to the city. The Urban Spaces …
Interior Award
DESCRIPTIONThis family home has been extended forward from its original site between three massive elm trees. The new spaces have been elevated as interlocking platforms …
President’s Award for Recycled Buildings
DESCRIPTIONA 1903 derelict warehouse has been converted to a residence above and office below. The existing building and location (and budget) were the main prompts …
International Award
DESCRIPTIONThe Westpac Trust Stadium is a purpose-built, 34,500 spectator sports and entertainment stadium located in Wellington. The stadium is designed to accommodate both oval-shaped and …
Colorbond Award for Use of Steel Commendation for Public Buildings
DESCRIPTIONThe NSW Tennis Centre is the venue for the Olympic tennis and subsequently will be the headquarters of Tennis NSW. The major tennis championship in …
ESD & EED Award
DESCRIPTIONThe Institute of Languages comprises twenty-six classrooms, seminar spaces and associated amenities. From the project outset the architects sought to reinvestigate the typical classroom model …
Commendation for Urban Design
DESCRIPTIONThis commission involves providing the basic urban infrastructure for the new development in Melbourne of 220 hectares of land around the river and Docklands. This …
Radar
Projects
WASHINGTON: SUN WALL Innovarchi’s entry for the US Department of Energy’s Sun Wall Competition, left, focused on improving the aesthetic qualities of photovoltaic (PV) arrays, …
Headlines
FMSA Architects’ winning design for Melbourne’s Federation Arch.associate at Hayball Leonard Stent >> The Hanover Design Competition will pair architects with developers in an attempt …
Books
FREDERICK ROMBERG: THE ARCHITECTURE OF MIGRATION 1938-1975 Editor Harriet Edquist. RMIT University Press, $34.95.Frederick Romberg - described by Conrad Harmann as one of the most …