Architecture Australia, September 2008
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Features
culture and Delivery
Delivering Culturally Appropriate Aboriginal Housing
Why we do what we do
Architect Andrew Lane on the pleasures and perils of working in the Indigenous sector and with remote communities.
home safe home
Greater Western Sydney is home to a large section of the Aboriginal community, and housing and homelessness are significant issues here too. Gillian Barlow looks at one program that aims to make life a little better.
housing for health
Twenty years on. Paul Pholeros draws on the long experience of the Housing for Health program to suggest ways forward.
dreaming the great australian dream
Home ownership has become a hot topic in Indigenous housing. Mark Moran explores the issues, arguing that those who aspire to ownership should be supported.
self-built
Where to now? Stephanie Smith argues that self-constructed housing offers many clues on how to develop more sustainable housing procurement processes.
working together
Real partnerships between Indigenous communities, government and the private sector are fundamental to any success in housing. William Tilmouth, Executive Director of Tangentyere Council, addresses the issues, the history and possible futures.
AN architecture of listening
Andrew Broffman on Tangentyere Design’s thirty years of working with Indigenous housing and communities.
the detail of things
Deborah Fisher and Simon Scally reflect on five years of consultation-intensive housing delivery under the federal NAHS scheme.
dreaming the block
Angela Pitts outlines the Pemulway Project, by Cracknell and Lonergan with the Aboriginal Housing Company, which seeks to rejuvenate The Block.
Indigenous Design Paradigms
Working with and against Indigenous design paradigms
Comment
Foreword
Australian Architecture Takes World Stage
Reflection
Indigenous Housing: Walking Alongside
Practice
housing
Radar
Headlines
News and nuance
Awards
Australian Institute of Architects State Awards
Queensland, New South Wales
The second instalment of state awards in the lead-up to the National Awards, to be held in South Australia on 30 October.
Queensland, New South Wales
The second instalment of state awards in the lead-up to the National Awards, to be held in South Australia on 30 October.
biennale
Abundant Australia
Abundant Australia opens 11 September at this year’s Venice Architecture Biennale – 180 architects have submitted 300 models for inclusion. We present a sneak peek, along with an outline of the historical component by Conrad Hamann.
Abundant Australia opens 11 September at this year’s Venice Architecture Biennale – 180 architects have submitted 300 models for inclusion. We present a sneak peek, along with an outline of the historical component by Conrad Hamann.
Exhibition
A New Australian Pavilion
Books
Reading pleasures
A new Australian pavilion
Sandra Kaji-O’Grady considers the exhibition of shortlisted entries to the Di Stasio Ideas Competition in 2008.
