Architecture Australia, May 2011
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Radar
Desire and identity
Hélène Frichot reviews a recent exhibition on the work of Chancellor and Patrick.
Home – Real and Ideal
Claudia Perren reviews an architectural exhibition where artists and architects sought new urban solutions.
The New Mathematics of Architecture
Anthony Burke reviews an authoritative reference text and guide to computational work in architecture.
People
Vale: Nick Murcutt 1964–2011
Camilla Block and Gaetano Palmese remember Nick Murcutt and his spirited approach to architecture and life.
Features
Housing Futures
An introduction to looking at housing not just as a house, but in all its forms.
Renovating the suburbs
Shane Murray and Lee-Anne Khor explore the possibilities for strategic infill redevelopment to increase suburban density.
The rise of higher-density living
Eli Giannini outlines the forces that have shaped affordable housing in Melbourne.
Making home in contemporary Australia
Andrew Gorman-Murray and Robyn Dowling explore changing demographics and modes of domesticity.
Multi-res policy: 9 years of SEPP 65
Peter Mould reviews the first nine years of NSW’s plan to improve the design of multi-residential buildings.
Garden-oriented development
Gregory Bamford reflects on Owen and Vokes’s experiments with garden-oriented development for increasing suburban density.
Designing Affordable Sustainable Housing
Diego Ramirez-Lovering and Shane Murray of the Monash Architecture Studio explore new models for housing in the suburbs.
Housing futures – practice and strategy
How might architects be involved in the process of building affordable housing?
Habitat 21
VicUrban partnered with seven practices and a volume builder to develop these models of affordable, sustainable housing.
Fox Johnston’s three social housing projects
These three social housing projects, by Fox Johnston, make the most of clever planning and robust materials.
Factory house
Simon Anderson explores how industrial processes and contractors might make flexible, affordable, low-energy housing.
Whitmore Square affordable eco-housing
Whitmore Square affordable housing, by Troppo Architects, uses robust materials, considered shared spaces and sustainability.
Western Sydney apartments
A focus on spatial and environmental amenity drives these two western Sydney housing projects, by Redshift and Hill Thalis.
Practice
A dress code for green buildings
Automated window covering firm Somfy explains the importance of tailored envelopes.
Real-time design collaboration in 3D
Rob Malkin and Dominik Holzer consider real-time design collaboration when working with 3D digital models.
Facade technology innovation
Bruno Seguin of Horiso discusses facade innovation by looking at three developments set to get 6-star Green Star ratings.
