Architecture Australia, January 2012
Architecture AustraliaProvocative, informative and engaging discussion of the best built works and the issues and events that matter.
Direction
A new year
Brian Zulaikha’s introduction to the January 2012 issue of Architecture Australia.
The shock of nothing new
Timothy Moore’s introduction to the January 2012 issue of Architecture Australia as editor of the magazine.
Digest
Australia House competition
A series of images from a competition to build an art residency and gallery in Japan.
Shoot the Architect results
Shoot the Architect asked Queensland photographers to show architects in a new, imaginative light.
Snapshot
The continual sprawl of Australian cities was cause for recent discussion across Sydney micromedia.
Design
Annexe – Art Gallery of Ballarat
Searle × Waldron makes a grand stand in the city of Ballarat.
Cook Islands Uniting Church, Clayton
Harmer Architecture congregates church, factory, house and Polynesian pavilion.
420 George St, Sydney
Hassell chairman Ken Maher reviews Bates Smart’s 420 George Street.
One40william, Perth
Bates Smart director Philip Vivian reviews One40william by Hassell.
Nudgee College Tierney Auditorium
M3architecture brings pattern to the fore in Brisbane.
Army Recruit Training Centre, Kapooka
The rebuilding of soldiers by S2F.
Review
Venice 2012 – Looking forward
Annabelle Pegrum looks at the short-listed proposals for the Australian exhibition at the 2012 Venice Architecture Biennale.
Dossier
Australian house sizes
Australian houses are the largest in the world and getting bigger, reports Amelia Borg.
Urban change / Renew Newcastle
Tarsha Finney argues for greater agency in the process of urban renewal by maintaining an economic perspective.
Revolution or missed opportunity?
Clare Newton and Lena Gan contemplate the impact of the national investment known as Building the Education Revolution.
Doing less is more
In making every part of a project sustainable we can overlook the fact that the strategy of designing less can achieve more.
Interview: Glenn Murcutt
Marcus Trimble talks to architect Glenn Murcutt about generations of practice.
The Modernist safehouse
Marissa Looby and Michael Holt explore the inherent paradox in the idea of being modern.
AA Roundtable 06
Faced with more rules and regulations, is it time to take a risk?
Document
After Images: Solidarity and Soul
Harpreet (Neena) Mand reviews an exhibition of sketches by Australian architects.
The Encyclopedia of Australian Architecture
Peter Bickle reviews The Encyclopedia of Australian Architecture, edited by Philip Goad and Julie Willis.
2011 AA Prize for Unbuilt Work
While unbuilt projects are by nature speculative, the entrants to the 2011 AA Prize also keep it real, writes Timothy Moore.
Details
Detail as procedural information
Kokkugia’s Roland Snooks looks at the detail as the generator of form and organization.