Architecture Australia, September 2012
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Design
Waterloo Youth Family Community Centre
The conversion of a community centre by Collins and Turner in inner Sydney redefines the green roof.
Swanston Academic Building
Swanston Academic Building by Lyons raises questions larger than architecture says Professor Des Smith.
Swanston Street precinct
Swanston Academic Building is right at home among the canopies, chaos and pockets of calm on this pivotal thoroughfare writes Paul Walker.
Nineteen James
As part of a larger renewal program, Richards and Spence revitalizes a building on Brisbane’s James Street retail precinct.
Three schools
The notion of place is the starting point for three South Australian schools by Tridente Architects.
Shearer’s Quarters, Bruny Island
On Tasmania’s Bruny Island, Shearers Quarters by John Wardle Architects makes a transformational link from past to future.
Dossier
Ben Hewett: The Corroboration
Ben Hewett talks to Timothy Moore about solving big-picture problems of the built environment.
Rachel Smith: The Corroboration
Rachel Smith talks with Timothy Moore about solving big-picture problems of the built environment.
Stuart Candy: The corroboration
An AA Roundtable interview with Foresight Leader Stuart Candy.
The scale of tomorrow: architects as agents of change
As collaborators in city-making, architects bring invaluable multi-scalar thinking to the table.
Forward history: Practice beyond BIM
Architectural practice can be expanded through a fine control of the toolset.
Philip Beesley: Being responsive
Canadian architect and artist Philip Beesley talks to Timothy Moore about architecture that responds to setting.
Manufacturing difference: the case for customisation
The convergence of construction and manufacturing technology gives architects greater control.
Frontier land: the future of architectural education
How should architects learn? In an age of frontier technologies, the future of architecture is a dynamic system of relationships.
Document
Wang Shu: cultural shift
Pritzker Prize-winner Wang Shu talks to Helen Norrie about his quiet revolution in China.
North of the border: National Conference review
The 2012 National Architecture Conference allowed architects to step outside their daily practice and drink in some inspiration.
Ábalos+Sentkiewicz: keep it simple
Madrid-based architecture duo Iñaki Ábalos and Renata Sentkiewicz talk to Rachel Hurst.
We don’t need another hero
Monash University masters students critique the use — or misuse — of the hero shot in selling architecture.
Brian Klopper: improbable architecture
A review of the Brian Klopper Architectural Projects exhibition held in Perth, 2012 tells us much about the man.
Details
Past occupation
When considering detail, attention to human scale is key, writes Virginia Kerridge.
