Architecture Australia, November 2016

Architecture Australia, November 2016

Architecture Australia

Provocative, informative and engaging discussion of the best built works and the issues and events that matter.

Reflection

Architecture Australia November/December 2016.
Archive | Cameron Bruhn | 4 Nov 2016

AA November/December 2016 preview

An introduction to the November/December 2016 issue of Architecture Australia.

Review

An installation view of Encircler (2016) and Herethere (2016) by artist Natasha Johns-Messenger at Heide Museum of Modern Art, Melbourne.
Discussion | Suzie Attiwill | 9 Jan 2017

Sitelines by Natasha Johns-Messenger

Suzie Attiwill reviews Sitelines, a recent exhibition of spatial and interactive artworks by Natasha Johns-Messenger on show at Heide Museum of Modern Art.

Dossier

The Incidental Space exhibition in the Swiss pavilion featured an irregular form of "perceived virtuoso sloppiness," which belied the rigorous structural analysis that sophisticated computation can implement.
Discussion | Patrick Keane | 24 Oct 2016

Digital practising in Venice

Patrick Keane reviews the 2016 Venice Biennale through a digital lens, discussing projects that embrace the digital Zeitgeist within an exhibition that seemingly focuses on analog practice.

Awards

From left: Abbie Galvin, principal at BVN Architecture; Jon Clements (chair), Immediate Past National President of the Australian Institute of Architects and director at Jackson Clements Burrows; Fenella Kernebone, freelance curator/producer/journalist; Stuart Vokes, director at Vokes and Peters; and Rodney Eggleston, founding director of March Studio.
Awards | Jon Clements | 3 Nov 2016

2016 National Architecture Awards: Jury overview

Jury chair Jon Clements reflects on the 2016 National Architecture Awards jury tour.

The Condensery – Somerset Regional Art Gallery by PHAB Architects.

2016 National Architecture Awards: Public Award

The Condensery – Somerset Regional Art Gallery by PHAB Architects.

City of Perth Library and Public Plaza by Kerry Hill Architects.

2016 National Architecture Awards: Public Commendation

City of Perth Library and Public Plaza by Kerry Hill Architects.

Kempsey Crescent Head Surf Life Saving Club Neeson Murcutt Architects.

2016 National Architecture Awards: Public Commendation

Kempsey Crescent Head Surf Life Saving Club Neeson Murcutt Architects.

University of Queensland Oral Health Centre by Cox Rayner Architects with Hames Sharley and Conrad Gargett Riddel.

2016 National Architecture Awards: Daryl Jackson Award for Educational Architecture

University of Queensland Oral Health Centre by Cox Rayner Architects with Hames Sharley and Conrad Gargett Riddel.

Geelong Grammar School, School of Performing Arts and Creative Education by Peter Elliott Architecture and Urban Design.

2016 National Architecture Awards: Educational Architecture Commendation

Geelong Grammar School, School of Performing Arts and Creative Education by Peter Elliott Architecture and Urban Design.

5 Martin Place by JPW and TKD architects in collaboration.

2016 National Architecture Awards: Commercial Architecture Award

5 Martin Place by JPW and TKD architects in collaboration.

The State Buildings by Architect: Kerry Hill Architects, heritage architect: Palassis Architects.

2016 National Architecture Awards: Lachlan Macquarie Award for Heritage

The State Buildings by Architect: Kerry Hill Architects, heritage architect: Palassis Architects.

5 Martin Place by JPW and TKD architects in collaboration.

2016 National Architecture Awards: Heritage Award

5 Martin Place by JPW and TKD architects in collaboration.

University of Queensland Oral Health Centre by Cox Rayner Architects with Hames Sharley and Conrad Gargett Riddel.

2016 National Architecture Awards: Interior Architecture Award

University of Queensland Oral Health Centre by Cox Rayner Architects with Hames Sharley and Conrad Gargett Riddel.

Lennox Bridge Portals by Hill Thalis Architecture and Urban Projects.

2016 National Architecture Awards: Urban Design Award

Lennox Bridge Portals by Hill Thalis Architecture and Urban Projects.

Tonsley Main Assembly Building and Pods by Woods Bagot and Tridente Architects.

2016 National Architecture Awards: David Oppenheim Award for Sustainable Architecture

Tonsley Main Assembly Building and Pods by Woods Bagot and Tridente Architects.

University of Queensland Oral Health Centre by Cox Rayner Architects with Hames Sharley and Conrad Gargett Riddel.

2016 National Architecture Awards: Sustainable Architecture Award

University of Queensland Oral Health Centre by Cox Rayner Architects with Hames Sharley and Conrad Gargett Riddel.

Perth Concert Hall by Howlett and Bailey Architects.

$30 million for Perth Concert Hall redevelopment

The Western Australian government has pledged $30 million to redevelop the brutalist Perth Concert Hall.

National Gallery Singapore by studioMilou Singapore with CPG Consultants.

2016 National Architecture Awards: Australian Award

National Gallery Singapore by studioMilou Singapore with CPG Consultants.

Obituary

Romaldo Giurgola, pictured outside Parliament House in Canberra.
People | Silvia Micheli | 19 Dec 2016

Vale Romaldo Giurgola AO, 1920–2016

Romaldo Giurgola, architect of Parliament House in Canberra, played a seminal role in nation-building, making an outstanding contribution to Australia’s architectural heritage.

Paul Pholeros. Photography: Miles Roston, as published in Making a World of Difference, by Miles Roston (Exisle Publishing).
People | Phil Harris | 22 Dec 2016

Vale Paul Pholeros AM, 1953–2016

Phil Harris remembers Paul Pholeros, founding director of Healthabitat and a driving force behind a number of seminal guides for housing construction in remote Australia.