Conrad Hamann is Associate Professor in Architectural History, RMIT. His most recent publications include Cities of Hope: Remembered/Rehearsed (Thames and Hudson, 2012).
Conrad Hamann's Latest contributions
Kerstin Thompson’s inventive responses to context
All Kerstin Thompson Architects’ designs offer a new combination of references, with a remarkable sense of encounter in the moment, and with surprise, delight and a sense of unexpected value.
Architectural tapestry: State Library of Victoria Vision 2020
Architectus and Schmidt Hammer Lassen’s design for the redevelopment of the State Library of Victoria weaves together the idiosyncrasies and episodes of one of Australia’s oldest public libraries.
Intricate recasting: The Stables, VCA
This considered refurbishment honours a once-vital part of Melbourne’s infrastructure, transforming the formal rhythm of stables and riding halls into flexible studios and performance spaces for the Victorian College of the Arts.
Monash University Biological Sciences Laboratory
A small, unassuming biology pavilion, Harmer Architecture’s Monash University Biological Sciences Laboratory combines austere materiality with expressive geometry to engage with its program and natural surrounds.
Buried history: Galleries of Remembrance
ARM Architecture’s final additions to the Shrine of Remembrance offer a contemporary foil to the memorial’s classicism.
Richard and Elizabeth Tudor Centre for Contemporary Learning
McIntyre Partnership’s expressive learning centre at Trinity Grammar in Melbourne serves as a chronicle of the architecture of Peter McIntyre.
Hamer Hall
ARM Architecture makes a range of functional improvements to Melbourne’s Hamer Hall.
Invasion of the Pods
Expressive yet pragmatic, Paul Morgan Architects’ Sound Studio for RMIT’s Spatial Information Architecture laboratory explores acoustic insulation and rejoices in anthropomorphism and sci-fi imagery.
Academic community
Gathering griffin details and answering the dome of newman college, edmond and corrigan’s academic centre also comprehensively addresses its complex wider university context.
