Tag: Heritage
Greek museum planned at Melbourne heritage building
Developer ISPT has partnered with the Hellenic Museum to create an outpost of the Greek Benaki Museum in Melbourne.
Parramatta Powerhouse design tweaked
The design of the Powerhouse Museum in Parramatta has inched closer to being finalized and Willow Grove will be moved to a new spot.
Robin Boyd’s first home heritage status challenged
The heritage protection status of the Former Boyd House at 666 Riversdale Road, Camberwell will be decided at a 2021 hearing.
Proposed mixed-use precinct for Sydney’s ‘Glittering Mile’
Tonkin Zulaikha Greer and Panov Scott have together designed a mixed-use precinct that will see the redevelopment of five buildings along a famed strip of Sydney’s Kings Cross.
North Sydney MLC building ‘may be of state heritage significance’
Under threat of demolition, the North Sydney MLC Building could be granted a stay of execution by the Heritage Council of NSW, which has resolved to consider its state heritage status.
Modernist riverside pavilion faces demolition
A modernist pavilion in Melbourne’s Fairfield Park is facing partial demolition by the local council, despite a number of objections.
World’s first surf lifesaving club to be transformed
Sydney’s Waverley Council has released concept designs for the redevelopment of the Bondi Surf Bathers and Life Saving Club.
Design for new Australian exhibit at Taronga Zoo
Lahznimmo Architects and Spackman, Mossop and Michaels have designed a new exhibit for Taronga Zoo for Australian animals in their natural habitats.
More than 100 Melbourne buildings to be heritage protected
Following an extensive heritage review commissioned by the City of Melbourne, 137 buildings and 5 precincts have been recommended for heritage protection.
BVN wins competition for City Tattersalls Club redevelopment
BVN impressed the judging panel with an efficient floor plan and “elegant” and “calm” facade for the redevelopment of Sydney’s City Tattersalls Club.
2020 Houses Awards: House in a Heritage Context
The architect has used traditional materials in a contemporary way to create a quietly powerful statement.
A ‘one-in-100-year renovation’: Concrete Blonde
Tucked behind an existing heritage home on a tight block with a south-facing yard in Sydney, this generous addition offers light-filled, textured spaces with a natural, earthy palette.
‘Wasteful’ war memorial project should be abandoned
The Institute said the the Australian War Memorial project has had “clear and numerous failures of due process.”
Historic Gold Coast theatre saved from demolition
The historic facade of the Old Burleigh Theatre Arcade on the Gold Coast will be preserved under a plan to construct a 14-storey tower on the site.
‘Looking backwards to look forwards’: Sibyl Centre
Stories dating back more than a century infuse this addition to the first university college for women in Australia.
Six compete to design City Tattersalls Club redevelopment
Hassell, Bates Smart, SJB, BVN and Candalepas Associates will compete in the City Tattersalls Club design competition.
‘Foreboding’ brutalist hospital added to Victorian Heritage Register
The former Footscray Psychiatric Centre has been given state heritage listing.
Green bans hero Jack Mundey dies
The key force behind the green bans movement that saved large parts of Sydney’s built heritage has died.
Array of mid-century Sydney School houses heritage listed
A treasure trove of modernist and Sydney School houses by some of Sydney’s best known architects has been heritage-listed by Willoughby council.
Retired architect creates colouring-in drawings of ‘City of Dreams’
The “City of Dreams” colouring-in series includes drawings of Geelong’s historic and contemporary architectural landmarks.
