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Northern Precinct at Rouse Hill by Cox Architecture.

Walkable, green neighbourhood for Sydney’s Rouse Hill

Cox Architecture has amended its proposal for its $1.3 billion residential and commercial development at Rouse Hill, Sydney.

Commhaus by Lauren Ho, Madeleine Archer and Ben Thorp, University of Melbourne.

Student winners named in Future Homes design competition

Students were encouraged demonstrate how to rethink housing in Melbourne’s established suburbs.

The winning proposal by Design Strategy Architecture in collaboration with Includesign.

Replicable apartment designs win Future Homes competition

The Victorian government has announced four winners in the Future Homes competition seeking exemplar apartment designs.

The Fulcrum Agency founders Kieran Wong and Emma Williamson believe that architecture is “a rarefied profession” that needs to open up and become part of a larger conversation. Photograph: Bo Wong
People | Andrew Broffman | 9 Mar 2021

Reimagining architectural practice in a changed world

Emma Williamson and Kieran Wong are rethinking architecture practice, placing their emphasis on long-term client relationships and strategic collaborations with experts in a range of fields.

Lake Macquarie council will consider building the winning project on a vacant block on Ocean Street in Dudley.

Shortlisted teams announced in innovative housing competition

Lake Macquarie City Council has announced the shortlisted teams in a $40,000 competition to design innovative housing.

Lake House by Jonathan Lake Architects.

Minimum dwelling sizes proposed in WA medium density policy

The Western Australian government has released a new draft policy for medium density housing for public comment.

Northcote Residence by Project 12 Architecture.

Architect-led house renovations deliver value for money

Research has found that houses with renovations by small-practice architects perform better on the property market.

Courtyard House demonstrates the value of architectural design combined with prefabrication.
Projects | Sing d'Arcy | 5 Nov 2020

Prefab off-the-grid: Courtyard House

Courtyard House by Chrofi is an off-grid house located in the beachside forests of coastal New South Wales that touches the earth lightly.

Macaulay Rd by Fieldwork.

Housing challenges in an age of crisis

Leading architects from Australia and around the world will come together in an online symposium to discuss alternative models of housing and the impact of the climate, pandemic and recession crises.

John Chapman House redevelopment by Plus Architecture.

Student housing proposed in Sydney’s Camperdown

Plus Architecture has prepared designs for a major redevelopment of the John Chapman House accommodation at Moore Theological College in Sydney.

111-125 Anzac Parade by SJB.

Four student housing towers to rise up round UNSW

Four separate student housing towers designed by SJB, BVN, Plus Architecture and PTW respectively are proposed for an arterial road surrounding the University of New South Wales.

The planned Ivanhoe Estate redevelopment.

NSW government to fast track 24 major projects

Schools, a university campus and housing are among the first tranche of projects to be fast tracked by the NSW government to boost the economy during the COVID-19 crisis.

Sadie Morgan.

Jury announced for $500k Future Homes design competition

The Victorian government’s Future Homes design competition will be judged by a jury that includes eminent local and international architects.

Arkadia by DKO Architecture and Breathe Architecture.
Industry News | Linda Cheng | 24 Feb 2020

DKO, Breathe complete Australia’s largest recycled brick building

The architects behind a new Sydney apartment complex say the building could be the largest made from recycled brick in Australia.

Dual occupancy winner of the Missing Middle design competition: Youssofzay and Hart Architects.
Industry News | Linda Cheng | 22 Feb 2019

Election promise to end medium density housing code a backward step: Institute

The NSW Minster for Planning and Housing has announced the winners of a national ideas competition to design medium-density housing.

Render of Baugruppen at WGV, Perth. A “live project,” it will allow the design and construction of apartments to be initiated by buyers – a participatory process that is unprecedented in the Australian marketplace.
Discussion | Jennie Officer | 19 Jun 2018

Australia’s First Baugruppe

Geoffrey London speaks to Jennie Officer about Baugruppen at WGV, discussing the potential of the Baugruppen process to adapt to the Australian context.

The portable unit designed by Schored Projects.
Discussion | Katrina Raynor | 14 Nov 2017

Portable units and temporary leases free up vacant land for urgent housing needs

Katrina Raynor considers the innovations behind a portable housing project designed to house the homeless in Melbourne, which represents a scalable response to Australia’s urgent social and affordable housing needs.

Lime Street by Formworks Architecture won The Harold Krantz Award for Residential Architecture – Multiple Housing at the 2013 WA Architecture Awards.

Four entries make shortlist for WA public housing competition

The shortlist for a competition to design public housing in Perth that will generate variety, equity and affordability has been revealed.

Linear Landscape House by Rebecca Champney, Nettleton Tribe.
Industry News | Linda Cheng | 5 Sep 2017

Seven winning ideas for Queensland’s ‘missing middle’

The Queensland government has announced the winners of its Diversity and Density Done Well ideas competition.

What from the outside looks like a single detached house is actually three apartments.
Projects | Linda Cheng | 23 Aug 2017

Affordability by design: Gen Y Demonstration Housing

Emblematic of a generational shift in thinking about housing, this development of three apartments by David Barr Architects is an example of affordability by design.

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