Marking an entrance: Triabunna Gatehouse
Marking arrival at this post-industrial township on Tasmania’s east coast, the Triabunna Gatehouse by Gilby and Brewin Architecture is a “visual feast,” inscribed with complex narratives of a place in flux.
Diplomatic metaphor: Australian Embassy Bangkok
The Australian Embassy Bangkok, designed by BVN, explores the narrative potential of architecture through a visceral juxtaposition of Australian and Thai precedents.
Palladian rules: House with a Guest Room
In his design of this thoughtful and “radically judicious suburban villa” in coastal New South Wales, Andrew Power has appealed to strict classical sensibilities with artful familiarity and wit.
Tribute to a world-wanderer: Captain Kelly’s Cottage
Through a forensic and addictive process of discovery, John Wardle Architects has painstakingly added to and restored this cliffside cottage on Bruny Island with “humble deference” to its history and the world-wanderer who called it home.
2018 National Prizes: Gold Medal
The 2018 Gold Medal is awarded to Alec Tzannes of Tzannes.
News
Marcel Breuer’s only Australian building finds new owner
An unassuming factory building in Penrith, western Sydney – the only Australian building designed by American modernist architect Marcel Breuer – has been sold to a new owner.
NSW budget ‘strangely quiet’ on housing affordability, Institute says
The Australian Institute of Architects has welcomed spending on health and education in the NSW budget, but questioned the lack of focus on housing.
Parramatta boardwalk to provide ‘missing link’ along river
A boardwalk designed by Hill Thalis Architecture with Jane Irwin Landscape Architecture and McGregor Westlake Architecture will harness the “spatial drama” of the Parramatta river.
DIA names design graduates of the year
The winners of the Design Institute of Australia’s 2018 Australian Graduate of the Year Awards have been announced.
Projects
Marking an entrance: Triabunna Gatehouse
Marking arrival at this post-industrial township on Tasmania’s east coast, the Triabunna Gatehouse by Gilby and Brewin Architecture is a “visual feast,” inscribed with complex narratives of a place in flux.
Diplomatic metaphor: Australian Embassy Bangkok
The Australian Embassy Bangkok, designed by BVN, explores the narrative potential of architecture through a visceral juxtaposition of Australian and Thai precedents.
Reviews
‘What exactly is Freespace?’: a wildly subjective ranking of the 2018 Venice Architecture Biennale
Grace Mortlock and David Neustein of Other Architects reveal their top ten pavilions and exhibits at the 2018 Venice Architecture Biennale, plus a bonus not ranked section.
Venice 2018: Freespace / Womanspace
Nicole Kalms assembles a list of some of the most unmissable projects by women at the 2018 Venice Architecture Biennale.
Awards
2018 ACT Architecture Awards
The Australian Institute of Architects has announced the winners of the 2018 ACT Architecture Awards.
People
Matthew Eagle’s inventive residential architecture
Rigorous analyses of Queensland’s distinct housing typology and a subtle approach to challenging norms underpin Matthew Eagle of ME’s work. His inventive residential architecture brings the suburban fabric to the fore.
Prospect of refuge: Phoebe Goodwin on architecture and humanitarianism
Phoebe Goodwin provides insights on her humanitarian work with UNHCR in refugee camps in Bangladesh, Greece, the Democratic Republic of the Congo and elsewhere.
Vale Norman Edwards
James Colman remembers Australian architectural educator Norman Edwards who left his mark on young architects all over the world.
The entrepreneurial architect: Jan O’Connor on tea, success and architecture
Architect, brand developer and businessperson Jan O’Connor co-founded the highly successful tea retail business T2.
Discourse
The activist potential of the architect’s own home
Janina Gosseye and Isabelle Doucet expound on residential architecture’s activist potential and the tensions navigated by architects who design their own domestic projects.
- Australia’s First Baugruppe
- What Would Boyd Do? A Small Homes Service for Today
- To design safer parks for women, city planners must listen to their stories
- Cross-pollination, migration, adaptation: Australia’s fragile grasslands at the Venice Biennale
- We need to stop innovating in Indigenous housing and get on with Closing the Gap
Practice
Fee redemption: A mutually assured future
In response to Shaun Carter’s call to reintroduce a fee guide for architects, John Held says the problem runs much deeper than continuous fee cutting.
Products
Editor’s picks: Favourites from Denfair 2018
Artichoke editor Cassie Hansen’s selection of favourite products from the 2018 Denfair show.
New Volumes collection celebrates the beauty of Elba stone
Artedomus has launched a new brand, New Volumes, which explores and “pushes the boundaries” of one natural material: Elba stone.
Integrated wireless charging for cabinetry and furniture
Australian wood-based panel product distributor Gunnersen has introduced a new integrated wireless charging system for cabinetry and furniture.
Quick Step Intenso prefinished timber flooring
Quick Step has launched a new range of chevron patterns to its timber floor collection.
Postcards
2018 Dulux Study Tour, Milan: Why is “style” a dirty word in architecture?
In the design and fashion capital of Italy, the participants of the Australian Institute of Architects’ 2018 Dulux Study Tour found Milan is a city that embraces the idea of “style” and how it shapes architecture.
2018 Dulux Study Tour, Berlin: Architecture as an agent for social change
On the Berlin leg of the Australian Institute of Architects’ 2018 Dulux Study Tour, the group visited a number of projects that demonstrated how architecture could be used as a tool for social change.
2018 Dulux Study Tour, London: Does studio culture equate to the architecture produced?
The winners of the 2018 Dulux Study Tour visited a number of world renowned architectural practices in London and got an inside look at what drives their culture.
On a high: the Everest circuit
In this postcard from Nepal, architect Virginia Waller reflects on the relationship between the country’s alpine architecture and its remarkable natural setting.