Wright of passage: The Great Australian Bight
Cutting a dramatic curve through its inner-Melbourne lot, this distinctly “Wrightian” house by Multiplicity is grounded in its garden setting and built for family life.
Southern solitude: Bruny Island Cabin
Built as an escape from everyday life, this off-grid cabin by Maguire and Devine Architects celebrates the Tasmanian landscape and is a reminder of simple pleasures.
Shortlist revealed: 2018 National Architecture Awards
The Australian Institute of Architects has announced the shortlist for the 2018 National Architecture Awards.
Terracotta trope: The Beehive
The Beehive, designed by Raffaello Rosselli Architect with Luigi Rosselli Architects, is a poetic exploration of the aesthetic and structural potential of recycled materials as applied to the design of this architectural family’s own Surry Hills studio.
Urbane ambition: King Bill
A collage of the textures and colours of Fitzroy’s built history, this playful addition to an 1850s terrace by Austin Maynard Architects aims to ‘give something back’ by creating a lush oasis in the heart of the inner city.
News
First stage of State Library of Victoria’s $88m transformation complete
The State Library of Victoria has opened the first of its redeveloped spaces as part of Vision 2020 an $88.1 million transformation designed by Schmidt Hammer Lassen and Architectus.
Regional Architecture Conference 2018 to ‘rethink’ architecture in an evolving context
The 2018 NSW Regional Conference will gather together some of Australia’s most innovative architects together in the town of Lovedale, near Newcastle.
Design unveiled for $750 million mixed-use transport-oriented development in Brisbane
A development application has been submitted for the $750 million mixed-use development surrounding Brisbane’s Albion train station, designed by Hames Sharley.
Peter Poulet steps down as NSW Government Architect
The former NSW Government Architect Peter Poulet has been appointed to the Greater Sydney Commission.
Projects
Wright of passage: The Great Australian Bight
Cutting a dramatic curve through its inner-Melbourne lot, this distinctly “Wrightian” house by Multiplicity is grounded in its garden setting and built for family life.
Simple pleasures: Elwood House
This new apartment block by Woods Bagot with Hecker Guthrie fits neatly into the fabric of its village street, while perfectly suiting its inhabitants, who wish to simplify life.
Reviews
Elegant and experimental: Repair
Justin Mallia reviews Australia’s exhibition at the 2018 Venice Architecture Biennale and finds it “an elegant and visually striking composition” that is “eloquently composed and engagingly experiential.”
Environment, habitat and cultural history: Repair
‘Repair’, the Australian exhibition at the 2018 Venice Architecture Biennale calls us to reflect upon environment, habitat and the cultural history within which we work as designers.
Awards
Shortlist revealed: 2018 National Architecture Awards
The Australian Institute of Architects has announced the shortlist for the 2018 National Architecture Awards.
People
Architecture is the ‘arena’ for social dynamics, says Syrian architect Marwa Al-Sabouni
Architect and author Marwa Al-Sabouni speaks about her ideas for rebuilding war-torn Syria and creating platforms for a country “hungry for knowledge.”
Re-building a country: Mphethi M. Morojele on indigeneity, animist architecture and sending off Nelson Mandela
In Australia for the Indigenous Design Symposium in July, Johannesburg-based architect Mphethi M. Morojele spoke with ArchitectureAU about the nature of indigeneity and architecture’s role in transforming South Africa.
‘Architecture is the closest thing to a human being that something can be,’ says Daniel Libeskind
Self proclaimed “people’s architect” Daniel Libeskind speaks to William Feuerman about his design process, humanistic architecture and the importance of inscribing a narrative to a place.
Vitruvius’s disciples: Trias
Australia’s architectural scene is brimming with new talent. Linda Cheng chats with the young designers who make up Trias, a small emerging practice with big plans for the future.
Discourse
We need more flexible housing for 21st-century lives
Kirsty Volz, a PhD Candidate in architectural history at the University of Queensland, writes that the “Australian Dream” of private home ownership has fundamentally shifted, and that housing design needs to change with it.
- Housing cooperatives: Domesticity’s challenge, a call to arms
- Melbourne or Sydney? This is how our two biggest cities compare for liveability
- Put unused and ‘lazy’ land to work to ease the affordable housing crisis
- Disruptive domesticity: Housing futures and the sharing economy
- Cohousing: Driving housing innovation by changing the way we live
Practice
Finding opportunities in unlikely places: ACA Business of Small Practice forum
Held in Perth in July, the ACA’s Business of Small Practice forum provided insights and tools for architects who are launching, running or growing small practices in a transitioning economy.
Products
Laminex’s 2018 Essastone collection a ‘new standard’ in industrial styling
Laminex’s 2018 Essastone collection a ‘new standard’ in industrial styling
Haymes Paint reveals thoughtful colour forecast
Haymes Paint’s new colour forecast, Volume 11: Colour Conscience, explores how colour can have an uplifting effect and encourage people to live in a positive and responsible way.
Lebanon’s young talents recognized at Maison&Objet
Young designers from Lebanon have been acknowledged in the Rising Talents showcase at Maison&Objet’s September 2018 fair in Paris.
King Living’s Jasper sofa updated for 2018
King Living has updated the design of its Jasper sofa to include a range of modern features one that expands the definition of a piece of living room furniture.
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.