Revisited: Choong House
Built in 1985, this home by Biltmoderne presents a poetic integration of architecture, water and landscape, both reinforcing and contradicting the local mudbrick tradition.
Radical yet respectful: EDG Forum
Inside one of Sydney’s most well loved and iconic twentieth-century buildings, Archer Office has sensitively created a new communal workspace for Endeavour Drinks Group.
Five-year redevelopment of RMIT’s CBD campus complete as New Academic Street opens
A collaboration between five alumni-led practices, a five-year project to refurbish and extend RMIT University’s Melbourne CBD campus has been completed.
Shadows of heritage: Elgin Street Residence
The cultural heritage of the clients subtly influenced this reworking of a 19th century row house in Melbourne’s Carlton by Sonelo Design Studio.
Sensitive yet striking: East Melbourne Terrace
This renovation of a dark terrace house by Wolveridge Architects has resulted in a contemporary, light-filled home with striking timber elements and comfortable connections to nature.
News
Melbourne council begins survey of one of Australia’s densest concentrations of mid-century modernist architecture
The City of Bayside has begun a study of mid-century modernist architecture in the southeastern Melbourne suburbs of Beaumaris and Blackrock.
Winners revealed: 2017 Intergrain Timber Vision Awards
An inner-city library, treehouse-inspired school and beachside public toilet block are among the winners of the 2017 Intergrain Timber Vision Awards.
Development application for $89m ‘giant stair of crystalline blocks’ in Parramatta lodged
Parramatta City Council has lodged a development application for a new civic building in Parramatta Square designed by Manuelle Gautrand Architecture, DesignInc and Lacoste and Stevenson.
Sydney park to be named after Green Ban-era community leader Nita McCrae
A park in The Rocks will be named for the little-known Nita McCrae who, along with Jack Mundey, was one of the “two people most responsible for saving The Rocks and Millers Point from destruction.”
Projects
Revisited: Choong House
Built in 1985, this home by Biltmoderne presents a poetic integration of architecture, water and landscape, both reinforcing and contradicting the local mudbrick tradition.
Radical yet respectful: EDG Forum
Inside one of Sydney’s most well loved and iconic twentieth-century buildings, Archer Office has sensitively created a new communal workspace for Endeavour Drinks Group.
Reviews
‘How do you do?’: The value of practice-based research
Nicholas Skepper reviews the 2017 Practice in Research/Research in Practice symposium in Brisbane and the Gold Coast.
A Small Exhibition: How scaling down can offer more joyful ways of living
Curated by Anita Panov and Andrew Scott of Panovscott, A Small Exhibition, currently on show at the Tin Sheds Gallery at The University of Sydney, asks us to question how much space we really need to live comfortably.
Awards
Shortlist revealed: 2017 National Architecture Awards
From a record number of entries, 72 projects have been shortlisted for the 2017 National Architecture Awards.
People
Christina Cho awarded 2017 Queensland Emerging Architect Prize
Christina Cho, an associate at Cox Architecture, has been awarded the Australian Institute of Architects 2017 Queensland Emerging Architects Prize.
From ‘unemployable’ graduate to Gold Medallist: Ian McDougall in conversation
ARM Architecture’s Ian McDougall speaks with Natalie Bradburn about architecture, practice and “fetishization of the detail.”
Profile: Grieve Gillett Andersen
A pursuit of conceptual and aesthetic clarity and an ability to solve problems thoughtfully are evident in the residential work of Grieve Gillett Andersen.
Vale Nick Searle
Stuart Harrison remembers architect Nick Searle of Searle x Waldron.
Discourse
‘Mansplaining’ Australian cities – we can do something about that
Cities aren’t just a male creation, but women’s contributions have been sidelined. Kerry Brown and Dorothy Wardale argue there are ways we can rediscover and restore these women to their rightful place in the stories of our cities.
- Sustainable cities? Australia’s building and planning rules stand in the way of getting there
- Airbnb and empty houses: who’s responsible for managing the impacts on our cities?
- Sydney’s Cloud Arch critics and our mean-spirited approach to public art
- Saving Sirius has nothing to do with sexiness or leftist ideology, it’s the rule of law
- Saving Sirius: why heritage protection should include social housing
Practice
Podcast puts Australian architecture’s next generation in the spotlight
A new podcast series explores the hurdles and triumphs emerging architects experience as they embark on establishing their own practices.
Products
Beauty and performance come together in Polyflor’s Affinity floor vinyl range
Polyflor has greatly expanded its range timber-look vinyl flooring planks with the Affinity flooring collection.
New technology converts carbon emissions into building materials
An Australian start-up has unveiled a pilot plant that converts the carbon dioxide produced by a nearby mine into useable building material.
Carpets Inter’s new Breaking Ground collection combines high performance and functional aesthetics
The Breaking Ground collection of plank carpet tiles by Carpets Inter can be used independently or as coordinates to “landscape” any floor.
New Colorbond steel matt finishes created with design versatility in mind
Available in five colours, the new matt range has been designed to be a versatile part of the architect’s toolkit.
Postcards
Utopian housing schemes: Success or failure?
Visits to two iconic utopian housing schemes – Walden 7 in Barcelona and the Barbican in London – prompted the 2017 Dulux Study Tour group to question on the role architecture in forging communities and how this has changed over time.
Bohemian and nationalist narratives: The passageways of Prague
The 2017 Dulux Study Tour group discovers how Prague’s history has been recorded in its architecture, creating a layering of distinct styles and movements.
Circular motions: Seoullo 7017
Is MVRDV’s“sky garden” Seoul’s answer to New York’s High Line or a “giant marketing stunt” derived from a process of “shape throwing”? Landscape Australia editor Ricky Ray Ricardo paid a visit.
Finding the human scale in high-rise London
In London for the second leg of the 2017 Dulux Study Tour, the group find themselves searching for “authentic moments of connection where [they] could feel the human scale.”