Patrick Hunn was the associate editor of ArchitectureAU. He has previously held roles with publications in the United Kingdom and New Zealand.
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Zaha Hadid, Cox win Western Sydney airport design competition
The airport, planned for a site at Badgerys Creek approximately 51 kilometres west of the Sydney CBD, is planned to be operational by 2026.
Bank’s $2 billion plan to tackle housing crisis
One of Australia’s major banks will provide $2 billion in loans for providers of crisis and affordable housing.
Designing schools with ‘joy and optimism’
“The future is not so dangerous and it is precisely the interesting questions for the future that make us draw better projects.”
Stand up and strike for climate action
A Global Climate Strike is organized for 20 September and Australian architects are urged to take a stand on the climate crisis.
Making a mess: Life and liveliness in the urban extreme
Could the messiness of life be the key to living in extremely dense spaces? An exhibition at RMIT Design Hub Gallery explores urbanism in Asian cities.
Studio Bright’s affordable homes for vulnerable women approved
A proposed four-unit housing project designed by Studio Bright will provide vulnerable older women permanent, secure homes.
Australia’s first Passivhaus apartment block a ‘sign of what’s possible’
The architect behind a block of highly airtight apartments in Sydney’s Redfern says the Passivhaus building principles might seem onerous, but are “worth taking seriously.”
Tenants move in to Schored Projects’ relocatable units for the homeless
Sophie Dyring, the architect of the 57 tiny houses being erected on surplus government land in Melbourne for the homeless, said empathy was key to the project.
PLH Arkitekter’s Paulette Christophersen on the future of workplace design
Ahead of an appearance in Sydney, Paulette Christophersen, of Copenhagen-based practice PLH Arkitekter, explains her response to the fluidity of the modern workplace.
LAVA, Aspect win competition to design major public park in Ho Chi Minh City
LAVA and Aspect Studios have designed a new park featuring sunken plazas, rainwater-harvesting “plants” and a curvaceous walkway plan inspired by the site’s history in the centre of Ho Chi Minh City.