Architecture Australia, May 1996
Architecture AustraliaProvocative, informative and engaging discussion of the best built works and the issues and events that matter.
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Foreword
Recently, the RAIA commissioned some qualitative research which revealed some disturbing and fascinating facts about the community perception of architects. One significant revelation is that …
Sanitary Cities
The Homeboys Brendan EspositoHow Designers Banish the Young and the Poor from the Public RealmReport Rob WhiteThe city can be seen as a site of …
Letters
Storey Hall Omission I am writing with reference to the Storey Hall article in the January/February edition of Architecture Australia, in which artwork of mine …
Features
Ocean View Farm
Looking south-east to the deck, with guest bedrooms at right and living zone left.The hoop pine kitchen from the dining area.Living room.View through a guest …
Exhibit One
A view of the Melbourne Exhibition Centre’s main entrance and north colonnade.Painted steel signage by Emery Vincent on the entry canopy.Concourse (on the building’s north …
Popular Dining
Dining in La Mensa’s ground floor windows.The front tables at Verona.Verona’s main bar with the green wall of the back room at rear.Fresh produce displayed …
Gold Stars
The RAIA has bestowed its 1996 Gold Medal on the trio of vertical invaders who lead Denton Corker Marshall.
Serious Fizz
Aspiring to cultural significance, Coca Cola honours its bubbly beverages with a museum at Sydney’s Circular Quay. Peddle Thorp designed the fitout.
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Projects
France: Jardin ImaginaireWorking in France in 1992, Australian Anton James conceived the competition scheme which won Paris landscape architects Paysage Land (directed by Kathryn Gustafson) …
Culture
Post Mortem: Architecture and Art in AdelaideSeveral years ago, The Australian published a surprising headline asking: “what is the point of Perth?” At the time, …
Webscape
Architectural collaboration via the internet
Attitudes
Taking the Pulse of Architecture: The RAIA Polls Members’ AttitudesWho would deny an occasional indulgence in bagging the RAIA? Any eavesdropper at Institute gatherings is …
Books
Heroic Melbourne: Architecture of the 1950’sBy Norman Day. Published by the RMIT Department of Architecture, softback, $50.Review by Philip GoadLeft: New model by Craig Douglas …
Review
MAP: Marking Territory ‘96Exhibition of a decade of furnishing products by Christopher Connell and Raoul C. Hogg (Merchants of Australian Products); at the Arts + …
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