Architecture Australia, May 2001
Architecture AustraliaProvocative, informative and engaging discussion of the best built works and the issues and events that matter.
Comment
Foreword
I look forward to my term as President of the RAIA for 2001-2002 which commenced on 1 May. The ›› outgoing President, Ed Haysom, gave …
Putting lipstick on the gorilla?
Clare Newton investigates the roles of, and possibilities for, government architects.
Letters
Institute History ›› IPP Ed Haysom’s semi-apology (AA ›› March/April 2001) to David Standen, for ›› getting our Institute history wrong, got that ›› history …
Features
Building/Wall
Two houses by Brearley Middleton differently explore the architectural possibilitiesof the wall.
Ribbons of Light
Hassell’s elegant addition to the North Sydney Olympic Pool - from competition winning scheme to shimmering building.
Remote Protoype
Paul Memmot reviews the design stage of the Papunya Region Pilot Housing Project - a new initiative in remote Aboriginal housing.
Gradient architectures
Mobile, fluid, continuous. For Kerstin Thompson the concept of “gradient architecture” is a way of thinkingand building inbetween. Four current projects demonstrate the possibilities.
Surgery and repair
Stuart Niven outlines Adelaide’s plans for the recovery of its public edge.
Radar
Event
Charles Jencks visited Australia recently “to report
on the state of contemporary architecture”, and to
visit some of ours. Paul Walker responds.
Headlines
Scanning the nation for architectural news and nuances.
Books
Noting new books at Architext
Competition
Sydney swimming. Naomi Stead explores design strategies in the Ultimo
Aquatic Centre and Public Space Design Competition entries.
Interior
Double possibilities. Ruan Xing speculates on Hootan Golestani’s architectural exploration of dentistry and art.
Urbanity
City as a Stage was the first event in the run up to the 2002 Adelaide Festival, which promises a
particular focus on matters architectural. Judith Brine gives her impressions.
High Tech
A bridge over the Tiber. Ross Ramus looks at urbanism, infrastructure and technology via Robert Watson Architects’ competition design for a pedestrian bridge in Rome.
Delight
Science and place, technology and making. Philip Goad reports on Roy
Grounds’s bush laboratory.
Projects
Current Projects