Architecture Australia, May 2008
Architecture AustraliaProvocative, informative and engaging discussion of the best built works and the issues and events that matter.
Comment
Foreword
the good client
Reflection
serendipity
Practice
space
letters
Readers write
Obituary
Vale David Oppenheim, 1948–2007
Features
Albury Cultural Centre
Miesian roadkill – ARM go collecting for Albury’s new LibraryMuseum.
timboon subschool
A new flexible open learning space for Timboon P–12 school, by Rowan Opat Architects, provides architectural joy in a simple, cost-effective structure.
Edith Cowan University Library
A ‘third place’. The colourful new library by Jones Coulter Young forms an accessible gateway for ECU’s Joondalup campus.
Public school
Both campus building and civic gesture – John Wardle Architects’ Nigel Peck Centre for Learning and Leadership at Melbourne Grammar School.
Skinners playground
Dealing with the stuff around us. PHOOEY Architects’ Children’s Activity Centre uses the idea of embodied energy to rethink ‘material’ and ‘craft’.
Radar
Conference
Ecoedge 2
installation
Bill-bored
urbanity
Perth Waterfront
books
Reading pleasures
Headlines
News and nuance
Competition
Cottesloe Surf Lifesaving club