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May 2015 (Issue 3)

Provocative, informative and engaging discussion of the best built works and the issues and events that matter.

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Projects

Rule bender: UTS Science and Health Building

In their design of the UTS Science and Health building, Durbach Block Jaggers and BVN have defied the rules set out in BVN’s own UTS masterplan.

Buried history: Shrine of Remembrance – Galleries of Remembrance

Buried history: Galleries of Remembrance

ARM Architecture’s final additions to the Shrine of Remembrance offer a contemporary foil to the memorial’s classicism.

Urban vigour: Lady Cilento Children’s Hospital

Brisbane’s new children’s hospital by Conrad Gargett Lyons is a powerful work of city making.

Local rules: New Kununurra Courthouse

A new civic building by TAG Architects and Iredale Pedersen Hook Architects evokes its remote setting in north-east Western Australia.

Boldly petite: Upper House

Upper House in Melbourne by Jackson Clements Burrows makes the case for compact city living with a bold urban form.

Playing the field: Margaret Court Arena

The new Margaret Court Arena by NH Architecture and Populous explores the relationship between sports stadia and the city.

Dossier

Hospital and health design, at once individual and collective

As part of Architecture Australia‘s May/June 2015 Dossier on health architecture, Michael Keniger reports on the state of healthcare design and offers an overview of recent healthcare projects.

In conversation with Johannes Molander Pedersen

As part of Architecture Australia‘s May/June 2015 Dossier on health architecture, Abbie Galvin, a principal at BVN, speaks with Johannes Molander Pedersen, a founding partner of Danish firm Nord Architects. Pedersen and his partner Morten Rask Gregersen are the Australian Institute of Architects 2015 Droga Architects in Residence.

Post-occupancy research and the new Australian hospital

As part of Architecture Australia‘s May/June 2015 Dossier on health architecture, Darragh O’Brien investigates the lack of thorough and effective post-occupancy research in the healthcare sector.

The importance of public spaces and pedestrians in hospital precincts

As part of Architecture Australia‘s May/June 2015 Dossier on health architecture, Michaela Sheahan explores the importance of public spaces and pedestrian zones in hospital precincts.

Interview with Corbett Lyon, Stefano Scalzo and Julie Willis

As part of Architecture Australia‘s May/June 2015 Dossier on Health Architecture Now, AA’s Cameron Bruhn spoke with Corbett Lyon, Julie Willis and Stefano Scalzo about Lyons and the University of Melbourne’s joint Australian Research Council-funded research project that will investigate ways in which environmental design contributes to patient wellbeing.