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NH Architecture breaks paradigm of traditional retail centres
A newly opened shopping mall in Melbourne, touted as the world’s most sustainable, could be a paradigm shift for the development of retail centres.
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New Arts Centre cafe sheathed in bronze curtain
The design of a new cafe in the forecourt of the Roy Grounds-designed Arts Centre play on an iconic and universally understood element of theatre.
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State Library of Victoria reopened after grand transformation
The State Library of Victoria, the world’s fourth-most popular, has reopened after years-long redevelopment revealing historic spaces hidden for decades.
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Geelong Arts Centre an integration of old and new
Geelong’s cultural precinct has a fresh new face following the completion of the redevelopment of the only state-owned arts centre outside of metropolitan Melbourne.
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Kerstin Thompson Architects transforms suburban town hall
The 1960s Broadmeadows town hall was saved from demolition and rejuvenated after a sensitive restoration and redevelopment designed by Kerstin Thompson Architects.
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Student housing towers revive historic Brisbane arcade
This pair of student housing towers is integrated with a refurbished historic arcade in Brisbane, which is the social heart of the complex.
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Curvaceous tower addition to Sydney’s Martin Place
A newly completed 33-storey tower complements the civic architecture of Sydney’s Martin Place.
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Second apartment development joins Nightingale family
Designed by Six Degrees Architects, this Fairfield apartment building is the second in a long line of sustainable, architect-led housing developments.
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Four ‘outstanding’ kitchen designs net architects trip to Italy
A kitchen for “serious cooking” and “the perfect holiday kitchen” are among the winners of the 2020 Smeg Tour Competiton.
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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.”
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Candalepas Associates designs expansion to QT Hotel in Sydney
A proposal for a 13-storey extension of the QT hotel in Sydney by Candalepas Associates has been submitted to the City of Sydney.
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Ashes to arches: Carter Williamson resurrects Woodcroft Neighbourhood Centre after fire
Characterized by an undulating roof, the new Woodcroft Neighbourhood Centre by Carter Williamson Architects is set to become a civic landmark for the local area.
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Twisted UTS tower completes 10-year campus redevelopment
The University of Technology Sydney (UTS) has opened a curvaceous companion to its landmark brutalist tower in the centre of Sydney.
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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.
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Four teams compete to design $600m Brisbane tower
Four local and international architectural teams are shortlisted in competition to design a proposed $600 million tower in the centre of Brisbane.
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Wood Marsh to design new Coburg, Moreland stations in Melbourne’s north
Wood Marsh is working on the designs of two redeveloped train stations in Melbourne’s north, as part of the Victorian government’s level crossing removal project.
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Fender Katsalidis completes subterranean ‘tunnel to nowhere’ at MONA
Fender Katsalidis has completed a subterranean expansion of the Museum of Old and New Art (MONA) in Hobart.
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Fender Katsalidis designs youth emergency housing in central Melbourne
Fender Katsalidis has contributed pro-bono architecture and interior design services to a new early intervention and crisis services centre in central Melbourne.
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Tasmania’s largest regional urban renewal project completed in Devonport
A recently completed urban renewal project in the northern Tasmanian city of Devonport is the largest in regional Tasmania’s history.
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Degenhart Shedd’s micro-home village opens on the Gold Coast
Gold Coast firm Degenhart Shedd has designed a group of nine houses on some of the smallest freehold lots in the country.
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Revitalized Alexander Theatre opens at Monash University as part of new performing arts centre
Monash University has opened a $54.3 million performing arts centre at its Clayton Campus which includes an upgraded modernist theatre and two new concert halls.
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Newly opened Western Sydney Stadium celebrates Parramatta’s industrial heritage
NSW premier Gladys Berejiklian official opened Western Sydney Stadium, designed by Populous, on 14 April.
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March Studio reworks historic student pub in Melbourne
The former Oxford Scholar pub in the north of the Melbourne CBD has reopened as a function and event space for RMIT University, following a renovation designed by March Studio.
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Hassell completes life sciences precinct for University of Melbourne
Hassell has completed a new life sciences precinct at the University of Melbourne’s Parkville campus that brings together the university’s veterinary, medicine and science departments.
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Denton Corker Marshall completes Biomedical building for Monash uni
Denton Corker Marshall has completed Australia’s largest biomedical teaching facility at Monash University in Melbourne.
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HDR’s environmental sciences building opens at University of Sydney
A new, eight-storey environmental science teaching and research building, designed by HDR, has opened at the University of Sydney.
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John Wardle Architects’ Ian Potter Southbank Centre opens
The Ian Potter Southbank Centre is the centrepiece of the University of Melbourne’s $200 million Southbank campus transformation.
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Facelift for Australia’s oldest museum
The Australian Museum in Sydney has been given a glittering new pleated glass facelift by Neeson Murcutt and Joseph Grech.
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Rewriting history: Barangaroo Reserve opens
Sydney’s newest foreshore park, Barangaroo Reserve, recreates the original headland and shoreline of the harbour.
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Striking Len Lye Centre opens in NZ
A sculptural stainless steel facade by Patterson Associates defines a new centre for acclaimed artist Len Lye’s work.
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Durbach Block Jaggers and BVN’s new UTS building unveiled
The latest building in UTS’s redevelopment contrasts function with fluid design.
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Denton Corker Marshall’s pavilion at Venice Biennale complete
The new Australian pavilion by Denton Corker Marshall for the Venice Biennale has been revealed.
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About face: William Barak apartments
ARM Architecture and developer Grocon have unveiled an apartment tower in central Melbourne that bears the face of historic Aboriginal leader William Barak.
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Big serve: Margaret Court Arena
The 2015 Australian Open launches with a revamped venue by NH Architecture and Populous.
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Melbourne School of Design unveiled
The University of Melbourne’s much-anticipated “living, pedagogical building” has opened.
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Sydney finally gets its Gehry
The University of Technology Sydney unveils its Dr Chau Chak Wing building designed by Gehry Partners on 11 November, 2014.
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Sean Godsell’s MPavilion unfurled
Modelled on a flower, the inaugural MPavilion will be a shady, ‘pop-up’ home to hundreds of events in Melbourne this summer.
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A technological FEIT
UTS unveils its new Faculty of Engineering and IT (FEIT) by Denton Corker Marshall.
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The Library at the Dock
Melbourne’s new Docklands Library opens to the public.
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Bankstown Library and Knowledge Centre opens
The new Bankstown Library and Knowledge Centre opens on Sunday 6 April.
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41X officially opens
Victoria’s new home for the Australian Institute of Architects is opened by the Governor-General.
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