Tag: Canberra
‘Wasteful’ war memorial project should be abandoned
The Institute said the the Australian War Memorial project has had “clear and numerous failures of due process.”
Early designs for Canberra Institute of Technology campus released
The ACT government has released early indicative concept designs for a major university campus and bus interchange for Woden in Canberra.
Controversial Australian War Memorial expansion referred to parliamentary inquiry
The controversial expansion of the Australian War Memorial by Scott Carver and Cox Architecture has been referred to the Parliamentary Standing Committee on Public Works.
Major new university campus mooted for Canberra
A deal between UNSW and the National Capital Authority could see a major new university campus built within Canberra’s Parliamentary Triangle.
Screenwood ceilings at ACT Law Courts
Showcasing an architectural and effective approach to acoustics.
Canberra buildings of five or more storeys to go before design review panel
The remit of the National Capital Design Review Panel, which begins permanent operation on October 1, has been expanded to include buildings all across Canberra.
A Canberra visionary: Vale Enrico Taglietti 1926 – 2019
Architect Howard Tanner remembers the late Enrico Taglietti, who brought a European sophistication and sensibility to the national capital.
BVN, Aspect and Lahznimmo complete $260m new campus precinct for ANU
BVN, Aspect Studios and Lahznimmo have completed an ensemble of buildings and public spaces for the Australian National University.
Kengo Kuma unveils sea cucumber-inspired installation for Design Canberra Festival
Japanese architect Kengo Kuma has unveiled a prototype of what will be a mammoth three-metre-high, 12-metre-wide installation for 2018’s Design Canberra Festival.
How to fix Parliament House - what about some neighbours?
In the wake of the 30th anniversary of the opening of Parliament House, Kim Dovey uses the building to examine the “relations of architecture to power.”
Work begins on first private development inside Canberra’s London Circuit
A Bates Smart-designed office, hotel and retail precinct will be the first private sector development on the Vernon Circle side of Canberra’s London Circuit.
Government privatizes Parliamentary Triangle sites for $122.5 million
The federal government has sold to private developers the sites of Anzac Park West, Anzac Park East, East Block, and a Constitution Avenue development site in Canberra’s Parliamentary Triangle.
Public to vote on transportable “micro park” ideas in central Canberra
A public competition has seen six ideas for a “micropark” shortlisted for construction. A landscape architect will be engaged to turn the winning idea into reality.
Bates Smart unveils Canberra development
Newly released designs for a new development in Canberra will be the first private sector development inside London Circuit.
