Tag: Canberra
Competition to reimagine National Gallery of Australia’s sculpture garden
The National Gallery of Australia has launched an open, international design competition for the $60 million revitalisation of its three-hectare sculpture garden.
Perri Cutten Manuka by Brahman Perera
A new retail space that conveys the sophisticated character of its 40-year-old brand.
Ideas wanted for reimagining Canberra’s City Hill
The ACT Government has initiated a six-week consultation period to collate community input on how to transform Canberra’s City Hill park – dubbed the “roundabout rabbit warren” – into a more inviting public space.
Canberra Institute of Technology Woden campus approved
Construction at the Canberra Institute of Technology (CIT) Woden Campus is underway following an approved development application.
A new digital age for iconic mid-century Canberra house
The Robin Boyd Foundation has launched a 3D tour of Manning Clark House, designed by Boyd for the late historian Manning Clark and his wife Dymphna in 1952.
Canberra’s first CLT office building
Stewart Architecture has designed Canberra’s first cross-laminated timber (CLT) office building.
Canberra tower complex designed around central courtyard
A 10-storey complex comprising multiple building forms would be built within the Belconnen Town Centre in Canberra.
Hill Thalis lays out vision for vibrant Canberra village
Prepared for the Suburban Land Agency, the Coombs and Wright framework lays out a vision for a distinctive, mixed-use precinct.
A building for collecting Australia’s fauna and flora
Australia’s largest collections of insect, plant and wildlife specimens will soon be located in one state-of-the-art facility at Canberra’s Black Mountain.
University of Canberra’s bush campus to get $5 billion transformation
The University of Canberra plans to spend $5 billion on property development at its Bruce campus over the next 20 years.
150 years of Marion Mahony Griffin
For more than a century, Marion Mahony Griffin’s role as “a founding mother” of a city has been in the shadows of her male partner, but on the150th anniversary of her birth, there is renewed focus on her life’s work and legacy.
Calls for environment minister to reject war memorial proposal
The Institute of Architects has called on environment minister Susan Ley to reject the redevelopment of the Australian War Memorial.
National heritage body opposes war memorial redevelopment
The Australian Heritage Council has thrown its weight behind a growing body of objections against the $500 million redevelopment of the Australian War Memorial in 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.
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.
