Tag: Education
Access to architectural education threatened under proposed funding cuts
Sandra Kaji O’Grady argues the Australian government’s funding cuts to higher education risk harming the global esteem of Australian architects, academics and graduates.
Prefab ‘innovation hub’ for Macquarie University constructed in just five months
A prefabricated “innovation” building made from engineered timber and designed by Architectus has opened at Macquarie University in Sydney.
Five-year redevelopment of RMIT’s CBD campus complete as New Academic Street opens
A collaboration between five alumni-led practices, a five-year project to refurbish and extend RMIT University’s Melbourne CBD campus has been completed.
Design Speaks: Old School / New School
A forum about the future of design in education, Old School/New School brings together an international line-up of speakers from the worlds of architecture and education to discuss what the schools and universities of tomorrow will look like.
Naomi Stead appointed to head of Monash architecture department
Architecture critic, lecturer and researcher Naomi Stead will assume the role of Head of Architecture at Monash University at the start of the 2018 academic year.
Masterplan for $260m UTAS Launceston campus unveiled
A masterplan by McBride Charles Ryan for the relocation of the University of Tasmania’s Launceston campus to an inner-city site has been released.
Swinburne University to introduce architecture program
The Melbourne university will offer a bachelor degree in architecture in 2018, with a master degree to follow in 2021
Michael Keniger appointed to Bond University architecture school
Academic and former Queensland Government Architect Michael Keniger has been appointed to the Abedian School of Architecture at Bond University as a professor of architecture.
RMIT dean of architecture to head Virginia Tech college
Richard Blythe, who has lead RMIT University’s School of Architecture and Design since 2012 and was a founding director of Terroir, will take up the post in October.
Vertical university campus opens in the heart of Parramatta Square
The new, $220.5 million 14-storey Peter Shergold building is the first completed project in the $2b renewal of the Parramatta CBD.
Inter-war heritage site to become new primary school
A new school designed by Gray Puksand will be built on the site of Melbourne’s “last remaining example of Inter-War-style” defence facilities from the 1930s.
High-rise school for inner-city Sydney
The NSW government has unveiled designs for a new high-rise public high school in Sydney by FJMT.
Top of the class: Intergrain
Intergrain products have elevated the inherent qualities of plywood and Tasmanian oak, which were used in this project by Architectus.
$35m revamp for historic sandstone centrepiece of UQ
BVN’s refurbishment of the Forgan Smith building at the University of Queensland transforms the historic building with a triple-height arrival volume at its centre.
New Melbourne vertical school unveiled
The Victorian School Building Authority has unveiled the design of a new vertical school in inner-Melbourne by Gray Puksand.
Australia’s top architecture schools
The University of Sydney continues to rank highly in the QS World University Rankings for 2017
MCR wins WAN Colour in Architecture Award
A school building by McBride Charles Ryan has won the 2016 World Architecture News Colour in Architecture Award.
Trinity Anglican School Science Building
Charles Wright Architects has created a dynamic new science building for Trinity Anglican School in Far North Queensland, responding to both program and climate with lyrical pragmatism.
Hayball designs first vertical government high school in Victoria
Construction has begun on a new $43-million high school in Richmond, Melbourne, designed by Hayball.
Three University of Sydney buildings approved
Three proposed University of Sydney buildings have been approved by the New South Wales Department of Planning and Environment.