Tag: Heritage
Calls for rebuild and heritage protection after historic hotel gutted by ‘suspicious’ blaze
A fire has damaged a historic Brisbane hotel that was recently the subject of a proposal for a 27-storey skyscraper.
University of Sydney receives state heritage listing
The NSW heritage minister has approved a request to place the University of Sydney and some surrounding sites on the state heritage register.
Fed Square granted interim heritage protection
Melbourne’s Federation Square has been granted a four-month reprieve from the “imminent threat [to] its cultural heritage significance.”
Fender Katsalidis Architects’ Yarra riverfront goods shed development approved
A $450-million hotel and apartment building that will sit atop a historic goods shed on Melbourne’s Yarra River has been granted planning approval.
No heritage listing for Robb College
The NSW heritage minister has decided not to place an imperiled, Michael Dysart-designed modernist student accommodation building at the University of New England in NSW on the the state heritage register.
Clean up or pay up: Vic gov’t delivers ultimatum for Nylex site developers
Heritage Victoria has issued the developers the site surrounding the historic Nylex clock with a 21-day ultimatum to clean up the deteriorating site or face fines.
Tao Gofers on Sirius and the fight for a more inclusive Sydney
In this speech, delivered at the 2018 NSW Architecture Awards, Tao Gofers, architect of the Sirius building in Sydney, reflects on the building’s past and its imperilled future in the wake of it receiving the Enduring Architecture Award.
Marcel Breuer’s only Australian building finds new owner
An unassuming factory building in Penrith, western Sydney – the only Australian building designed by American modernist architect Marcel Breuer – has been sold to a new owner.
Threatened Anatol Kagan house receives state heritage listing
The Heritage Council of Victoria has defied the recommendation of the director of Heritage Victoria in its decision to heritage-list Lind House in Melbourne.
Reimagined escalator scoops top prize at National Trust NSW’s 2018 Heritage Awards
The winners of the National Trust NSW’s 2018 Heritage Awards have been announced at a ceremony in Sydney.
Melbourne council dumps independent heritage study of mid-century modernist houses
A council in Melbourne’s southeast has dropped a project to survey one of Australia’s most dense collections of mid-century modernist architecture.
John Wardle Architects’ $100m Ballarat GovHub approved
A major government building designed by John Wardle Architects will be built in Ballarat, after the proposal received planning approval.
Australian Heritage Festival: a nationwide celebration of Australia’s built and cultural past
The National Trust’s Australian Heritage Festival, which celebrates Australia’s built and cultural heritage across hundreds of events in every state and territory, kicks off on 18 April.
Heritage-listed Robin Dods villa restored and extended
Conrad Gargett have completed the restoration of a state heritage-listed villa by Queensland architect Robin Dods.
Bid to save heritage Melbourne arcade from demolition
Melbourne’s Campbell Arcade will be partially demolished as part of the Metro Tunnel rail project.
University of New England: criticism of Robb College demolition based on ‘incorrect assumptions’
The University of New England explains why it is proceeding with the demolition of the mid-century modernist Robb College, designed by Michael Dysart, and argues that some of the objections to its plan are based on “incorrect assumptions.
Liminal Studio, Snøhetta, Rush Wright win Cascades Female Factory competition
The winning team will design a new history and interpretation centre at Australia’s most significant historic site associated with female convicts.
Call to heritage list prefabricated UFO house
A local Melbourne council has nominated a UFO-shaped prefabricated house designed by Finnish architect Matti Suuronen for heritage protection.
Architects come out in defense of modernist college facing demolition
A group of leading NSW architects has penned a letter to the NSW heritage minister asking that a Michael Dysart-designed University of New England college receive heritage protection
Fender Katsalidis’s Yarra riverfront development moves closer to approval
The City of Melbourne has unanimously supported a 17-storey mixed-use development atop a heritage-listed cargo shed on the north bank of the Yarra River.
