Tag: Installations
Southern Cross University launches national pavilion design competition
Emerging architects, designers and artists are invited to design a dynamic, playful and innovative temporary structure for Lismore.
Brisbane’s Expo 88 celebrates 30th anniversary
Thirty years ago, a 40-hectare site on Brisbane’s riverfront was transformed into a “festive” temporary event precinct that heralded the city’s coming of age.
Registrations open for 2018 NGV Architecture Commission design competition
The National Gallery of Victoria is inviting architect-led teams to submit proposals in a competition to design the 2018 Architecture Commission.
Serpentine Galleries unveils first pavilion commission outside the UK
Designed by Jiakun Architects, the Serpentine Pavilion Beijing will comprise a semi-tensile structure inspired by Confucian thought.
Ageing Brisbane mall temporarily reborn as cultural hub
Architects Stukel Stone have transformed a decrepit riverside mall in Brisbane into a temporary performance venue ahead of the 2018 Commonwealth Games.
Tracing a ‘revelatory path’: 2017 NGV Architecture Commission
Cassandra Chilton of Rush Wright Associates reviews the 2017 NGV Architecture Commission by Retallack Thompson and Other Architects and finds, among other things, the “best place in Melbourne this summer for a warm afternoon snooze.”
‘A landscape on an object’: NGV’s 2017 Architecture Commission opens
The NGV’s 2017 Architecture Commission by Retallack Thompson and Other Architects blurs landscape and architecture in an ethereal installation.
Trias wins inaugural Powerhouse architectural commission
Sydney-based emerging practice Trias has been named as the creator of the Museum of Applied Arts and Sciences’ first Turbine Hall Commission at the Powerhouse Museum in Sydney.
‘Living room in the garden’: OMA’s MPavilion to ‘steer debate about the city’
The 2017 MPavilion commission, designed by Rem Koolhaas and David Gianotten, has opened in Melbourne’s Queen Victoria Gardens.
2017 Eat Drink Design Awards shortlist: Best Installation Design
Four installations have been shortlisted in the 2017 Eat Drink Design Awards.
‘Resource conscious’ Mini house design exhibition explores small-scale living
Car manufacturer Mini has invited Australian and New Zealand architects to reimagine the family home for a 60-square-metre site in Melbourne’s CBD.
Canberra’s Westside shipping container village on the move
A pop-up shipping container village, designed by Cox Architecture, is bound for popular mountain biking area Stromlo Forest Park.
LAVA, Janet Laurence create membrane-wrapped ‘medicinal garden’ pavilion
LAVA has collaborated with artist Janet Laurence to create a pavilion that is both a botanical display and an “experiential” space featuring edible flowers and plant extracts.
‘Power of the aesthetic’: Christo and Jeanne-Claude’s Floating Piers
Mauro Baracco and Louise Wright visited Christo and Jeanne-Claude latest work that stretched across Italy’s picturesque Lake Iseo for two weeks in June 2016.
Futuristic and ‘funtastico’: Top installations in Milan
ArchitectureAU rounds up some of the most noteworthy installations of 2017, which range from the futuristic to the “funtastico.”
The 2016 NGV Architecture Commissions that could have been
ArchitectureAU takes a look at the four unsuccessful shortlisted proposals from the 2016 competition, which included a “technicoloured tensile cloud” and a space for communal public sleeping.
Shortlist announced for NGV’s 2017 Architecture Commission
The National Gallery of Victoria (NGV) has announced the shortlisted teams in a competition to design the 2017 Architecture Commission.
Haven’t You Always Wanted …? 2016 NGV Architecture Commission
The second iteration of the NGV Architecture Commission, Haven’t You Always Wanted …? by M@ Studio Architects, explores dematerialization and the expression of the civic in Melbourne’s future outer suburbs.
Pop-up village underway at ANU
The Australian National University (ANU) will construct a “pop-up village” at the heart of its Canberra campus, while it awaits the $220-million redevelopment.
Exposure and enclosure: Studio Mumbai’s MPavilion
The third iteration of the Naomi Milgrom Foundation’s MPavilion, designed by Studio Mumbai, aimed to “capture the spirit of the place,” providing spaces for repose and contemplation on the edge of the Queen Victoria Gardens in Melbourne.
