Tag: Melbourne
Melbourne looks to banish car parks from street level
Victoria’s planning minister has approved the City of Melbourne’s Central Melbourne Design Guide, which focuses on the street level.
Big plans for Melbourne’s historic Jam Factory precinct
Bates Smart, Townshend Landscape Architects and Leonard Design Architects have designed the proposed $1.5 billion mixed-use precinct.
‘Vibrant and dynamic’ arts and culture centre approved
Victoria’s planning minister has approved the development of the Jewish Arts Quarter in Elsternwick in Melbourne’s inner south.
Thirty-year plan to transform Melbourne’s Highpoint and surrounds
The owners of Highpoint Shopping Centre have released a 30-year development plan for the surrounding precinct that would also include residential and commercial uses, community facilities and green open spaces.
Australia’s largest build-to-rent development approved
A $500 million project designed by Fender Katsalidis, billed as “the largest build-to-rent development ever to receive a permit in Australia” will include 382 build-to-rent apartments.
Silo office building to be built at Younghusband
The second stage of Woods Bagot’s transformation of the Younghusband wool and grain store in Kensington has been given the tick of approval by City of Melbourne planners,
Pop-up park underway at Melbourne’s Queen Victoria Market
The City of Melbourne will begin the transformation of an asphalt car park into public open space at the historic Queen Victoria Market.
Hotel tower proposed for Melbourne’s Southbank
A 28-storey hotel in Melbourne’s Southbank precinct designed by Elenberg Fraser has been recommended for approval.
Addition to East Melbourne hospital approved
City of Melbourne councillors have approved a proposal for a new 11-storey addition to a hospital in East Melbourne, designed by Silver Thomas Hanley and John Wardle Architects.
Melbourne tower to turn commercial building ‘on its head’
The $190 million tower proposed for Melbourne’s CBD will house column-free office floorplates, a wrap-around garden terrace and a communal rooftop garden
Lyons designs Melbourne skin cancer centre
A six-level skin cancer treatment and research centre will be built on Melbourne’s St Kilda Road under plans submitted to the City of Melbourne by Alfred Health.
Fed Square to become part of Melbourne Arts Precinct transformation
Melbourne’s Federation Square will become part of the transformed Melbourne Arts Precinct, which will be overseen by a new governing body.
Cox Architecture Melbourne tower recommended for approval
A tower proposal for Melbourne’s CBD, which replaces an earlier proposal by Ateliers Jean Nouvel, has been recommended for approval by City of Melbourne council officers.
Fender Katsalidis Southgate tower closer to approval
A $208 million office tower in Melbourne’s Southbank, designed by Fender Katsalidis, has been recommended for approval by the planning officers of City of Melbourne.
Lovell Chen: Custodians of Melbourne
For four decades, Lovell Chen has not only shaped Melbourne’s collective memory, but acted as a custodian of its fabric. And in its work around Australia, the firm has been visionary in breaking down the old–new binary to create “a poetry based in ethical practice.”
Melbourne’s next big transformation
The City of Melbourne will consider a $300 million plan to transform the north bank of Melbourne’s Yarra River into a series of connected parks.
Student winners named in Future Homes design competition
Students were encouraged demonstrate how to rethink housing in Melbourne’s established suburbs.
Mammoth commercial tower in Melbourne underway
Designed by Cox Architecture and Gensler, the tower will be the first of two in a $1.5 billion precinct in Melbourne’s CBD.
Guilford Bell house put forward for heritage listing
Seccull House in Brighton is one of Guilford Bell’s later works, completed in 1972, and one of his finest.
Council backs heritage protection for early Robin Boyd house
A Melbourne council has voted unanimously to continue its bid to protect a significant Robin Boyd house in North Balwyn, despite a setback in its efforts.
