Tag: Practice

Like many “next gen” practices, Other Architects takes a broad approach to “architecture.” With Kopi Su and Rowan Lear, the practice designed The Eternal Forest (2022), a temporary installation in Versailles, France that demonstrates how a 400-person cemetery and a dense forest can co-exist.
Discussion | Rory Hyde | 15 Mar 2024

Twelve principles for ‘next gen’ architectural practice

The upcoming generation of architects and designers is not waiting for the phone to ring; it’s quietly (re)making practices fit for today’s world. Rory Hyde describes this distinct approach.

Ali Bounds is a principal at BVN who has worked across many sectors, including research, health, adaptive reuse, workplace, education and public buildings.
People | Tiffany Liew | 15 Feb 2024

Generation exchange: Large practice

Tiffany Liew asked two leaders from BVN’s diverse leadership group, Bill Dowzer and Ali Bounds, about why they’ve chosen to remain in the practice long-term and how BVN has evolved over generations.

Sarah Lebner on site.
Discussion | Sarah Lebner | 5 Feb 2024

Maintaining momentum in our challenging profession

In her latest column, Sarah Lebner explores the key motivations that keep architects going in the face of mounting challenges.

Led by Anna Jankovic and André Bonnice, Simulaa undertakes both built commissions and research projects, and it has a particular interest in reconciling architecture’s relationship with technology, energy, waste and ecology through experimentation.
People | Madi Lo-Booth | 25 Jan 2024

Profile: Simulaa

As an architectural practice, Simulaa works in space – but it also focuses on time and the benefits of both foresight and hindsight. The team’s speculative projects are “not maybes”; they’re designed to be built.

Sarah Lebner (second from right) in her panel on "What are we practising for?" at the 2023 Australian Architecture Conference.
Discussion | Sarah Lebner | 21 Nov 2023

What are we practising for?

In exploring the effectiveness and impact of architecture, Sarah Lebner suggests that it’s time to move beyond self-limiting fears and default modes of practice and embrace more efficient, innovative and joyful ways of running architecture businesses.

ARM Architecture's design for Charles Darwin University education and community precinct.

Court date set for ACCC action against ARM Architecture

The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission alleges the practice attempted to rig bids for principal design services for Charles Darwin University’s education and community precinct.

The refurbishment of Thomas Dixon Centre, home of Queensland Ballet, by Conrad Gargett.

Conrad Gargett, Architectus announce merger

Conrad Gargett and Architectus have announced the two practices will merge later in 2023.

Ryan Strating and Ceridwen Owen established Core Collective Architects in Melbourne in 2002.
People | Luke Slattery | 21 Oct 2022

In Profile: Core Collective

Born in Melbourne but drawn to Tasmania, Core Collective Architects is a practice that works across borders: geographic, typological and temporal.

Charles Darwin University CBD campus by ARM Architecture.
Industry News | Linda Cheng | 3 Oct 2022

Competition watchdog takes architect to court for alleged ‘cartel conduct’

The ACCC has launched civil proceedings against ARM Architecture and a former managing director for allegedly rigging the bids for principal design services for $250 million project in Darwin.

A survey conducted by the Australian Institute of Architects reveals the most highly valued attributes clients are looking for in their architects.

What clients really want

A survey conducted by the Australian Institute of Architects reveals the most highly valued attributes clients are looking for in their architects.

AACA says the 2021 NSCA enshrines a greater focus on more meaningful engagement with First Nations peoples.

National standard for architects reformed

The Architects Accreditation Council of Australia released the new National Standard of Competency for Architects.

Australian architects will be able to practice in the UK under a Mutual Recognition Arrangement.

UK trade deal paves way for mutual recognition

The Architects Accreditation Council of Australia has welcomed the in-principle free trade agreement between Australia and United Kingdom.

Architecture sector on the rebound, Association of Consulting Architects survey finds

Architecture sector on the rebound, survey finds

Architecture practices appear to be on the rebound from the pandemic-induced recession, according to ACA survey.

Lovell Chen’s intervention at the Trades Hall council chamber in Carlton, Melbourne is “subtle, surgical and even joyful.”
People | Peter Raisbeck | 17 May 2021

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.”

Has the end of Job Keeper seen architects lose jobs?

Has the end of Job Keeper seen architects lose jobs?

The Association of Consulting Architects is conducting its fifth “pulse check” survey, assessing how the end of Job Keeper is affecting industry.

Bronwyn Weir.

Room for (in)novation: Responsibilities of and liabilities for architects

Bronwyn Weir reflects on the impact of novation on the role of the architect in light of the Lacrosse Tower 2019 VCAT ruling.

State Library of Victoria redevelopment of Architectus and Schmidt Hammer Lassen.

World’s top firms double earnings while shedding staff

The annual World Architecture Top 100 (WA100) survey conducted by British Building Design magazine ranks the biggest firms.

The big experiment: the COVID-19 pandemic and the built environment

The big experiment: the COVID-19 pandemic and the built environment

In this episode of the Design Speaks podcast, we speak to a selection of built environment professionals for a “pulse check” of how the industry is fairing.

Davison Street by Archier.

Architeam Awards winners announced

Architeam Cooperative has announced the winners of its 2020 Architeam Awards for small practices.

Sarah Lynn Rees at the 2019 National Architecture Conference.
Practice | Sarah Lynn Rees | 10 Nov 2020

Indigenizing practice: To award, or not to award?

In the first of a series of discussions on Indigenizing practice, Sarah Lynn Rees speaks to practitioners about awards programs.

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