Sydney-based architect Andrew Burns wins the Gibbon’s Rent Project to transform a London laneway into an urban park.
News
Belle Coco Republic Interior Design Awards 2012
Iain Halliday of BKH is named Interior Designer of the Year at the second annual Belle Coco Republic Interior Design Awards.

Interiors
HaKa office, Rotterdam
From an abandoned 1930s industrial building in Rotterdam, Doepel Strijkers Architects conjures up a new headquarters for some of the world’s leading clean-tech companies.

Architecture
Royal Children’s Hospital
Melbourne’s new Royal Children’s Hospital is a design benchmark, reviving a tradition of world-leading medical architecture from Australia. Incorporating a respect for landscape and the psychological benefits of artful interior design, it is a project of considerable integrity and skill.

Features
Interview: ‘Experience’ creative directors
This year’s National Architecture Conference, Experience, shifts north to Brisbane for the first time in 24 years. Creative Directors Michael Rayner, Shane Thompson and Peter Skinner talk about adding a new voice to the national debate, and why we should be cautious of sensationalism in architecture.

News

Andrew Burns wins London laneways project
News

Sydney Design Awards launch
The organisers behind the Melbourne Design Awards prepare to launch the inaugural Sydney Design Awards, a unique program that combines jury and peer assessment with public voting.
Objects

Prometheus light
Australian lighting designer Christopher Boots creates an intriguing pendant light crafted from bronze and quartz crystals.
News

2012 Brisbane Architecture Awards
Owen and Vokes and Arkhefield win the top awards at the Australian Institute of Architects’ 2012 Brisbane Regional Architecture Awards.
News

2013 AIA Architecture Conference Directors announced
Sandra Kaji-O’Grady and John de Manincor appointed as Creative Directors of the 2013 AIA National Architecture Conference.
News

Tax Breaks for Green Buildings scrapped
Green Building Council of Australia and the AIA speak out against the Federal Government’s decision to scrap retrofitting program.
Features

Week in review
Santiago Calatrava accused of ‘bleeding Valencia dry’, Starbucks vs. starchitects, and Rem Koolhaas’ cameo on The Simpsons.
News

designEX 2012
designEX kicks off in Sydney next week, with a revitalised program of new features and a standout speaker series.






