Architecture
Architecture
Located on the rural plain between Mt Macedon and the ranges of Hanging Rock and JimJim, Braemar College’s new Middle School campus by Hayball creates a unique and nurturing place Architect’s statement Braemar College Middle School is specifically tailored to contemporary Middle School learning for 540 students in years 5-8. As stage one of a larger […]
With a lack of connection between the staff at headquarters and hotel properties, Hyatt employed Gensler to consolidate several offices throughout Chicago and bring them into the 21st century. Architect’s statement Hyatt’s move to 150 N. Riverside Plaza brought this Chicago-based hospitality corporation’s colleagues together under one roof in a new architectural landmark. With a […]
The 13th Sydney Architecture Festival (SAF) will be a week-long festival running from 11 to 17 November 2019 under the direction of the newly appointed creative director, Dr Barnaby Bennett. This year’s theme is Making. Housing. Affordable. At its core, the practice of architecture is a response to the human need for shelter. The festival extends this […]
As competitive design businesses, we are pushed to continually change – by new initiatives, tech updates, project-centred workloads, ever-adapting workflows and evolving competition. Change is as inevitable as it is hard. No arguments here. Around 50 percent of our 16,000 users are architects. A majority of those either are currently or have been recently in throes […]
“Asia is going to be the powerhouse of the future…” Harold Holt, Prime Minister of Australia, 16 December 1967 – the day before he drowned. It’s a bit late for spoiler alerts when talking about Asia’s tremendous business opportunities. More than five decades ago, Australian Prime Minister Harold Holt told his British counterpart, Harold McMillan, that “…the […]
The Powerhouse has appointed writer and editor Stephen Todd as the creative director of Sydney Design Week 2020. Todd will draw on his specialised expertise in design to create a dynamic seven-day program directly responding to the design industry. Taking place from 16 to 22 September 2020, Sydney Design Week will refine the previously titled Sydney […]
Arcadis has announced the appointment of Jacqui Banks to its Global Cities Team as city executive Melbourne. Banks is an experienced leader in urban renewal, precincts, place-making, planning, urban design, and building and infrastructure delivery. Most recently Banks played a leading role in the planning and development of the Fisherman’s Bend Urban Renewal Area, Australia’s largest […]
“Australia’s economic growth rate remains stuck at a decade low, but the Government has what’s needed to get it moving again,” says Denita Wawn, CEO of Master Builders Australia. “What’s urgently needed is an acceleration of infrastructure projects to the construction phase and more discussion of measures to encourage business investment. We need investment in […]
The Business of Architecture and Design (BoAD) is a brand new one-day conference created to prepare practice leaders for success. Brought to you by the publisher of Australian Design Review (ADR) and Architectural Review (AR), BoAD is all about looking to the future. The A&D industry is evolving quickly and this conference has been designed to provide […]
Australian Design Review (ADR) is excited to announce the launch of the Business of Architecture of Design (BOAD) podcast series, created to help architectural and design practices run their businesses better. Each episode will bring you interviews with leading architects and designers who will share their business experiences and expertise and give you valuable insights into running […]
Lexus is calling on young creatives to enter its 2020 Design Awards, offering mentorships, funding for prototypes and the chance to exhibit at Milan Design Week. Now in its eighth year, the program aims to inspire innovations in design that ‘lead to a better tomorrow’. To enter the awards, entrants will need to demonstrate how their creative ideas […]
Australia’s first Passive House (Passivhaus) Certified apartment building, located 300m from Redfern station, will be officially launched by the Lord Mayor of Sydney on 17 September. Called The Fern, the 11 one-bedroom serviced apartments are the first in the country to be built using the German approach to home design that uses a combination of high-performance […]
Branding, wayfinding and placemaking firm Studio Ongarato has been selected to work on Beulah International’s Southbank project in Melbourne. The studio will work alongside Dutch architecture firm UNStudio and Melbourne-based Cox Architecture to deliver the visual identity for the project, which is composed of two twisting terraced forms. Conceived as an extension of Melbourne’s Southbank […]
Located on the rooftop of Westfield Sydney, Babylon Rooftop Bar and Restaurant is inspired by The Hanging Gardens of Babylon. Designed by architecture and interior design practice Hogg&Lamb, the Babylon dining concept was born from the idea of feasting among the ruins of a lost and ancient city. Archways, colonnades and travertine plinths form a sequence […]
As the buildings in our cities become ever brighter thanks to the lights of digital media, Niels Wouters academic specialist, Microsoft Research Centre for Social Natural User Interfaces, University of Melbourne, says that councils need to set out specific guidelines on design and decision criteria to promote long-term sustainability and acceptance. Looking over the Melbourne skyline […]
Federation Square in Melbourne has been listed on the Victorian state heritage register just 17 years after its completion. The push for heritage status was provoked by the now-abandoned Apple store proposal for the city-centre site. Heritage considerations will now guide this important public space, widely known as Fed Square, as it evolves now and […]
Woods Bagot has designed Adelaide’s first micro-hotel to align with the new population of ‘creative thinkers’ being attracted to the city’s tech business hub, Lot Fourteen, located across the road. The 15-storey hotel located on the corner of Frome Street will feature 253 “high quality yet small” rooms designed for short-stay visitors and young tourists. […]
Melbourne-based BAR Studio’s design for the luxury hotel was inspired by the warmth of alpine lodges, Japanese craftsmanship and the welcoming nature of a mountain village. Located on the northeastern side of Mount Niseko Annupuri, the Park Hyatt Niseko Hanazono has a strong connection to nature, with the design responding to the landscape by terracing around the natural […]
Lyons has designed a new hospital in Melbourne’s west, which is a lesson in salutogenic hospital design. Located within the Sunshine Hospital campus, the Joan Kirner Women’s and Children’s Hospital has been designed to reduce stress and enhance the experience of patients and families. The nine-storey design accommodates wide-ranging facilities including a birthing floor comprising 20 […]
Tel Aviv-based company, Vertical Field, is launching “the largest ever research study” on the impact smart living walls have on health and the environment in urban areas. Vertical Field, which provides smart living walls and vertical fields for leading companies like Facebook and Apple, has partnered with professor Itamar Lensky and colleagues from Bar-Ilan University […]
Oli Mould, lecturer in Human Geography, at London’s Royal Holloway University, says it is time to ignore city rankings because they do more harm than good. At last count, there were over 500 rankings that pit cities around the world against each other: from the most intricately measured quality of life indices, to infographics of […]
Designed by Ben Callery Architects, Elemental house is a low impact, off-grid retreat on an exposed ridgeline in High Camp, an hour north of Melbourne. Architect’s statement In a compact 10m x 10m footprint, this house has one bedroom, one bathroom and one living room. But while it shuns some of the excesses of modern […]
Woods Bagot has promoted Rhonda Mitchell and Jason Fraser to principal, with regional executive chair Kate Frear congratulating the pair on their ability to “seek out challenges, connection and choice”. Based in Melbourne and Sydney respectively, Mitchell and Fraser found architecture in different ways. After graduating with a fine arts degree, Fraser found himself “at odds […]
Architecture and design practice Architectus has completed the design of Stage 1 of Canberra’s new Light Rail network, Canberra Metro, which makes direct reference to the form of the Brindabella mountain range that is the backdrop to the city. Responding to the context and climate of Canberra, Architectus has created a “high quality, attractive and comfortable transport experience” […]
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