Architecture
Architecture
The existing campus at Parade College, Bundoora is a robust brown brick modernist design, but a new learning hub eschews the established context. The Nash Learning Centre is located at the forefront of the school and with its clean, white built form is a deliberate point of difference from the college’s 1960’s chocolate brick. The […]
Located in the foothills of Lecco, Italy near the shores of Lake Como, this subtle yet contemporary architectural restoration reinterprets the character of local 1970’s residential buildings. The building landscape in the area is clearly marked by 1970s residential construction methodologies and architect Francesca Perani, working with Bloomscape Architecture, wanted to restore and remodel the […]
As part of a regular series, AR asks a panel of industry experts their response to the following question: Architecture has long been a male dominated industry. Why do you think this is and is it changing? Kerstin Thompson, principal Kerstin Thompson Architects Rather than answer this question I’d prefer to pose a related, but slightly […]
American architect and Pritzker laureate Richard Meier is to take a leave of absence after five women have come forward accusing him of sexual harassment. In a statement on the Richard Meier & Partners website, Meier said that he was “deeply troubled and embarrassed” by the claims and announced that he would be taking six […]
Coffs Harbour City Council is calling on the local community to give feedback on three separate designs for its new Cultural and Civic Space, which have been devised by Designinc and Lacoste + Stevenson, FJMT and Dominic Finlay Jones Architects. The new complex will be built on the site of 23-31 Gordon Street and will include […]
Construction is now complete on South Melbourne Primary School, Victoria’s first high-rise state school, with over 160 students now settled in for term one. The Hayball-designed project – and recipient of the 2016 World Architecture Festival Awards Future Project of the Year award – offers a contemporary building with modern teaching principles at the core […]
Adding space and amenity to a single-fronted victorian on small block with heritage guidelines, presented a number of challenges for Dan Webster Architecture. To stay within council confines, Dan Webster says he started with the basic form of the addition to ensure there was no shadowing to the southern neighbour. “Being in an area where […]
The winning design for a new History and Interpretation Centre has been unveiled by the Hon. Elise Archer MP at the Cascades Female Factory Historic Site in South Hobart. The architectural design competition launched in March last year called for a design that would celebrate the significance and heritage values of the World Heritage-listed Cascades […]
Being true to the authenticity of place is the driving force behind . Located on a street of lovely workers’ cottages in Wilston, Brisbane, Wrightson Stewart’s Wilston project is very much at home and a continuation of the neighbouring aesthetic. To some extent, this sentence is at odds with the radical nature of the expansion, but […]
When Westfield commissioned Australian artist Jade Oakley to produce ambient art pieces for their central escalator cladding and a multi-storey lift well at Westfield Parramatta she was instantly inspired by the indigenous plants of the area. “I was amazed to find Lake Parramatta, tucked in behind a busy road, with some really beautiful original forest around it, […]
As technology continues its relentless disruption of our day-to-day lives, forward-thinking designers and developers are responding in creative new ways. The University of Newcastle’s NeW Space development, which was designed by Lyons Architecture in collaboration with local practice EJE Architecture, is a case in point. The nine-story vertical campus in the heart of Newcastle eschews […]
In an age when social media emphasises image – which in turn encourages consumption, size and excess – the Lean-2 house by Ben Callery Architects celebrates modesty of scale, quality of space, and simplicity of materials. We all know the classic Australian lean-to: three walls and a single pitched roof abutting a taller existing building as […]
In accordance with the old adage about necessity being the mother of invention, the range of HOOD lighting solutions, which is manufactured and marketed by Atelje Lyktan, was devised in response to a very particular problem. When Swedish design studio Form Us With Love moved to a new workspace it soon became apparent that the […]
Heading to Mount Martha on Victoria’s Mornington Peninsula, inside co-editor Jan Henderson discovers a unique house designed by Bird de la Coeur Architects that is particular in every aspect. As a home by the sea, Mount Martha house redefines the idea of a beach residence where architecture and design are the protagonists. For some people […]
inside co-editor Jan Henderson visits two projects in Melbourne designed by peckvonhartel that embrace the working life through outstanding amenity for inner city workers and late night revellers alike. It’s all about multifaceted design for today, keeping the future in mind and achieving resolution in comfort and with style. “The times they are a-changin’,” so […]
It’s unusual that the impetus for a home design is to accommodate a Land Cruiser, but for this travelling couple it was the main requirement of their brief. The property, which fronts on to a busy road in Randwick, near Centennial Park, in Sydney’s eastern suburbs, was an old house in ageing condition. The owners […]
AR asks a panel of industry experts what practices can do to safeguard and promote the mental health and well-being of their employees. Jessica Riske: Practice manager, Wilson Architects For many years, mental health in the workplace was taboo – few firms were talking about it and fewer had the right practices in place to […]
Positioned in the Jardin Public quarter of the historic centre of Cognac, south-west France, this home renovation is reminiscent of the quintessential Paris apartment. The design of the house, which dates from before 1850, was created by Sydney-based interior designer Andrew Loader Design who took on a complete “back to bones restoration” beginning with the […]
Japanese timber company Sumitomo Forestry has proposed plans for a 350-metre-tall wooden skyscraper in central Tokyo, which would become the world’s tallest wooden building. The planned structure, which is being proposed to mark the company’s 350th anniversary in 2041, would be almost four times higher than the world’s current tallest timber building – the 18-storey […]
As part of a regular series, AR asks a panel of industry experts their response to the following question: What is your practice doing to futureproof the business? Gerald Matthews: Managing director, Matthews Architects We train ourselves to be agile. Agility is more important than foresight. There is plenty of speculation about possible futures, but fundamentally no […]
Flores & Prats Architects has released a new documentary series that explores the practice’s design process for the Sala Beckett Theatre and International Drama Centre in Barcelona. Titled ESCALA 1:5, the five-part series retraces the journey behind the architectural renovation of the space and the bond that ties the former workers club to its neighbourhood. Each episode is […]
With limited space to renovate this heritage house in Melbourne, Chiverton Architects cleverly twisted the upper floor 90 degrees over the lower floor to accommodate the client’s needs. The brief was to revamp the existing home and to add a two storey renovation to the rear of the building that opened up the back of the house to […]
Sustainability has become an integral aspect of architectural design as the industry seeks to address concerns around environmental responsibility. But according to Stephen Choi, executive director, Living Future Institute Australia (LFIA), not enough is being done to improve the health of Australia’s buildings. “I’ve realised that all the work I’ve been doing over the last […]
High-density living is becoming more common in Australia, but it has to be reconciled with modern expectations for flexible and open living spaces. The days of homes always being compartmentalised into separate rooms – lounge room, dining room, kitchen etc – are long gone. But delivering on the modern expectation for open-plan living spaces isn’t […]
© Niche Media 2026