Design aficionados have been spoiled for choice this week with designEX exhibiting at its new location on Glebe Island and the annual Good Design Awards event held at White Bay on Wednesday evening.
Robin Gibson was Queensland’s most influential modern architect and that influence was exerted by his design for the riverside Cultural Precinct at the heart of modern Brisbane. But do the buildings perform to Gibson’s intentions? The author asked three expert users for their judgement of the buildings and their public reception, thirty years later.
While its creative green project will feature in the ‘Alpitecture meets Biennale – Topographic Structures’ exhibition at the Palazzo Bollani, its award‐winning solution for revitalising old buildings will feature in ‘Augmented Australia’ exhibition at the Australian Pavilion.
Italian shipyard CRN recently won the Judges Commendation Award for its M/Y Chopi Chopi 80m superyacht at the 2014 World Superyachts Awards.
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