Architects will join academics and campaigners to consider how the industry should respond to the climate emergency at two Architects Declare events next week. The first meeting is in Sydney on 18 February 2020 at the Hassell Studio, and will feature a talk by outgoing International Living Futures Institute CEO Amanda Sturgeon. The organisation is behind […]
Conceived as a contemporary building set within a historic and iconic 19th-century cultivated landscape, Trinity College’s newest residential accommodation will officially open to 100 students next week. The $28 million project is a joint one between Hayball and Openwork Landscape and sits within the University of Melbourne’s Parkville Campus. Hayball described the thought process behind […]
Inspired by hygge and the beauty of the unadorned, studiofour transforms a 1970s brown brick building into a home filled with depth and soul. The 5263-square-foot Central Park Road Residence in the Melbourne suburb of Malvern evokes the heritage of its Danish owners, starting from the exterior bricks, which were repainted charcoal black. This colour […]
Multidisciplinary design practice Fender Katsalidis Architects (FKA) is taking another step towards gender equality in the workplace by introducing a new parental leave policy that treats men and women equally. The industry-leading move will see eight weeks of full wage paid parental leave given to both men and women, without distinguishing between primary and secondary […]
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