Chadstone Shopping Centre development has won an International Council of Shopping Centers VIVA (Vision, Innovation, Value, Achievement) award for design and development excellence. The shopping centre picked up the award for Stage 40 of its development, which was designed by architecture firms Buchan and CallisonRTKL. The pair have collaborated on the design for Chadstone Shopping Centre across several decades […]
One year on from an electrical fire that ravaged La Mama Theatre, the Melbourne institution has revealed the design of its rebuild, which architect Meg White says will retain the original spirit of the building. The non-profit theatre, which was established in 1967 and designed by Carlton architect George S. Clarke, burnt down on 19 May 2018 after […]
Eschewing the conventional colours of a hospital environment, French architecture firm Dominique Coulon & associés has chosen a strong colour palette for this aged care facility in Normandy, France. Architects statement This care and retirement home has been built in the heart of the Normandy bocage near the village of Orbec. The building follows the […]
As Australia’s ageing population increases (by 2096, 25 percent of Australia’s population will be 65 years old and over), so do the opportunities to radically reimagine aged care facilities and services. To aid designers and architects entering the sector, ADR, in collaboration with Interstudio, has compiled a design checklist that provides useful information for creating […]
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