Brearley Architects and Urbanists and Grant Amon Architects have taken out the top prize at the 2021 ArchiTeam Awards for their Victorian Pride Centre. Described as a “new home to Victoria’s LGBTQI+ community”, the project was praised by the jury for reflecting the history of “alternative popular culture in St Kilda while “successfully integrating the […]
The spread of COVID-19 and subsequent lockdowns exacerbated the inequities already present in Melbourne, according to Heinz von Eckartsberg. Appointed to Woods Bagot to lead urban design in Australia and New Zealand in July 2021, von Eckartsberg says the pandemic exposed weaknesses in how the city was both planned and developed. “I equate it with […]
A community hospital in Bangladesh, a pedestrian bridge in Denmark and a visitors centre in Berlin have been shortlisted by the Royal Institute of British Architects (RIBA) for its 2021 International Prize. Awarded every two years, the prize extends the British body’s focus beyond UK borders to recognise a new building that exemplifies “design excellence” and “architectural ambition”, […]
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