UK-based architecture discussion platform Sound Advice has gathered the thoughts and reflections of more than 50 architects and urbanists of colour in a new compendium titled Now You Know. The book, which is available for international order online, features diverse practitioners ranging from MBES to architecture students, artists to urban policymakers, each addressing spatial inequality […]
Jorn Utzon’s Sydney Opera House was among the New York Times Magazine’s list of 25 most significant works of postwar architecture shared this week. Built in 1973, the cultural centre was celebrated for its role in inspiring “countless” other buildings, designed to not just “serve their skylines but to transform them”. The jury, which was […]
DKO Architecture has designed the first purpose-built Youth Foyer in New South Wales with “comfort, sensibility and familiarity” front of mind. The 1501 square-metre Foyer Central features 53 self-contained units to provide integrated learning and accomodation opportunities for young people aged 18-22 who are at risk of homelessness and have lived in statutory out of […]
Austin Maynard Architects has reinterpreted the conventional granny flat with its latest project in the Melbourne inner-city suburb of Fitzroy. Speaking to ADR recently, its director Andrew Maynard describes Terracotta House as a “good middle ground” for its owner to live with her family, but also have her own space and a sizeable vegetable patch. […]
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