Category: Architecture
Architects and designers need to seize the moment post-COVID-19 to wind back the clock and “protect architecture as a sanctuary for human beings” says architect Koichi Takada. “We try to sit on a bench and it says, ‘Please do not sit.’ Or, ‘Make sure you keep a 1.5-metre distance’. The rule completely destroys the idea […]
University of South Australia architecture researcher, Dr Julie Collins, suggests the history of public health buildings holds key lessons for making our offices, factories and shops healthier and happier for a post-pandemic future. When Dr Julie Collins, sat down a couple years ago to begin writing a book on the history of health and medical […]
Fender Katsalidis and Skidmore Owings & Merrill will be designing the $2.5 billion Central Place Sydney commercial development. The Australian design practice teamed up with the Chicago-based firm to participate in the City of Sydney’s international design competition, the first of its kind to be run entirely online. Located in the city’s so-called “Silicon Valley” […]
Wilson Architects has designed a new student accommodation complex at the University of Western Australia’s St Catherine’s College. The building accommodates the College’s Dandjoo Darbalung program, which in Nyungar means ‘mixing together’, aiming to provide equity of access for Indigenous students. The Queensland-based firm’s main objective for the building was to facilitate the support pillars of […]
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