Green Building Council of Australia (GBCA) has snapped up the former general manager of sustainability and corporate procurement at Stockland, Davina Rooney, for the role of chief executive officer. GBCA chair Rod Fehring says Rooney’s “inspirational leadership capacity” together with her deep technical knowledge would enhance the organisation’s industry perspective as it furthered its goals to […]
Having designed the original playground 25 years ago, Gardiner Architects has designed the new Eltham North Playground after it burned down in 2017. The playground is part of a community recreational precinct and is an iconic landmark for the area. More than just playground, it is a community meeting place that caters for an age […]
As Studio Ongarato celebrates 25 years, ADR catches up with founders Fabio Ongarato and Ronnen Goren to talk about the practice’s design journey. What were the origins of Studio Ongarato? How did the studio begin? We both studied at RMIT University. Fabio Ongarato studied visual communication, where the emphasis was more on art direction rather than graphic […]
HASSELL has announced Jared Thorp, graduate of the Queensland University of Technology’s Bachelor of Design (Landscape Architecture), as the winner of the 2019 HASSELL Travelling Scholarship – Robin Edmond Award. Thorp was selected following interviews with 19 students, nominated by seven participating universities around Australia. His presented project, titled ‘ZOOSubverted’, challenges the traditional design of zoological […]
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