The City of Melbourne has unveiled artist’s impressions of its $35 million plan for over six acres of new public open space on Southbank Boulevard and Dodds Street, Southbank. The plans include 1.05 km of dedicated, separated bicycle lanes, water sensitive urban design and flood mitigation, upgraded tram and bus stops, including the potential for ‘green’ tram tracks, improved biodiversity and a critical neighbourhood space for Southbank.
As winter envelops us with her cool days and colder nights, it’s just the time to get comfortable and settle back to enjoy inside 97, the third iteration for 2017. In this issue we talk to a variety of designers and architects, who have carved out successful careers, such as Ashley Sutton the uncrowned king of […]
Bookings for Open House Melbourne's ticketed tours open this Monday, July 17, so ADR has compiled a list of some of the must-see homes and buildings from this year's ticketed selection.
Danish design brand HAY pops-up in Melbourne for a limited time only with a HAY Accessories Market at the northern end of the city, which will be open from 15 July – 15 September. The HAY Accessories Market is a concept installation first launched at Milan Design Week in 2014. Since then, it has popped-up […]
Entitled Garden Wall, and designed by Retallack Thompson and Other Architects, the elegantly-designed structure comprises over 260 white walls clad in transparent woven mesh, which offer visitors the opportunity to rediscover NGV’s Grollo Equiset garden.
The founder of the Museum of Old and New Art (MONA), David Walsh, today unveiled plans for the new hotel to be constructed on the site of the well-known Tasmanian museum. The early hotel designs for the HOtel at MOna (HOMO) show a diagonally-angled cantilevered structure, jutting out over the surrounding Derwent River. The hotel […]
Movement through Australia’s expansive interior provided the inspiration behind Elliat Rich’s winning entry into this year’s Australian Furniture Design Awards. The Alice Springs-based designer took top honours with her piece titled Place. The highly original work can be described as a sculptural vanity – a kind of old-fashioned object evoking feminine ritual. The unit, which […]
Including a look at future-proofing with Robert Davidov (director of Davidov Partners Architects), a profile of Iva Foschia of IF Architecture and an investigation into the legacy of bricks, this issue explores what longevity in design is, what quality craftsmanship looks like and how investing in architecture and design can be valuable now and in the years ahead.
The overall curators of the 16th International Architecture Exhibition of La Biennale di Venezia have announced the theme for the upcoming event. Irish architects Yvonne Farrell and Shelley McNamara of Grafton Architects have titled the exhibition Freespace, describing it as “a generosity of spirit and a sense of humanity at the core of architecture’s agenda.” […]
In the wake of the Grenfell Tower fire in London and the Lacrosse tower fire in Melbourne, an expert taskforce has been established to investigate the extent of non-compliant cladding on Victorian buildings.
Big name international architectural firms are spearheading a number of large-scale developments slated to take place in Sydney over the coming years. SANAA, 3XN and Foster + Partners have all been awarded contracts for major projects that look set to reinvigorate key areas of the city. Perhaps the most transformative of these is the redevelopment […]
Kaunas City Municipality and Malcolm Reading Consultants (MRC) have launched the Kaunas M.K. Čiurlionis Concert Centre International Design Contest. It is being run as an anonymous, one-stage competition and invites architects from across the world to produce concept designs for an emblematic new building of national and international significance. When speaking of the importance of […]
The masterclass will be held in July, with the first week held at the Arthur and Yvonne Boyd Education Centre on the Shoalhaven River.
Braving a dark and cold winter’s night, a crowd of more than 100 design lovers joined us at Meizai’s huge showroom in Richmond for the very first MEZZANINE Live event. The event was the perfect opportunity to share and celebrate the recently redesigned magazine and bring together both subscribers and the A+D community, all while […]
The Naomi Milgrom Foundation has unveiled its 2017 design for the new MPavilion, which was designed by Netherlands-based architects Rem Koolhaas and David Gianotten of Office for Metropolitan Architectures (OMA).
Melbourne's iconic Kino Cinema turns 30 this year and ADR interviews Jeffery Copolov of Bates Smart and the original architect, Peter Mills of Mills Gorman.
Global architecture practice HDR acquired Rice Daubney in 2013. As a final step in the acquisition process, HDR | Rice Daubney will now be known as HDR.
Ethics in business. How do you hold on to them? This isn’t just a question for the architecture profession of course, but every industry trying to compete in an ever-changing, ever ruthless economically uncertain and geopolitically unstable climate.
ADR talks to a spokesperson of the Victorian Planning Minister to find out about the Design Advisory Service – how it will operate and who will be involved.
With changes in minimum backyard sizes from the Vic government, Mike Dawkins helps to unpack what constitutes garden area under the new regulations.
Now in its second Biennial year, the Australian Furniture Design Awards (AFDA) by JamFactory and Stylecraft, recognise the exceptional talent of Australian industrial designers.
Three building organisations are partnering to advocate for sustainable, energy efficient buildings in Australia. The Green Building Council of Australia (GBCA) the Passive House Institute (PHI) and the Australian Passive House Association (APHA) have agreed to work together to promote ultra-low energy buildings in Australia. Passive House (Passivhaus) is a building metric which is voluntary […]
The fund will encourage more greening in the city, including trees, parks, green walls, roofs and façades and stormwater projects – the most effective way to protect us against extreme heat.
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