Nic Owen Architects is behind project Big Little House in Melbourne’s Fitzroy North, proving that big things really do come in small packages.
Ellivo Architects set out to transform what was once one of two attached old houses, later a rundown corner store, into a cosy boutique café – and did just that.
Pro bono work in the building profession has largely been defined by its effects, however the side effects of pro bono project procurement on architecture are rarely discussed. Amelyn Ng investigates.
Dispelling the connotations of bland standardisation that prefab conjures, La Sagrada Família is a potent symbol that even the most intricately detailed and iconic architecture can be produced offsite.
Amit Wolf talks with Satoru Sugihara about system and form between Agent and Deep Learning computation.
The footprint and its relation to architecture can be described in three ways: the physical piece of ground we occupy, the square metres of built space per person, or our carbon or ecological footprint.
Acclaimed Japanese architect Shigeru Ban has announced a 3-stage plan to build emergency shelters in Nepal following its series of devastating earthquakes earlier this year.
The shortlist has been announced for the New Zealand Architecture Awards 2015, representing the best architectural projects in New Zealand this year, located across the Bay of Islands to Central Otago.
Lune de Sang is a unique intergenerational venture that will see a former dairying property in northern NSW transformed into a sustainably harvested forest.
Pharrell Williams has collaborated with starchitect Zaha Hadid to design a pair of sneakers as part of the musician’s latest and highly anticipated collection for Adidas.
AR Asia Pacific guest editor Joe Rollo explores Green House by Sean Godsell Architects, an 1870s timber cottage radically remodelled into a one-room cabin.
A promotional trailer has been released for the 2015 Chicago Architecture Biennial, which will run from 3 October until 3 January. ADR spoke with Australian practice Other Architects, who has been invited to participate in the 3-month program.
The World Architecture Festival has revealed its key speakers, including notable architects Michael Kokora of OMA, Kai-Uwe Bergmann of Bjarke Ingels Group and Alex McDowell, creative director at 5D Global Studio.
Australian and German-based architecture firm LAVA has unveiled mock-up images of its Y-shaped Bayreuth Youth Hostel in a ground breaking ceremony, with construction on the cutting-edge project already underway.
“It’s about being able to change your work environment – to get outside easily and give people a variety of work settings, moving away from the ‘one size fits all’ idea,” says Ray Brown of Architectus, who takes us through the key factors contributing to the exemplary workspaces at One Bligh Street in Sydney.
Director Paul Morgan gives an insight into the experimental concepts behind the award-winning Cape Shanck House and Trunk House, and an approach blending science fiction, sustainability and speculation.
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