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The Melbourne School of Design (MSD) at the University of Melbourne, designed by John Wardle Architects in collaboration with Boston-based architecture studio NADAAA, has been described as ‘representing the values of the university’ as ‘built pedagogy’.
"Taller buildings have a smaller environmental footprint, they offer economies of scale and they can give us greater opportunities for housing,” says Liberal councillor Christine Forster, as Parramatta City Council pushes for skyscrapers up to 500 metres in height.
With no mandatory height limits or minimum dwelling sizes, the rezoning of the country's largest urban renewal site has been called "scandalous" by planning experts.
Dr Helen Norrie, one of the creative directors of the 2014 Australian Institute of Architects National Conference, gives a comprehensive rundown of the 2015 event.
Melbourne’s skyline is set to dramatically transform. The city is experiencing an unprecedented surge in high-rise construction, with more than 20 new skyscrapers taller than 200 metres being constructed or planned.
Historically, courthouses have been a means of alienating Aboriginal people from their community and place. Designed jointly by TAG Architects and iredale pedersen hook, the new Kununurra courthouse reflects the intersection of the justice system with Indigenous worldviews.
Aileen Sage and Michelle Tabet's 'The Pool' exhibition for the 2016 Venice Architecture Biennale “is not just about the typology of a pool, but also a pool of collaboration”.
Robson Rak Architects take us through their redesign of a tired Victorian residence, with new addition completing the vision.
Shaun Lockyer Architects talk us through their Brisbane headquarters, within a thriving riverside precinct in Newstead.
This year’s National Architecture Conference brought forth a diversity of ideology and opinion, emphatically expressed at the Culture panel discussion chaired by Andrew Mackenzie with panellists Deborah Saunt, Ian McDougall and Cynthia Davidson.
Sydney-based architecture and design practice Bijl Architecture has recently taken part in improving a community outreach initiative based in Redfern, Sydney.
Why not ditch the cab and take a speedboat to dinner? A new underwater event space at the Per Aquum Niyama resort in the Maldives, lies six meters below the surface of the Indian Ocean.
A month after being granted a permit to build the largest development outside Melbourne’s CBD, the developers of Whitehorse Towers in Box Hill have announced that all 511 apartments have been sold.
Together with his humanitarian relief outfit Voluntary Architects’ Network (VAN), Ban will implement a three-phased project to provide housing and infrastructure for thousands of homeless victims.
The Victorian Chapter of the Australian Institute of Architects has shortlisted 74 projects for the 2015 Victorian Architecture Awards.
The New Zealand exhibition will be titled “Future Islands”, with a team led by Dr Walker and exhibition associate director Kathy Waghorn, of the University of Auckland School of Architecture and Planning.
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