Vivid, Sydney's annual festival of light, music and ideas, begins tonight. ADR has collated a list of the greatest events and sights that will be of interest to the architecture and design industry, including talks by William Smart, an installation by architectural practice Turner, and a discussion on housing affordability.
Eighty-eight projects have been shortlisted for this year’s NSW Architecture Awards, selected from a record field of over 200 entries. Those shortlisted include projects by Woods Bagot, SJB, fjmt, Smart Design Studio and Chenchow Little, among many others.
When it comes to access control, no facility has a greater range of requirements than airports, reports David Wilson. Tailoring solutions to the myriad different areas is the only way to make sure that passengers are always secure and never inconvenienced.
Sitting in stark contrast to the existing intricately carved marble columns of the Università degli Studi di Milano is the Too Good to Waste installation designed by Spanish architecture studio EMBT. The project is the result of a collaboration between EMBT, the American Hardwood Export Council (AHEC) and Benchmark for the Fuorisalone at this year’s […]
"The building has such a fantastic patina of age. Dishevelled layers of paint peel back to expose layers of building and decoration that date back to 1878. It would be wrong to clean all that up." Technē director Justin Northrop speaks to ADR about the studio's reinvigoration of the historic Espy Hotel in Melbourne's St Kilda.
Architecture studios all have to start somewhere, but what makes a practice grow to a medium- to large-sized business, and what infrastructure is required to make the expansion successful?
Four Australian projects, which have been applauded for good design, have been announced as market award winners in the Shaw Contract Design Awards.
Western Sydney University has unveiled its $220.5 million flagship campus in the Parramatta CBD, which embraces the ‘flipped classroom’ model of learning, writable walls, computers on wheels, and interactive touch screens.
On a deep, narrow site in Collingwood, SJB’s Tapestry holds its own amid a wide variety of building types and periods by directly addressing the myriad elements within its surroundings.
Grand Designs and the local counterpart Grand Designs Australia should need no introduction to the architectural community. But we were curious to find out what it takes and what is the process of getting a project on air.
Winners included North Bondi Amenities by Sam Crawford Architects with Lymesmith, Coppin Street Apartments by MUSK Architecture Studio, and Financial Services by Futurespace.
With the release of the Federal Budget yesterday the Australian Institute of Architects National President, Ken Maher, has welcomed the Government’s inclusions around housing affordability.
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