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Each year, UK architectural news publication Building Design (BD) surveys architecture studios from all over the globe to compile a report on the biggest 100 practices in the world. These practices are ranked by the number of fee-earning architects they employ, and this year, six Australian studios made the cut.
John Pauline of HASSELL discusses designing sporting stadiums that are useful to their host city long after the event they were built for is over.
"Our aim was to provoke and inspire. As such, sculptures and artworks are integrated into the office, including a 12-metre long decommissioned rocket from the Soviet era."
You may walk past these bastions of the built environment every day or have seen them in a thousand holiday photographs, but what did they look like when they were just a twinkling in their creator's eye? Skeletons looks at the origins of notable buildings, beginning with the State Library of Victoria.
Above: The ICC Convention Centre. Photography by Guy Wilkinson Photography. Featuring Australia’s biggest stage, biggest ballroom, seven exhibition halls and a 270-degree view of the Sydney Harbour skyline, ICC Sydney by HASSELL and Populous has set a new benchmark in exhibition and convention venues. The precinct includes a convention facility capable of holding three separate concurrent […]
The Victorian Government has released details of its Better Apartments Design Standards, which will come into effect in March 2017. The two-year long process was undertaken in close consultation with a range of industry experts, including the Victorian Chapter of the Australian Institute of Architects. The standards aim to ensure that apartments are designed for […]
From brick additions in Dublin to white, sweeping halls; from big practices to small up-and-comers - see which photos earned the most double-taps on Instagram for 2016.
Above: Medibank Place by HASSELL. Photo by Peter Bennetts/Earl Carter. Following last week’s wrap-up of 2016’s most popular interiors, here we take a look at the year’s most popular architecture projects. 7. Abode318’s shifting façade “From a distance, the building appears to ripple and bulge, while close-up the individual apartments become legible. The undulating form has a […]
When Ken Shuttleworth left Foster and Partners after 30 years to start his own practice, he worried that he might make a pig's ear of it. But he went ahead and did it anyway...
Above: supermanoeuvre’s entry. Render courtesy supermanoeuvre. Five architects have been shortlisted in the competition to redesign Frankston train station. Minister for Public Transport Jacinta Allan and Member for Frankston Paul Edbrooke joined the finalists today at the Frankston Revitalisation Hub to view their designs. The finalists include: Luke Farrugia and Andrew Shaper – both young practitioners on […]
Designs for Populous‘ brand-new 30,000-seat Parramatta stadium were unveiled by the NSW Government last week. “This design boasts Australia’s steepest stands to ensure fans will be closer to the action than they are at Brisbane’s Suncorp Stadium, or any other in the country,” says NSW Premier Mike Baird. “We’re getting on with the job of delivering the biggest […]
Image above, the Parkview townhouses by Conrad Architects. All renders courtesy Glenvill. Property developer Glenvill Group has announced its first architect commissions for the Eastern side of its 16.5-hectare YarraBend development. Fender Katsalidis, Rothelowman, DKO, Point Architects and Conrad Architects have all been appointed to design various projects within the first precincts. Glenvill has so […]
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