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Above: Candevish House by Mole Architects, who is part of Diversity + Community ’17. Photo by David Butler, Siobhan Doran. Drawing speakers from Africa, Asia, Europe, North and South America and Australia, Diversity + Community is a two-day conference which provides a range of talks revealing the shifting priorities and emerging opportunities for responsive, culturally and […]
"Good architects think long-term and play the long game.” Creating a balance between form and function has long been the challenge for architects, but now there is a new imperative – closing the loop.
Woods Bagot has been announced the winner of Schiavello's Future Workplace competition, and now is your chance to cast a vote in the People's Choice.
Above: Marion Mahony Griffin, one of the first licensed female architects in the world. Image courtesy Parlour/National Library of Australia PIC/9929/2046. Parlour has announced the launch of Marion’s List, a new public register for the women of Australian architecture and the built environment. “We need never again accept the excuse, ‘We asked a woman, but she wasn’t available’,” says […]
The Australian Smart Skyscrapers Summit is an inaugural event that will premiere in Melbourne in March 2017. Looking at sky-high towers, high and medium-rise construction and design, the Summit brings together world leaders in architecture, engineering, urban planning and construction. With a wide range of international and local speakers, case studies in both the Australian […]
Image above by Anthony Geernaert. Renowned Australian architect Peter Corrigan AM passed away on Thursday 1 December. Corrigan received the Australian Institute of Architect’s highest honour, the Gold Medal, in 2003 for his contribution to architecture across built works, set and stage design, and academia. When awarding him with the Medal, the jury expressed that Corrigan […]
To insource or outsource: that is the question. John Wardle and Lindsay Urquhart Riba debate the pros and cons. THE CASE FOR IN-SOURCE: JOHN WARDLE, PRINCIPAL, JOHN WARDLE ARCHITECTS We basically outsource very little. If there’s a special reason for engagement with somebody, a craftsman or artist, we would outsource that, but generally the […]
"The ensuing story of the project is one that goes to show that architecture isn't just grand edifices, but rather, at best, it can change the way people think and can bring people together. It shows you what great architecture can do." Glenn Murcutt: Spirit of Place will air on ABC TV on December 6 at 9.30pm.
All photography and text by Peter Bennetts. A few weeks ago, I attended the Ninth Annual World Architecture Festival (and INSIDE festival). For the first time, the festival was held in Berlin, accommodated in the Berlin Arena, an industrial building on the River Spree built in 1927 as a bus depot and co-opted by the GDR […]
AR asks a panel of experts in the industry to respond to the question: architecture has long been a male dominated industry. Why do you think this is and is it changing?
The team at Matt Gibson A+D has been announced as the winner for the Miele Immer Besser design competition, with their proposal for an ultra-flexible apartment space.
With rising development pressures in our cities, it’s imperative to consider sustainability and continue to reuse and refurbish existing building stock. Hamilton Wilson writes for ADR.
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