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The team at Melbourne-based Architects EAT walk MEZZANINE through the key ideas that link the old and the new in their recently completed residential addition.
Woods Bagot has won a design competition for Parramatta’s iconic mixed-use building at 8 Phillip Street. The 54-storey structure will include 35 levels of apartments, a proposed five-star hotel, rooftop bar and will integrate with the existing Heritage St Andrew’s Church and St Andrew’s Hall.
In a call-to-arms, the grass roots oriented development group is asking for letters of support for its third project to be sent to the government.
"From the outside, the building presents as a translucent box that entices the visitor toward it. On arrival, a glint of green slices through the form, providing a tantalising hint of the splendour of plants within." Sydney-based studio CHROFI has won a competition to design the new conservatory for the Australian National Botanic Gardens.
AR147 is now available, featuring an interview with Ken Shuttleworth, a look at the challenges and pitfalls of starting your own practice, a debate on whether project managers and architects can ever be friends, and an architect with an extraordinary passion for recycled materials.
Danielle is a current student of the 300-point Master of Architecture program, which is for students who studied a prior degree outside the built environment disciplines (career changers), at Melbourne School of Design (MSD).
Penny Craswell dives into the gender imbalance in architecture and explores the ways it can be overcome.
Dr. Caroline Vains, lecturer and project leader, discusses the Guesthouse – a student project that works to highlight the migrant experience while creating a place of welcome, developed in collaboration with the local migrant community and Christof Mayer of raumlabor.berlin.
Watch Larisa Moran in conversation with AR as she discusses some of the challenges that arise when working across multiple offices and time zones.
This year's Designbuild featured a new and intriguing component – the Incubator competition. Entrants were invited to submit applications for their innovative and exciting products. AR showcases the winners who were of particular interest to the architecture industry.
"We have a travelling studio. So the students go overseas and work – from the Galapagos Islands to places in South America. It’s a real opportunity for students to experience what it's like to work in another culture and have to produce design in that context." Dr Karen Burns, senior lecturer in Architectural Design at MSD, discusses the school's architecture course.
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