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Sneak a peek inside the AIA award-winning Mongrel Rapture, with AR's exclusive review of the 1616-page monograph dedicated to the important and highly influential practice, Ashton Raggatt McDougall (ARM).
"Yes, it’s a monograph but it’s also a manifesto of sorts," says Howard Raggatt about ARM’s 150,000 word tome of biblical proportions, which took out the Bates Smart State Award for Architecture in the Media at last week's Victorian Architecture Awards.
There is an increased responsibility for the architecture and design community to replicate ideal living conditions in multiresidential apartments, as a way to bridge the gap in quality between high density accommodation and traditional housing.
Capitol Grand, the tallest skyscraper outside of the city centre of Melbourne, has been approved for construction by VCAT. Designed by Bates Smart Architects, the 50-storey tower will house 450 residential apartments.
Post-reveal, the Pavilion this year has been described as "closer in spirit" to Zaha Hadid's inaugural tent, suggesting a progression in design lineage on the exhibit's 15th anniversary.
An enigmatic Paris-based architecture practice has been announced as the firm to helm the design of the Guggenheim Helsinki.
Woods Bagot’s Nan Tien Institute and Cultural Centre, designed for the ambitious Taiwanese Fo Guang Shan Buddhist order, is the first building in what is proposed to be an extensive new university campus for Wollongong.
There has been a recent surge in popularity for prefab construction, yet the technique still polarises the architecture and design community, carrying the stigma of a ‘quick-fix’ production line solution. We speak with Jan Gyrn from Modscape about shifting attitudes towards modular building.
The 2015 finalists for the World Architecture Festival (WAF) and the INSIDE World Festival of Interiors have just been announced, with Australian practices well represented across both prestigious international shortlists.
“We don’t have the same kind of structured internship following graduation that a number of countries offer,” says Architects Accreditation Council of Australia (AACA) CEO Kate Doyle.
In the world of photography there is one man who is recognised and celebrated as arguably the best architectural photographer in Australia. Who is this icon? It is, of course, Mr John Gollings.
‘The revolution in architecture brought us freedom but robbed us of taste,’ wrote Roy Simpson of Yuncken Freeman Architects. So what would Simpson think of the addition to 'his' Sylvia Walton Building by Lyons Architecture?
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