Brisbane architect Paul Owen speaks to MEZZANINE about adapting Queenslanders and building into the undercroft to reconnect a house with its terrain.
"From the dark bark of tall, strong green trees to the silvery snow gums and to the burnt ghost sticks from the 2007 bushfire, it is a narrative of the surrounding environment." MEZZANINE takes a look at the Astra Lodge in Victoria's Falls Creek, a recently upgraded ski lodge that takes design cues from its graceful surrounds.
The state’s longest standing honour, the Sulman Medal, was awarded to the "quintessentially Australian" Kempsey Crescent Head Surf Life Saving Club by Neeson Murcutt Architects, with SJB Architects, Smart Design Studio and WMK Architecture among the other celebrated practices at the AIA NSW Architecture Awards.
The award-winning firm has been chosen by the University of Sydney to design their new museum, which will redevelop the historic Macleay and Edgeworth David buildings, and house the University’s art collections.
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