Working designs for the largest ever series of upgrades to the venue have been released, including a redevelopment of the concert hall and the construction of a learning space for children and young people.
"He had an amazing social responsibility as an architect, and he really believed that architecture is there to create better spaces for human beings. He will be sorely missed by everybody." Alastair Swayn, former ACT Government Architect and director of architectural firm Daryl Jackson, passed away last Thursday.
"It will be a new jewel in the crown of Melbourne’s legendary musical landscape." ADR speaks to John Wardle Architects, who has been chosen to design a $105.5 million building for the Melbourne Conservatorium of Music (MCM), following a grant from the Victorian State Government.
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.
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