If there’s anything that excites three of this year’s 30UNDER30, all members of the COX Architecture team, it is the chance to work on projects with an impact that reaches beyond the people who use them. “Because build-to-rent (BTR) is so new in Sydney, to have the opportunity to set a new standard is really […]
When buildings go from products to homes, everything about the architectural design changes. As institutional money settles into long-term residential ownership, architects are finding the brief itself has subtly changed in ways that alter how they think, who they talk to and what quality actually means. For decades, multi-residential design in Australia has been calibrated […]
Understanding residents before drawing a single line is Helen Kuo’s secret to build to rent success Australia’s build-to-rent (BTR) scene is waking up to a new kind of ambition as architects and developers move past templated briefs toward design shaped by evidence, behaviour and the real lives of future residents. FK partner Helen Kuo sits […]
Hosted by Australian Design Review and Rothelowman in partnership with Kogan, the series of events kicked off last Thursday at the practice’s Sydney studio. The very first quiz in the very first Pineapple Soup included the following question: Pineapple Soup events are designed to be:A) Informative lecturesB) Cooking classesC) Fun, interactive design evenings to strengthen […]
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