A Los Angeles-inspired shopping centre and urban plaza complex designed by Nettleton Tribe is set to transform the centre of Toowong in Brisbane, with a development application for the $450 million project submitted to Brisbane council. Toowong Town Centre will comprise an open-air plaza, retail spaces, cinemas, restaurants and cafes, along with a 20-storey office […] More
The NSW Independent Planning Commission has approved a $123 million vertical school development at Box Hill in Sydney’s north west. Designed by BVN, Santa Sophia Catholic College will accommodate 1,860 students from kindergarten to year 12, 130 staff, and an early learning centre for 60 children. The project will bring together schools currently spread across […] More
Graeme Watson, a successful architect, first-class cricketer, and VFL player, has died of cancer aged 75. Cricket luminary Ian Chappell has paid tribute to the man he called “Beatle” (owing to his long hair), remembering a lifelong friendship that began when they shared rooms on the national cricket team’s tour of Rhodesia and South Africa […] More
The Victorian government has announced it will established a taskforce “to help keep the state’s building and development industry running through the coronavirus crisis.” The Building Victoria’s Recovery Taskforce will be overseen by planning and housing minister Richard Wynne and treasurer Tim Pallas. Leadlease senior executive Roger Teale, chair of the Victorian Planning Authority Jude […] More
Professional Architects Australia has launched a survey to better understand the effect COVID-19 is having on architectural workers and their levels of employment. The Australian Bureau of Statistics has estimated that 800,000 jobs have already been lost across Australia, and that there has been a 6.7 percent reduction in take home pay, while the Reserve […] More
Four large-scale projects in Melbourne have been approved by the Victorian government, as it announces a new taskforce to boost the building and development industry during the coronavirus crisis. All the projects approved by planning minister were referred to the state department for assessment by the City of Melbourne in the past two months. Among […] More
A retired architect in Geelong has shared drawings of some his city’s architectural landmarks for the wider community to colour in. Inspired by his Brisbane-based grandchildren’s love for the city they call the “City of Dreams,” Peter Campbell dusted off his pen and recreated sites including The Carousel Pavilion and Steampacket Gardens, the Old Geelong […] More
A Parramatta council planning panel has voted to increase the allowed building height for a site in the city centre at 2 O’Connell Street from 36 metres to 217 metres. This major adjustment would clear the way for a proposed 69-storey apartment tower to be built on the site, which is located across the road […] More
