Jack Mundey – trade unionist, environmentalist and the key force behind the green bans movement that saved large parts of Sydney and Australia’s heritage and caused waves around the world – has died at the age of 90. Born in Malanda, 100 kilometres west of Cairns, Mundey moved to Sydney at the age of 19 […] More
The Town of Cottesloe in Perth has appointed Aspect Studios to undertake detail design work for the masterplan of Cottesloe foreshore. Aspect Studios produced a draft masterplan in 2019. The masterplan will guide the enhancement and management of the foreshore, encompassing the area from Cottesloe Surf Life Saving Club to North Cottesloe Surf Life Saving […] More
The controversial expansion of the Australian War Memorial in Canberra has been referred to the Parliamentary Standing Committee on Public Works. The $500 million project will consist of a new southern entrance designed by Scott Carver, a new Anzac Hall and glazed link designed by Cox Architecture, as well as the extension to the Bean […] More
Cox Architecture has designed a 31-storey office tower at 383 La Trobe Street in Melbourne’s courts precinct. The tower will house 44,000 square metres of A-Grade office space accommodating up to 4,000 future workers. The design incorporates open air terraces and “interconnected workplace villages,” with the precinct connecting visually to Flagstaff Gardens and linking through […] More
A new documentary on Richard Leplasterier, the Australian Institute of Architects’ 1999 Gold Medalist, will air on the ABC on 12 May. The film, which took 15 years to make, is written, directed and produced by Anna Cater. It takes a detailed look at the life and work of the much-lauded architect. “I grew up […] More
A treasure trove of modernist and Sydney School houses by some of Sydney’s best known architects has been protected, with Willoughby council granting heritage listing to a number of properties around the Castlecrag area. Among them are two houses by Harry Seidler and Associates, a Neville Gruzman house, and houses by Hugh Buhrich, Andre Porebski, […] More
Crone Architects has designed a skinny hotel tower that will rise above Sydney’s booming Midtown precinct. With an estimated cost of more than $80 million, the proposed 35-storey recycled brick tower at 375 Pitt Street will feature a transparent, multi-storey podium with hospitality, retail and workplace spaces along with a hotel lobby. The development will […] More
City of Sydney has unveiled a new planning strategy for the city centre, which will allow for buildings of up to 330 metres to be built in new “clusters.” The strategy also calls for the simplification and unification of the central Sydney planning area to reabsorb The Rocks, Darling Harbour, Ultimo and Central Railway to […] More
