Construction has begun on the refurbishment of Sydney Opera House’s iconic Concert Hall – part of the biggest upgrade to the building since it opened in 1973. The renewal, designed by ARM Architecture, Schuler Shook and Müller-BBM, will include a new acoustic ceiling with specially designed acoustic reflectors, new automated drapes and a 3D surround-sound […] More
The Queensland government is considering the addition of a new bicycle bridge connection in Brisbane. The proposed “velobridge” would connect the existing Kangaroo Point Bikeway to the government’s under-construction V1 cycleway. A public consultation period will precede the creation of a business case and the formal design process. The government has committed $1.6 million to […] More
Sissons Architects has designed a 12-storey office building at 50 Kent Road in Mascot, Sydney that will have a running track on its roof. The architects say the health and wellbeing of workers is central to the design of the 18,000 square metre building, which will feature extensive landscaped areas, designed with landscape architect Aspect […] More
Lyons Architecture in collaboration with Officer Woods, The Fulcrum Agency, STH and Aspect Studios have designed a major new academic building for Murdoch University in Perth that will be the first large-scale timber building in Western Australia to be constructed from locally sourced timber. The four-storey building will add 15,000 square metres of learning space, […] More
Amelia Melbourne-Hayward: Did you always know that you wanted to be an architect? Julie Stout: I grew up in Palmerston North, which is hardly an architectural epicentre. My dad was a deer culler and then trained and worked as a draftsman. At 14, I remember coming home from school and announcing that I was going […] More
Vibrant murals, tropical-colored tickets and one giant, flamboyantly bright Lombardi Trophy: Exuberant street art takes over the big game this year. More
The first sod has been turned in the construction of an art gallery on the grounds of a property owned by the late twentieth century Australian painter Arthur Boyd in Riversdale. Gifted to the public by Boyd and his wife Yvonne in 1993, and managed by the Bundanon Trust, Riversdale is located in the Shoalhaven […] More
The consortium that will design a 30-year masterplan for Brisbane’s South Bank precinct has been announced. The group will be led by Urbis and includes Cox Architecture, as well as Arup, Cultural Capital, Complete Streets and international firms Gillespies and Projects for Public Spaces. Natalie Hoitz, design director of Urbis, said in a statement that […] More
