Evelyn Reynolds

The Naomi Milgrom Foundation has announced it will not build a new pavilion in 2020 and instead, it will reuse the existing six pavilions for an expanded MPavilion program engaging artists, educators and designers. The most recent pavilion, designed by Glenn Murcutt for the 2019/2020 season has been gifted to the University of Melbourne. In […] More

A 21-storey office tower will be built on Melbourne’s riverfront at Southbank under a masterplan to transform the prominent precinct by Fender Katsalidis. The $800 million project will see the existing mid-rise Southgate shopping centre and dining complex demolished to make way for the commercial tower. Working in collaboration with Oculus, Fender Katsalidis plans to […] More

Charles Darwin University (CDU) has unveiled plans for an eight-storey education and community precinct designed by ARM Architecture with interiors by Geyer and landscape architecture by TCL. The university campus is a central component of the Darwin City Deal, involving the federal, territory and local governments as well as CDU. Along with adaptable teaching spaces […] More

The Association of Consulting Architects is conducting a third “pulse check” survey of how architecture practices are faring with the economic impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic. The ACA’s first two surveys conducted in mid- and late-March at the height of the health crisis in Australia revealed practices have had an estimated $5 billion worth of […] More

The NSW government has abandoned its controversial plan to refurbish Stadium Australia but will push ahead with building the Parramatta Powerhouse museum after a review of the projects’ viability. The decision come as the government announced a new $3 billion Infrastructure and Job Acceleration Fund to be used for smaller, shovel-ready projects “touching every corner […] More

From an outstanding field, a project with “a brave and bold approach [that] delivered theatre, art and drama” has been awarded the top accolade in the 2020 Australian Interior Design Awards, announced via a live broadcast on Friday 29 May. The jury said the results of the awards were “a breath of fresh air, with […] More

Hassell’s three-storey “foundation building” for Australia’s newest university campus, the University of the Sunshine Coast Moreton Bay campus, is complete. Based around a large central atrium suitable for community events, the building has been designed to cater for a rapid growth of the student population in an area where university participation has historically been low. […] More