The Victorian government has moved to protect the award-winning Geelong Green Spine from the local council’s wrecking ball. It is preparing to declare Mercer and Garden streets a designated State Road Project and take over control from the council, under Victoria’s Road Management Act. The state government has instructed the council not to undertake any […] More
Some 107 projects have been named finalists for the 2020 Dulux Colour Awards, chosen from a pool of 450 entries. A panel of Australian and New Zealand design and creative industry professionals selected finalists that displayed “innovative use of colour in built environments” across both commercial and residential spaces. Finalists for the program, now in […] More
Architecture firms that fall into the small- or medium-sized business categories will be eligible for cash payments of up to $100,000, as part of the latest economic stimulus package announced by the federal government in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. The Association of Consulting Architects Australia conducted a survey of practices and their anticipated impacts […] More
The South Australian government has appointed a multi-practice consortium to design a major new hospital in Adelaide. The “A+” consortium comprising Woods Bagot, Bates Smart, Jacobs and UK practice BDP will together design the new Women’s and Children’s Hospital. The project, to be co-located with the Royal Adelaide Hospital by Silver Thomas Hanley Designinc, will […] More
OMA’s Australian office has designed a $40-million “neighbourhood centre” in the suburb of Wollert, 26 kilometres north of central Melbourne. Centred around an open green courtyard, the facility will have a focus on “community integration” and will feature traditional retail offerings along with health and wellbeing amenities including a GP “superclinic” and a yoga studio. […] More
The preliminary results of a “pulse check” survey of Australian architects by the Association of Consulting Architects show that the majority of practices are anticipating, or have already experienced, the cancellation of projects in light of the unfolding COVID-19 crisis. The survey attracted responses from 1,341 practices, which collectively employed 12,167.5 full-time staff and 1,721 […] More
The Perth City Deal, which could see a new university campus created in the city’s CBD, will likely be delayed due to the COVID-19 pandemic, Western Australia’s planning minister Rita Saffioti has said. Aimed at increasing population density in the CBD, the City Deal would see the federal government chip in with funding for a […] More
City of Melbourne councillors have voted in favour of a Bates Smart designed tower proposed for “the Paris end” of Collins Street, going against the advice of council planners who called for the proposal to be rejected. The 26-storey tower at 52-60 Collins Street would house retail premises and office space, and would call for […] More
