A new hotel due to open later in 2020 is set to the tallest timber adaptive reuse building in Australia. Bates Smart designed a 10 storey structure made from engineered timber that sits top of an existing office building in Melbourne’s Southbank. The Adina Apartment Hotel Melbourne Southbank is set to open later in 2020. […] More
Thomson Adsett has produced schematic designs for a dedicated mental health hospital facility for Cairns in Far North Queensland. Construction of the $70 million facility is due to begin this year. It will provide therapeutic services to aid in the recovery of acute mental health. It will replace the existing mental health unit, which will […] More
The Milan International Furniture Fair, one of the world’s largest and most significant design trade events, has been postponed by organizers in response to an outbreak of the COVID-19 coronavirus outbreak. Italy is currently experiencing the largest outbreak of the virus outside of Asia, with several towns and villages under lockdown. To date, Italy has […] More
Geoff Warn has completed his term as Government Architect in Western Australia, following seven years in the role. Warn was appointed to the role in 2013. He is a founding partner and director of multidisciplinary design studio Donaldson and Warn, and has, over several decades, been heavily involved in architectural education, including as a professor […] More
Revised designs for a mixed-use, two-tower development at Perth’s Elizabeth Quay, by New York-based practice Rex Architecture (design architect) and Hassell (executive architect), have been submitted to the Metropolitan Redevelopment Authority. The proposed development will occupy lots 5 and 6 in the Elizabeth Quay development area. It will comprise a 56-storey tower containing retail, residential […] More
ARM Architecture has been appointed to design the next stage of the redevelopment of the Geelong Arts Centre. This stage will be the largest and final phase in the transformation of the centre, which began in 2010. The appointment follows close on the heels of the completion of the second stage of the project in […] More
Constructed using half a million recycled bricks, the newly opened Arkadia apartments in Sydney’s Alexandria could be the largest recycled brick building in Australia, says architect Koos de Keijzer, principal of DKO Architecture. Designed in collaboration with Breathe Architecture for Defence Housing Australia (DHA), the $136 million project comprises 152 units made up of a […] More
The City of Melbourne has released a set of plans for upgrades to the historic Queen Victoria Market that would improve essential services for traders. The main additions to the heritage market, which first opened in 1878, would comprise two buildings designed by NH Architecture. The first is a canopy structure for the northern end […] More
