French architects Anne Lacaton and Jean Philippe Vassal, of Lacaton and Vassal Architects, have been appointed to share the inaugural Garry and Susan Rothwell Chair in Architectural Design Leadership at the University of Sydney’s School of Architecture, Design and Planning. Over a three-year period, Lacaton and Vassall who will deliver a program of design studios […] More
The University of New South Wales and the National Capital Authority have reached an agreement that will see a major new campus built on government-owned land within the Parliamentary Triangle in Canberra. The NCA and UNSW signed a memorandum of understanding in 2017 to guide discussion on the creation of an inner-city campus in the […] More
The Architects Accreditation Council of Australia will suspend its administering of the National Examination Paper until August in light of the COVID-19 outbreak. The National Examination Paper is part two of a three-part process to registration for Australian architects. The next sitting of the test was scheduled for 21 April. All candidates enrolled to take […] More
Italian architect and urban planner Vittorio Gregotti, progenitor of the Venice Architecture Biennale, has passed away in Milan of pneumonia as a consequence of COVID-19, according to a report from Corriere della Serra. He was aged 92. Gregotti’s wife, Marina Mazza, is being treated for the virus in Milan. In 1975, Gregotti curated an architecture […] More
Two projects, in Brisbane and Cairns, have jointly won Queensland’s top prize for urban design, the Minister’s Award for Urban Design. The winning projects are the Cairns Performing Arts Precinct by CA Architects, Cox Architecture and Andrew Prowse Landscape Architect with Cairns Regional Council, and the Howard Smith Wharves by HSW Nominees, Urbis and Woods […] More
The Association of Consulting Architects (ACA) hopes to gauge the state of architectural practice as the ramifications of the COVID-19 outbreak on the industry and the wider economy become clearer. The survey, which was sent to ACA members on Sunday 15 March and is set to close on Monday 16 March, is intended as a […] More
An international jury that will judge a major residential design competition with a $500,000 prize pool organized by the Victorian government has been announced to coincide with the opening of Melbourne Design Week. The Future Homes design competition is organized by the Department of Environment Land Water and Planning in partnership with the Office of […] More
Home rental service Airbnb is offering a prize of US$1 million (A$1.5 million) to ten entrants in a competition for the “wildest home ideas.” The Unique Airbnb Fund is an initiative by the company to finance unconventional and unusual liveable spaces . Open to “design enthusiasts” anywhere in the world, the proposals will be evaluated […] More
