The University of New England is seeking expressions of interest from architects and designers to convert its decommissioned Boilerhouse into a “playful” learning facility for children. The Boilerhouse was built in three stages between the 1950s and 1970s to house the university’s coal-fire power plant; each stage was designed by various architects of the NSW […] More
Hayball has designed a sports and science building for a catholic girls’ school in Sydney that stacks science labs, indoor and outdoor learning spaces and multi-purpose courts over four levels. The proposed Scientia Project at Monte Sant’Angelo Mercy College in North Sydney would replace two existing tennis and netball courts and is estimated to cost […] More
Sunshine Coast Council has producing a new design guide in the form of a hard-cover book. The book is designed to show “how good design is vital to protecting what the community values most.” The Sunshine Coast is home to more than 300,000 residents across coastal, hinterland and rural areas. Some of Australia’s best known […] More
Jack Mundey – trade unionist, environmentalist and the key force behind the green bans movement that saved large parts of Sydney and Australia’s heritage and caused waves around the world – has died at the age of 90. Born in Malanda, 100 kilometres west of Cairns, Mundey moved to Sydney at the age of 19 […] More
The Town of Cottesloe in Perth has appointed Aspect Studios to undertake detail design work for the masterplan of Cottesloe foreshore. Aspect Studios produced a draft masterplan in 2019. The masterplan will guide the enhancement and management of the foreshore, encompassing the area from Cottesloe Surf Life Saving Club to North Cottesloe Surf Life Saving […] More
The controversial expansion of the Australian War Memorial in Canberra has been referred to the Parliamentary Standing Committee on Public Works. The $500 million project will consist of a new southern entrance designed by Scott Carver, a new Anzac Hall and glazed link designed by Cox Architecture, as well as the extension to the Bean […] More
Cox Architecture has designed a 31-storey office tower at 383 La Trobe Street in Melbourne’s courts precinct. The tower will house 44,000 square metres of A-Grade office space accommodating up to 4,000 future workers. The design incorporates open air terraces and “interconnected workplace villages,” with the precinct connecting visually to Flagstaff Gardens and linking through […] More
A new documentary on Richard Leplasterier, the Australian Institute of Architects’ 1999 Gold Medalist, will air on the ABC on 12 May. The film, which took 15 years to make, is written, directed and produced by Anna Cater. It takes a detailed look at the life and work of the much-lauded architect. “I grew up […] More
