The 2020 instalment of the Good Design Awards will add a new category for Precinct Design to the existing 10 categories for architecture. Dating back to 1958, the program recognizes design across a wide range of disciplines, including architecture, fashion, engineering, communications and products. The program focuses not only on the finished design, but also […] More
The City of Glen Eira, in Melbourne’s south-east, has published a draft version of a heritage review of its post-war buildings. The review, conducted by heritage specialists Built Heritage, was commissioned by the council in 2019. In 2018, the council was proactive in protecting a house by émigré modernist architect Anatol Kagan from demolition, staging […] More
The City of Gold Coast has revealed preliminary designs for a large, multi-purpose “civic hub” in Coomera. The proposal calls for an “all-in-one” building on a site next to a Westfield shopping centre and close to Coomera Train Station. It would contain a library, co-working spaces for non-profit organizations, a theatre, a customer service centre, […] More
As KAWS, Brian Donnelly creates cartoon-colored reworkings of well-known pop culture characters rendered slightly askew through recurring motifs — cauliflower ears and XXs for eyes — that give the effect of a dream half-remembered. His popularity, based on the raft of toys, fashion collaborations and multimillion dollar auction results, hovers somewhere near the mesosphere. That […] More
A sculptural bridge has opened at the Gold Coast’s Home of the Arts (HOTA) precinct, a vast riverside park and cultural precinct masterplanned by ARM Architecture and Berlin-based Topotek 1. The bridge, which connects HOTA with Chevron Island across the Nerang River, was opened by Gold Coast mayor Tom Tate on 3 February. The bridge […] More
A three-tower project near Perth Arena and Yagan Square designed by Woods Bagot will be “transformative” for the area, according to the council’s design advisors. The Wellington mixed-use development will cross five lots along Murray and Wellington streets and include a new 26-level office building, 33-level residential building and the refurbishment of an existing Four […] More
The Asia Pacific Architecture Festival (APAF, formerly Asia Pacific Architecture Forum) will return to Brisbane from 7 to 20 March 2020 with a series of events that explore the relationship between architecture and water. Themed “Water,” the 2020 festival is curated by Cameron Bruhn (dean of University of Queensland School of Architecture) and Georgia Birks […] More
PTW Architects has designed a mixed-use development in Sydney’s Zetland that features a curving brick façade to mask the impact of more than 180 apartments. The design was chosen over two others, by Popov Bass and SJB, in a competition mandated by the City of Sydney’s Competitive Design Policy. The proposal calls for two buildings, […] More
