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Australian projects are among the category winners of the 2021 Inside World Festival of Interiors Awards. Smart Design Studio’s own office in Sydney’s Alexandria was named winner of the Workplace (small) category while in the Workplace (large) catetory, CBA Axle South Eveleigh by Woods Bagot was highly commended. Bates Smart’s Gandel Wing at Melbourne’s Cabrini […] More
The central building in the Waterloo Metro Quarter development has been approved, despite objections that the developer has watered down its commitment to providing affordable housing. Designed by Hassell and Aileen Sage Architects, with Aspect Studios as landscape architect, the 23-storey Central Precinct tower is one of four major buildings proposed as part of the […] More
Local Adelaide practices Thomson Rossi and Brown Falconer have designed a new $84.4 million high school for the city’s north-east. Morialta Secondary College will be built on the site of the soon-to-be vacated Norwood Morialta High School Middle Campus, whose aging buildings will be demolished. It will be ready for a year 7 intake in […] More
Australian firm I2C Architects and UK firm Ryder Architecture have designed a build-to-rent apartment complex for Oakleigh South in south-east Melbourne that will also include a dedicated coworking space for residents working from home. Known as Fieldworks House, the eight-storey building will be the area’s first build-to-rent development. It will feature an 1,800-sqaure-metre podium with […] More
The ACT minister for the environment and sustainable building and construction Rebecca Vassarotti has announced the winners of the Canberra Low Carbon Housing Challenge.
Organized by a group of architects, the competition aimed to showcase exemplary homes that demonstrate significant reductions in their carbon footprint, while also drawing attention to the carbon intensity of the housing boom. Each new home built in Canberra contributes around 500 tonnes of greenhouse gas emissions.
“For every house built, we would need to plant around 3,000 trees to offset these emissions, or we can design our houses in a way that reduces carbon and provides climate positive outcomes,” said architect Melinda Dodson, who initiated the competition. “Examples are reduced house size, use of low carbon or recycled materials, solar passive design, efficient heating and cooling, and renewables such as rooftop solar.
“We’ve made great progress with energy efficient homes, but what’s missing is the broader assessment of the total carbon footprint – the carbon impacts of manufacturing and transporting materials, and the energy expended in constructing a house are an important part of the equation.”
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First prize for an alts and adds house:
Pettit and Sevitt Net-zero Makeover by Light House Architecture and Science. Image:
Courtesy Canberra Low Carbon Housing Challenge
The competition was open to registered architects in the ACT who submitted their designs to be carbon modelled using a a proprietary Rapid LCA software by E-Tool.
Dodson and students from the University of Canberra then worked with lifecycle assessors from E-Tool to analyze the modelling results for each house.
The jury of architects assessed the projects for “compelling and diverse architectural solutions to the crucial issue of lowering carbon [as well as] design clarity, value for money and innovative sustainable solutions.”
The competition included low- and medium-density housing as well as affordable housing. More than half of the entries were net-zero carbon.
“This is an impressive achievement on its own merits, but all the more important when you consider that Canberra could save over 18 million tonnes of GHG emissions if around half of its low and medium density new houses, expected to be built over the next two decades, were also net-zero,” Dodson said. “This would translate to more than 40,000 new net-zero houses and offers a real opportunity to help in the fight for our planet’s climate.”
The winners are:
New house category
First prize for a net-zero new house
Narrabundahaus – Michael Tolhurst Architects
Second prize for a low carbon house
Blackwood House – Mather Architecture
Commendations for net-zero new house
White House – Light House Architecture and ScienceCollector House – Open Principle Architecture
Commendations for low-carbon new house
Ironbark House – Allan Spira ArchitectsCanberra ‘Beach’ House – Light House Architecture and Science
Alts and adds (existing house renovations and extensions) category
First prize for an alts and adds house
Pettit and Sevitt Net-zero Makeover – Light House Architecture and Science
Second prize for a low carbon house
Little Loft House – Light House Architecture and Science
Multi-gen (medium density townhouses, duplexes, granny flats) category
Second prize for a low carbon house
Whitlam ‘Multi-gen’ Townhouses – Heyward Lance Architecture More
The South Australian government has unveiled new designs by Cox Architecture for the 16-storey Entrepreneur and Innovation Centre at Lot Fourteen, an area of urban revewal at the site of the old Royal Adelaide Hospital.
Cox Architecture’s design builds on the concept design prepared by Baukultur, delivering a “series of twisting and interconnected floorplates, a faceted facade, public atrium and landscaped roof terrace.”
In a statement, the government said Cox Architecture’s design had been granted planning approval. The Entrepreneur and Innovation Centre is intended to be a lynchpin for Lot Fourteen, “fostering idea exchange, accelerating commercialisation and business growth, while catalysing joint research between business, universities and the public sector.”
The government has previously said that interested tenants include the federal government, universities and global defence and technology companies.
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The Entrepreneur and Innovation Centre by Cox Architecture.
The ground and first floors will be occupied by an Innovation Hub, with the ground floor to be an open area for events and collaboration, accessible to the public.
The federal government has committed up to $20 million in capital towards the establishment of the Innovation Hub through the Adelaide City Deal.
South Australian premier Steven Marshall said his government would be seeking expressions of interest in 2022 year for a suitably qualified organisation focused on business acceleration and commercialisation to operate and manage the Innovation Hub.
“Our vision is to create a curated ecosystem of entrepreneurs, researchers and global companies to help build the future of innovation and a pipeline of jobs for South Australia,” he said.
The wider Entrepreneur and Innovation Centre will be developed, owned and managed by property management firm Quintessential Equity. The company has also signed a 10-year lease on the Innovation Hub.
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The Entrepreneur and Innovation Centre by Cox Architecture.
“We’re incredibly excited to be developing the Innovation Hub, which will be the centrepiece of the EIC and a gateway to attracting and retaining world-leading talent to Adelaide,” said executive chairman Shane Quinn.
“Embodying the office and workplace of the future, the EIC will be a powerful generator of jobs of the future – and this dedicated Hub will be a place where ideas, research and entrepreneurship can thrive.
“The revised design is more functional and accessible as we focus on collaboration and the provision of a healthy and engaging work environment.”
Construction is scheduled to start in mid 2022 and tenants are expected to move in from 2024. More
A trimmed version of Koichi Takada Architects’ South Brisbane “urban forest” tower has been approved, after the original 30-storey proposal was deemed too tall. In its original form, the 88 Merivale Street tower was to be home to 1,003 trees. The approved design is for a 20-storey tower supporting around 400 trees along with a […] More
The Victorian government has unveiled the design for the final stage of the Geelong Arts Centre redevelopment by ARM Architecture.
The $140 million project at Little Malop Street will feature a distinctive draped concrete facade that references traditional stage curtains, performance tents and circuses of Victoria’s early colonial history.
The concrete canopy over the entrance reflects the shape of a calliope – a musical circus wagon – and Geelong’s historic Lascelles wool-store will also be reflected in the moulded concrete walls.
“Each element of the external design is enriched with a story of its own, whether that be visual references relating back to performance, the historical context of the site, or to Wadawurrung culture and traditions,” said Ian McDougall, founding director of ARM Architecture.
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Geelong Arts Centre Little Malop Street redevelopment by ARM Architecture. Image:
Courtesy Geelong Arts Centre
The practice worked with the Wadawurrung Traditional Owners Aboriginal Corporation as co-designers to incorporate traditional stories of the lands, waters and skies into the design. Each of the four levels of the building will have a different Wadawurrung narrative: the colours of Moonah forests, local ochres, jarosites from Bells Beach and greenstone found at Dog Rocks in Batesford.
“The involvement in the co-design process with ARM brings to life the Wadawurrung spirit and cultural values of the Djilang (Geelong) and Bellarine landscapes,” said Corrina Eccles, Wadawurrung Traditional Owner. “This project continues to provide a gathering space for all, originally known as a place of many stories of our past generation where Wadawurrung gathered with ceremony, songs, dances, story-telling, and to now, a place for our present community, and our future Peoples in a new centre in the heart of Djilang enlivened with a platform for all to share creative narratives.”
Ian McDougall added, “The design has its own identity which feeds back into its location. It’s telling the story of Djilang (Geelong), and of the profound traditions of performance on the Wadawurrung site for thousands of years. This is what speaks to people all over the world though its design, it’s a celebration of everything Geelong is.”
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Geelong Arts Centre Little Malop Street redevelopment by ARM Architecture. Image:
Courtesy Geelong Arts Centre
ARM also worked with Wadawurrung artist Kait James, and local First Nations artists Tarryn Love, Gerard Black and Mick Ryan to showcase First Nations stories throughout the site.
The project will incorporate a range of flexible arts, performance and general community-use spaces, including a 500-seat theatre, which can expand to accommodate 800 and a 250-seat hybrid theatre connected to an outdoor plaza. Additional spaces such as foyers, bars and alfresco dining will be adaptable for a range of events such as concerts, exhibitions, festivals and markets.
“We wanted the internal design to be flexible in encouraging creative expression from all cultural groups in Geelong, and far beyond,” McDougall said. “Its interplay of texture and colour impart a curious and dynamic atmosphere, inspiring people to express their individuality in connection to the rest of society.”
There will also be a playful and interpretive light portal connecting Little Malop Street and Ryrie Street buildings.
“This design delivers on our bold vision for this project. It embraces the cultural precinct and challenges the idea of ‘black box theatres’ that turn their back on the world,” said Joel McGuinness, CEO and creative director for the Geelong Arts Centre. “Inspired by the principles of universal design, this outcome is welcoming, inclusive and facilitates joy and creativity, encouraging people to be part of Geelong’s creative community.”
The Little Malop Street redevelopment is the largest and final stage of the Geelong Arts Centre transformation, following the completion of stage one, the refurbishment of of the Playhouse Theatre by Studio 101 Architects, completed in 2010; and the Ryrie Street redevelopment by Hassell, completed in 2019. The Little Malop Street redevelopment is expected to be completed in 2023, when it will become Australia’s largest regional arts centre. The project is a partnership between Geelong Arts Centre, Creative Victoria, Development Victoria and Lendlease. More
