Architecture

Bates Smart has won a design excellence competition for a 57-storey commercial tower in Parramatta. To be named Burramatta Place, the proposed tower at 87-91 George Street will take its cues from designing with Country principles as well as the colonial architecture of a neighbouring building. “Our design for Burramatta Place carefully considers its place […] More

The Ballarat Base Hospital will be getting two new entrances as part of its $541.6 million redevelopment, with the main entryway relocating from its former Drummond Street position. State MP Jaala Pulford just released designs for a new main entry on 13 April, which will relocate from Drummond Street to a new Sturt Street location. […] More

The National Gallery of Victoria (NGV) has received a donation of $100 million from trucking magnate Lindsay Fox and his wife Paula towards the construction of the new NGV Contemporary. The winning design for the new landmark, by a team led by Candalepas Associates, was released in March following a national competition. The new gallery […] More

The University of Queensland (UQ) has opened a new building at its St Lucia campus that could harbour the key to Australia’s net zero emissions potential. The Andrew N. Liveris Building is 11 storeys high, covering 2,000 square metres of teaching space and 480 square metres of laboratory space within the university’s School of Chemical […] More

Western Australia’s first purpose-built centre of women and children escaping domestic violence has been approved by the City of Perth.
Designed by Architectus, the Ruah Centre for Women and Children will be a $20 million seven-storey building to be located on Shelton Street in Northbridge, replacing Ruah’s existing building.
The centre will provide a safe and welcoming place with short-term accommodation for more than 300 women and children annually.
The centre will also house a comprehensive range of services, including physical and mental health support, counselling, support for addressing alcohol and drug issues, legal services and employment and life skills education.
“Western Australia has one of the worst rates of family violence related assaults in the country, and there is a critical shortage of safe, secure accommodation for women and children escaping violence,” said Ruah CEO Debra Zanella.
“There is currently nowhere in Perth that combines accommodation with the kind of comprehensive support we will be providing. We believe all women and children experiencing trauma from abuse deserve a place where they can be safe, and where their total needs can be met.”
The design of the building takes a trauma-informed approach that acknowledges how the physical environment can significantly impacts a person’s moods, sense of identity and wellbeing. It integrates the principles of trauma-informed care to create spaces that will promote a sense of calmn, safety, wellbeing and healing, as well as a sense of belonging and support, particularly for Aboriginal women and those from diverse backgrounds.
The centre will also support collaborative research into the social issues related to domestic violence and contribute a body of knowledge to the community services sector.
“This new centre will be a place where women and children can create a new and much brighter future,” Zanella said. “Importantly, it will also be a place where we build sector capacity through collaborations and research, and where we also work to shift community attitudes that allow family violence to continue.” More

Woods Bagot has designed an intriguing ellipsoid pergola to sit atop a proposed 18-storey building in Brisbane’s South City Square. The design comes as a response to market feedback from an original proposal by developers, with changes predominantly relating to improved functionality and occupancy in the building, as well as the provision of greater open […] More

A biomedical research centre has been approved for construction by the Victorian government . Denton Corker Marshall unveiled plans for the designs in January 2021, with Minister for Medical Research Jaala Pulford officially announcing receipt of planning approval on 11 April 2022. The Aikenhead Centre for Medical Discovery (ACMD) will be the country’s first hospital-based […] More

A disused warehouse in Sydney’s Chippendale could soon be home to an architecture gallery, under plans for its transformation designed by Smart Design Studio. The warehouse will be topped with a distinctive new roof to be made from an innovative, self-supporting Gaussian vault structure, that will hover over a column-free space below. The project to […] More