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Esther Charlesworth, founding director of Architects Without Frontiers Australia, has been appointed a Member of the Order of Australia (AM) in the 2020 Queen’s Birthday Honours. She is recognized for her “significant service to architecture, to education and to the community of the Asia-Pacific region.” Charlesworth was senior urban designer at City of Melbourne from […] More
At some point in the future an explorer will cut their way through the undergrowth of a sprawling jungle on the site of Teddington, a few miles to the south-west of the remains of the city of London, and come across what looks like a fragment of an ancient Roman temple. A pair of pale brick […] More
The federal government’s “Home Builder” program, which grants $25,000 to owner-occupiers who build a new home or substantially renovate an existing home, has missed the opportunity to boost social and affordable housing and sustainable design, says to the Australian Institute of Architects. Owner-occupiers will be able to apply for the grant from 4 June until […] More
On 3 June 2020, federal treasurer Josh Frydenberg confirmed Australia had entered a recession, on the back of ABS data that showed a 0.3 percent decline in economic output in the March quarter. This marks the beginning of the first recession in almost 30 years, something which a generation of architects would not have experienced. […] More
The Naomi Milgrom Foundation has announced it will not build a new pavilion in 2020 and instead, it will reuse the existing six pavilions for an expanded MPavilion program engaging artists, educators and designers. The most recent pavilion, designed by Glenn Murcutt for the 2019/2020 season has been gifted to the University of Melbourne. In […] More
A 21-storey office tower will be built on Melbourne’s riverfront at Southbank under a masterplan to transform the prominent precinct by Fender Katsalidis. The $800 million project will see the existing mid-rise Southgate shopping centre and dining complex demolished to make way for the commercial tower. Working in collaboration with Oculus, Fender Katsalidis plans to […] More
Charles Darwin University (CDU) has unveiled plans for an eight-storey education and community precinct designed by ARM Architecture with interiors by Geyer and landscape architecture by TCL. The university campus is a central component of the Darwin City Deal, involving the federal, territory and local governments as well as CDU. Along with adaptable teaching spaces […] More
The Association of Consulting Architects is conducting a third “pulse check” survey of how architecture practices are faring with the economic impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic. The ACA’s first two surveys conducted in mid- and late-March at the height of the health crisis in Australia revealed practices have had an estimated $5 billion worth of […] More
