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The NSW-ACT border town of Queanbeyan is set for a significant transformation with a $74 million civic and cultural precinct designed by Cox Architecture. The development will be located on the site of the former council administration building and will be a focal point of the town’s CBD. It will become the head office for […] More
A two-tower office development proposed for Sydney’s Central Station precinct has cleared a major hurdle, winning approval to move to the third and final stage of the NSW government’s unsolicited proposal process. Proponents Dexus and Frasers Property Australia are calling the proposal “Sydney’s most significant CBD development in over a decade,” which would transform the […] More
Terroir has completed its concept design of the proposed North West Museum and Art Gallery in Burnie, Tasmania. The project, to be located along the Bass Highway, will bring together the Burnie Regional Art Gallery and Burnie Regional Museum into one facility. Terroir was appointed to design the facility by Burnie City Council after what […] More
The cement base has been poured for a new 6,500 square metre park that will extend out over the Brisbane River at the mammoth Queen’s Wharf development in Brisbane. Destination Brisbane Consortium, the developer behind the controversial casino resort project, showed journalists the park’s base on 29 April. “That park will be river’s edge seating, […] More
Twenty-four major projects in New South Wales will have their fate decided within four weeks after the state government announced it would fast-track its assessment process to boost the economy amid the COVID-19 crisis. Among the first tranche of projects to be fast-tracked under the Planning System Acceleration Program are six schools, a university campus […] More
A Los Angeles-inspired shopping centre and urban plaza complex designed by Nettleton Tribe is set to transform the centre of Toowong in Brisbane, with a development application for the $450 million project submitted to Brisbane council. Toowong Town Centre will comprise an open-air plaza, retail spaces, cinemas, restaurants and cafes, along with a 20-storey office […] More
The NSW Independent Planning Commission has approved a $123 million vertical school development at Box Hill in Sydney’s north west. Designed by BVN, Santa Sophia Catholic College will accommodate 1,860 students from kindergarten to year 12, 130 staff, and an early learning centre for 60 children. The project will bring together schools currently spread across […] More
Graeme Watson, a successful architect, first-class cricketer, and VFL player, has died of cancer aged 75. Cricket luminary Ian Chappell has paid tribute to the man he called “Beatle” (owing to his long hair), remembering a lifelong friendship that began when they shared rooms on the national cricket team’s tour of Rhodesia and South Africa […] More
