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The Alastair Swayn Foundation has launched its 2020 grants program, which aims to support research in architecture and design. The grants program is divided into two streams. The $2,000 research grants are awarded to individuals, groups and organizations to conduct research that aligns with the foundation’s guiding principles of excellence, innovation, collaboration, progress, and leadership. […] More
Designers around Australia are facing lost clients, loss of employment and reduced cashflow as projects dry up, according to a Design Institute of Australia (DIA) survey on COVID-19 impacts. The survey of professionals working in the design industry – both members and non-members of the DIA – identified some of the key challenges facing respondents […] More
Two of the most pressing needs worldwide in the coronavirus pandemic are for more hospital beds and testing centres. No country in the world has enough hospital beds or intensive-care unit (ICU) beds for a pandemic. Even the best prepared, like Germany with 33.9 ICU beds per 100,000 citizens, does not have enough. Most countries […] More
The much-anticipated Parramatta Aquatic and Leisure Centre project is a step close to fruition, with council approving the lodgement of a main works development application. Council also endorsed the design for the centre by Grimshaw, Andrew Burges Architects and McGregor Coxall. The team chosen from a shortlist of four designs from an international design excellence […] More
City of Melbourne councillors have unanimously supported a proposal to construct a 15-storey, horse-shoe-shaped apartment building on a “postcard” site adjacent to Flemington Racecourse. The design, by ARM Architecture, takes inspiration from jockey silks. The facade also features a negative outline of the Melbourne Cup trophy. The building will accommodate approximately 300 apartments, five percent […] More
A hotel with the capacity to accommodate patients undergoing treatment and recovery is under development in Western Australia. The “medihotel” will the first in the state and forms part of the first stage of the proposed Murdoch Health and Knowledge Precinct designed and masterplanned by Hassell. With 60 patient rooms, the medihotel will be equipped […] More
The Australian Institute of Architects has announced it will no longer participate in the 2020 Venice Architecture Biennale, scheduled to begin in August. In a statement, the Institute said, “The rapidly changing and escalating situation regarding COVID-19 has made it impossible for us to plan for the exhibition, as the health and safety of our […] More
State governments around Australia are looking to the construction industry to prop up the ailing economy amid the coronavirus pandemic, tweaking planning regulations to keep the industry ticking over. The New South Wales government announced it would fast-track assessments of State Significant Developments, re-zonings and development applications, with more decisions to be made by the […] More
