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Kengo Kuma Associates and Singapore and Melbourne-based practice K2LD Architects have won an international design competition for the landmark Singapore Founders’ Memorial. The design was chosen from a second-stage shortlist of five proposals, which was whittled down from 193 submissions. Other shortlisted entries included submissions from Australian practices Cox Architecture and Johnson Pilton Walker. First […] More
A proposed office tower with an “eroded” form will be built in Brisbane’s Fortitude Valley as part of a project that includes the redevelopment of the historic Police-Citizens Youth Club. The two-stage project, which comprises a four-storey building housing the youth club and a 12-storey office tower, has been granted development approval by Brisbane council. […] More
The Australian Institute of Architects has postponed the 2020 National Architecture Conference until later in the year, with no replacement date announced. In a message to members, the Institute apologised for the decision, which was made in light of “current and ongoing developments surrounding travel bans and restrictions.” Themed “Leverage,” the conference was to take […] More
The City of Melbourne wants to see a public library relocated to Federation Square, under a proposal it has submitted to the Victorian government’s review of central Melbourne’s most important public space. The council says it would consider investing $15 million to the relocation of City Library, currently located in Flinders Lane, as well as […] More
Gold Coast council has revealed early plans for a 200-hectare park that it says will be the most important public space in the city. The Greenheart project will create a park roughly similar in size to Sydney’s Centennial Parklands that can hold more than 25,000 people at any given time. A draft preliminary masterplan imagines […] More
A collaborative research building at the University of Wollongong, designed by Jacobs and Denton Corker Marshall, has been completed. Dubbed “Molecular Horizons,” the building’s design is informed by the exacting requirements of the highly sensitive equipment inside, including cryo-electron microscopes and super-resolution optical microscopes that will be used for research. The centre supports researchers in […] More
Adelaide Festival’s visual art program “Adelaide//International” is this year focusing on architecture and how it shapes people’s experience of the world. The exhibition series at the Anne and Gordon Samstag Museum of Art at UniSA’s City West Campus will feature five discrete exhibitions exploring notions of experience, time and architecture. The exhibitions are running for […] More
Australian architecture schools have, for the most part, fallen slightly in the latest edition of the annual QS World University Rankings. The University of Melbourne and University of Sydney continue to rank most highly among Australian schools, coming in at 17th and 18th respectively, with the latter sharing the spot with China’s Tongji University. In […] More
