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    2020 Queensland Minister's Award for Urban Design announced

    Two projects, in Brisbane and Cairns, have jointly won Queensland’s top prize for urban design, the Minister’s Award for Urban Design. The winning projects are the Cairns Performing Arts Precinct by CA Architects, Cox Architecture and Andrew Prowse Landscape Architect with Cairns Regional Council, and the Howard Smith Wharves by HSW Nominees, Urbis and Woods […] More

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    How prepared are you for COVID-19 impacts?

    The Association of Consulting Architects (ACA) hopes to gauge the state of architectural practice as the ramifications of the COVID-19 outbreak on the industry and the wider economy become clearer. The survey, which was sent to ACA members on Sunday 15 March and is set to close on Monday 16 March, is intended as a […] More

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    Jury announced for $500k Future Homes design competition

    An international jury that will judge a major residential design competition with a $500,000 prize pool organized by the Victorian government has been announced to coincide with the opening of Melbourne Design Week. The Future Homes design competition is organized by the Department of Environment Land Water and Planning in partnership with the Office of […] More

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    $1 million ‘wildest home ideas’ competition

    Home rental service Airbnb is offering a prize of US$1 million (A$1.5 million) to ten entrants in a competition for the “wildest home ideas.” The Unique Airbnb Fund is an initiative by the company to finance unconventional and unusual liveable spaces . Open to “design enthusiasts” anywhere in the world, the proposals will be evaluated […] More

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    New vision of University of Newcastle’s STEMM building

    Plans for a new landmark science and technology research and teaching building at the University of Newcastle have been published as part of an NSW State Significant Development Application. The project is designed by Lyons and EJE Architecture, with landscape architects Aspect Studios contributing to the project. Lyons and EJE were appointed to design the […] More

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    Singapore Founders Memorial competition winner announced

    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

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    Approved office tower celebrates culture, identity and nature of Brisbane

    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

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    2020 National Architecture Conference postponed

    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