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The Western Australian government is looking for a new government architect to help shape the future development of the state. Geoff Warn, who served as government architect since 2013, concluded his term in February 2020. The role of the government architect is to provide design leadership and strategic advice on major projects, including the development […] More
The former Footscray Psychiatric Centre, a “foreboding” brutalist landmark in Melbourne’s west, has been listed on the Victorian heritage register after a years-long campaign by the National Trust and photographer John Jovic to protect the building. Completed in 1976, Footscray Psychiatric Centre was one of a series of community mental health facilities built in Victoria […] More
The New South Wales and Victorian governments have each announced a raft of major building projects to be fast tracked through the planning assessment system to boost the economy, with the long-mooted Sydney Fish Market redevelopment by Danish practice 3XN in partnership with BVN and Aspect Studios among them. Along with the $750 million relocated […] More
Architecture Media is reintroducing the AA Prize for Unbuilt Work after a near decade-long hiatus. The prize, first awarded in 1993, has played a significant role in Australian architecture and is intended to promote debate and generate ideas about architecture by rewarding compelling work in its conceptual stages. The inaugural prize convenor, Ian McDougall, wrote, […] More
The first private development in the commercial cluster within the Gold Coast Health and Knowledge Precinct will have its construction fast-tracked, Queensland’s state development minister Kate Jones has announced. The seven-storey building, designed by PDT Architects, will comprise five storeys of lettable office space, along with childcare facilities for up to 400 people. Dubbed Proxima, […] More
A hotel set within a working lavender farm will be built in Lilydale in Victoria’s Yarra Valley under plans currently before council. Designed by Hachem Architects, the $65 million hotel project will also include a boutique facility for infusing lavender into gin. The scheme calls for two main buildings: a U-shaped hotel building that will […] More
A South Australian architecture graduate has been awarded a $15,000 travelling scholarship to study “radical practice” and investigate how entrepreneurial approaches to architecture can help the profession combat economic volatility. Matthew Alfred is a graduate of the University of Adelaide’s School of Architecture and the Built Environment and is currently working at ARM Architecture’s Adelaide […] More
The 17th Venice Architecture Biennale has been postponed, again, in response to the COVID-19 pandemic, and will now take place from 22 May to 21 November in 2021. Curated by Lebanese architect and educator Hashim Sarkis, this iteration of the international architecture exhibition is based around the question: How will we live together? – a […] More
