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    UN Studio, Cox Architecture’s Southbank towers inch closer to approval

    The City of Melbourne has voted in favour of an application for the construction of UN Studio and Cox Architecture’s “Green Spine” proposal in Melbourne’s Southbank. The design for what would be Melbourne’s largest and tallest inner-city development was chosen in a star-studded design competition run by developer Beulah in 2018 that included a number […] More

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    James Cook University central plaza complete

    A new social and entertainment hub designed by Cox Architecture with landscape architecture by RPS has opened at James Cook University’s Douglas campus in Townsville. The $5 million Central Plaza project features a distinctive curved shade canopy emblazoned with a large-scale artwork. The canopy appears to change shape when viewed from different perspectives. JCU vice […] More

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    Fluid curtains inspire new Sydney theatre

    Cox Architecture has completed a new 2,000-seat performance venue in western Sydney that is inspired by the fluid movements of a stage curtain. The privately funded Sydney Coliseum Theatre, in the suburb of Rooty Hill, was first proposed in November 2017. The design of the centre is inspired by the trappings of the theatre, with […] More

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    Architect inducted into DIA Hall of Fame

    Seven prominent Australian designers working across architecture, interior design, fashion, graphic design, textiles and publishing will be inducted into the Design Institute of Australia’s Hall of Fame on 20 March.. Among the inductees is Jefa Greenaway, director of Greenaway Architects and co-founder and chair of Indigenous Architecture and Design Victoria, Australia’s only Indigenous design association. […] More

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    The alter egos of the ‘hybrid house’

    What, if anything, is a house? Can a farm be a house? A museum? A garden? These questions will be explored during an “engaging day of learning” in regional Victoria, with some of Australia’s most innovative architects presenting genre-bending “hybrid houses” that combine the function of living with something else. This edition of The Architecture […] More

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    Wave design wins St Kilda jetty ideas competition

    A Portuguese architecture practice has won a design ideas competition for a replacement jetty in Melbourne with a design inspired by the geometry of a wave. Brookes Jetty at St Kilda Beach, near Luna Park and the Palais Theatre, was originally a 1.2-metre-wide slender timber structure at the end of a concrete storm water drain. […] More

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    Council's green spine modification could cost it award

    The Australian Institute of Landscape Architects will consider whether a Landscape Architecture Award given in recognition of a green spine project in 2019 continues to be appropriate in light of the council’s decision to modify the project. The Council of Greater Geelong last week approved a plan to partially remove the Malop Street Green Spine […] More

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    Construction begins on Bendigo TAFE redevelopment

    Construction is underway on a $60 million project to revitalize Bendigo TAFE’s Bendigo City campus designed by Architectus and Six Degrees. The project comprises two new buildings – one on Hargreaves Street which will also create a prominent new entry to the campus and the other on Chapel Street – and the refurbishment of existing […] More