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Perth-based practice Scanlan Architects has designed two “separate but interconnected” hotels for a heritage precinct in central Launceston. The ambitious proposal, worth $50 million, would include 285 rooms across the two hotels, to be dubbed Warehouse Hotel and Heritage Hotel. Each hotel would also include a “unique collection of themed public spaces,” as well as […] More
The Hans Heysen Foundation has selected the Adelaide studio of Norwegian practice Snøhetta to design an art gallery and cultural precinct at The Cedars, the Adelaide Hills home of renowned father and daughter artists Hans Heysen and Nora Heysen. In November 2019, the foundation called for Adelaide-based studios and practices to tender for the project. […] More
The Victorian government has moved to protect the award-winning Geelong Green Spine from the local council’s wrecking ball. It is preparing to declare Mercer and Garden streets a designated State Road Project and take over control from the council, under Victoria’s Road Management Act. The state government has instructed the council not to undertake any […] More
Some 107 projects have been named finalists for the 2020 Dulux Colour Awards, chosen from a pool of 450 entries. A panel of Australian and New Zealand design and creative industry professionals selected finalists that displayed “innovative use of colour in built environments” across both commercial and residential spaces. Finalists for the program, now in […] More
Architecture firms that fall into the small- or medium-sized business categories will be eligible for cash payments of up to $100,000, as part of the latest economic stimulus package announced by the federal government in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. The Association of Consulting Architects Australia conducted a survey of practices and their anticipated impacts […] More
The South Australian government has appointed a multi-practice consortium to design a major new hospital in Adelaide. The “A+” consortium comprising Woods Bagot, Bates Smart, Jacobs and UK practice BDP will together design the new Women’s and Children’s Hospital. The project, to be co-located with the Royal Adelaide Hospital by Silver Thomas Hanley Designinc, will […] More
OMA’s Australian office has designed a $40-million “neighbourhood centre” in the suburb of Wollert, 26 kilometres north of central Melbourne. Centred around an open green courtyard, the facility will have a focus on “community integration” and will feature traditional retail offerings along with health and wellbeing amenities including a GP “superclinic” and a yoga studio. […] More
The preliminary results of a “pulse check” survey of Australian architects by the Association of Consulting Architects show that the majority of practices are anticipating, or have already experienced, the cancellation of projects in light of the unfolding COVID-19 crisis. The survey attracted responses from 1,341 practices, which collectively employed 12,167.5 full-time staff and 1,721 […] More
