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The ACT government has released early indicative concept designs by Hayball for a major university campus and bus interchange for Woden in Canberra. The proposed Canberra Institute of Technology campus is anticipated to serve 6,500 students each year, while the proposed bus interchange will integrate with a future light rail terminus underpinning Woden’s ongoing development […] More
The ACT government has released early indicative concept designs by Hayball for a major education campus and bus interchange for Woden in Canberra. The proposed Canberra Institute of Technology campus is anticipated to serve 6,500 students each year, while the proposed bus interchange will integrate with a future light rail terminus underpinning Woden’s ongoing development […] More
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
