Architecture

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

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

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

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

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

The City of Melbourne wants to see a public library relocated to Federation Square, under a proposal it has submitted to the Victorian government’s review of central Melbourne’s most important public space. The council says it would consider investing $15 million to the relocation of City Library, currently located in Flinders Lane, as well as […] More

Gold Coast council has revealed early plans for a 200-hectare park that it says will be the most important public space in the city. The Greenheart project will create a park roughly similar in size to Sydney’s Centennial Parklands that can hold more than 25,000 people at any given time. A draft preliminary masterplan imagines […] More

A collaborative research building at the University of Wollongong, designed by Jacobs and Denton Corker Marshall, has been completed. Dubbed “Molecular Horizons,” the building’s design is informed by the exacting requirements of the highly sensitive equipment inside, including cryo-electron microscopes and super-resolution optical microscopes that will be used for research. The centre supports researchers in […] More