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From an outstanding field, a project with “a brave and bold approach [that] delivered theatre, art and drama” has been awarded the top accolade in the 2020 Australian Interior Design Awards, announced via a live broadcast on Friday 29 May. The jury said the results of the awards were “a breath of fresh air, with […] More
Hassell’s three-storey “foundation building” for Australia’s newest university campus, the University of the Sunshine Coast Moreton Bay campus, is complete. Based around a large central atrium suitable for community events, the building has been designed to cater for a rapid growth of the student population in an area where university participation has historically been low. […] More
A major research project investigating the work-related wellbeing of architects and architecture students has received funding in the most recent round of the Australian Research Council’s Linkage Projects scheme. Led by Naomi Stead, head of architecture at Monash University, the project will be an interdisciplinary collaboration between researchers in Monash’s architecture department and the Department […] More
Final designs have been unveiled for the proposed Victoria Cross station development, which includes a 42-storey office tower and a new retail laneway. Bates Smart is the design architect for the above-station tower and retail precinct, Cox Architecture is designing the station and Aspect Studios is designing the public domain. The project will include a […] More
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
