Architecture

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

Adelaide Festival’s visual art program “Adelaide//International” is this year focusing on architecture and how it shapes people’s experience of the world. The exhibition series at the Anne and Gordon Samstag Museum of Art at UniSA’s City West Campus will feature five discrete exhibitions exploring notions of experience, time and architecture. The exhibitions are running for […] More

Australian architecture schools have, for the most part, fallen slightly in the latest edition of the annual QS World University Rankings. The University of Melbourne and University of Sydney continue to rank most highly among Australian schools, coming in at 17th and 18th respectively, with the latter sharing the spot with China’s Tongji University. In […] More

From a “modern day Machu Picchu” to “cool mysterious interiors,” we sample some of the most notable projects by the first all-female duo to win the Pritzker Prize. Irish architects Yvonne Farrell and Shelley McNamara made history when they were announced as the first all-woman duo to win the most prestigious award in international architecture, […] More

The organizers of the Venice Architecture Biennale have postponed the opening of the event in response to the outbreak of the COVID-19 coronavirus in Italy, slashing the six-month festival to just three. The Biennale will now run from 29 August to its originally scheduled closing date of 29 November. It was originally scheduled to open […] More

Yvonne Farrell and Shelley McNamara of Dublin-based Grafton Architects have been awarded the 2020 Pritzker Prize, marking the first time architecture’s highest honour has been awarded to two women. It’s also just the second time the prize has not been given to a man, or a team including a man, since Zaha Hadid won it […] More

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

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