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State governments around Australia are looking to the construction industry to prop up the ailing economy amid the coronavirus pandemic, tweaking planning regulations to keep the industry ticking over. The New South Wales government announced it would fast-track assessments of State Significant Developments, re-zonings and development applications, with more decisions to be made by the […] More
FJMT has designed the redevelopment of a public school located on “one of the most unique school campus sites in Sydney.” The project will involve the expansion of Fort Street Public School to accomodate up to 550 primary school children, which currently accommodates 220 students. The increased capacity of the CBD school will prevent local […] More
The directors of the US-based Architecture and Design Film Festival have launched a four-day virtual festival that will feature a documentary about Australian Pritzker Prize laureate Glenn Murcutt on its program. The festival ordinarily takes place at events across a number of cities in the United States and Canada, however physical distancing measures and bans […] More
Plans for the construction of a long-awaited development at the World Heritage-listed Cascades Female Factory Historic Site in South Hobart have advanced, with the submission of a development application. A team comprising Tasmanian practice Liminal Studio, international firm Snøhetta and Melbourne landscape architecture practice Rush Wright Associates was unanimously selected as the winner of a […] More
Celebrating its first decade, the Houses Awards is one of Australia’s most sought-after accolades, and recognizes the best in residential architecture. In 2020, a total of 159 entries and three emerging architecture practices were shortlisted across nine categories. Jury chair and editorial director of Architecture Media, Katelin Butler, said, “This year’s jury was acutely aware […] More
The Victorian government has appointed Peter Elliott Architecture and Urban Design to design the rebuild of a historic school in Melbourne’s south after it was razed by fire. In the early hours of 1 February, a fire ripped through Sandringham Primary School destroying a significant part of the school, particularly the west wing, south wing […] More
“He leapt across conceptual fences unscalable for most of us but, he would be there to lend a hand, and to pull us up. He was always challenging the shape of our beliefs and knowledges. His unerring questioning and expanded perspective provided space to consider additional ways to understand, he continually pushed to generate awareness […] More
Architectus has unveiled designs for a major overhaul of the public high school and primary school at Chatswood, a high-growth suburb on Sydney’s lower north shore. Chatswood Public School and Chatswood High School are located on the Pacific Highway and Centennial Avenue respectively; the redevelopment will retain the two campuses, developing a distinct character for […] More
