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The NSW Independent Planning Commission will undergo major reforms, the state’s planning minister has announced. The proposed reforms follow the NSW Productivity Commission’s review of the IPC at the request of the minister in October 2019. The Productivity Commission made 12 recommendations, including that “the minister formally [issue] directions on an agreed set of outcome-focused […] More
The NSW government has placed an interim heritage order on a modernist home in Sydney’s Killara that was designed by the late Ken Woolley. Eastment House, which comprises a split-level design made of timber post and beam and exposed brick, was designed and built in the 1970s and was owned and occupied by the family […] More
The Australian Institute of Architects has announced the winners of the 2020 Dulux Study Tour, an annual travelling prize for five emerging architects. In 2020, the 10-day tour will visit Tokyo, Berlin and Madrid and the winners will be given first hand experience of each city’s best architectural sites and practices. The Institute’s national president […] More
Hassell has been appointed to prepare a new master plan for Burswood Park, a 56-hectare public open space located along Perth’s Swan River foreshore. At present the park includes playgrounds, landscaped gardens, floral displays, sculptures, bike trails, a heritage trail and picnic spots and functions as a major event space for charity, sporting and cultural […] More
London-based 6A Architects and Dan Pearson Studio have designed a new hotel and commercial office complex for developer Molonglo Group in Melbourne’s Collingwood. The project’s proponents say the development, to be located at 81-89 Rupert Street, will “challenge the normalised typologies for vertical buildings and the office spaces that occupy them.” The development is being […] More
The Australian Institute of Architects has launched a donation drive for its rebuild-focused charitable campaign in response to the ongoing bushfire crisis. The “Architects Donate” program aims to draw donations from Institute members for the eventual rebuilding effort, through the Institute’s own Foundation. The donation drive was first announced in early January as part of […] More
Western Sydney University has introduced a new a $60,000 scholarship to encourage women’s participation in architecture, funded Frasers Property Australia. The scholarship will fund two years of study in the Master of Architecture (Urban Transformation) program. First established in 2019, the Master’s program is taught in a small cohort of 25 candidates, with a year-long […] More
Construction has begun on the refurbishment of Sydney Opera House’s iconic Concert Hall – part of the biggest upgrade to the building since it opened in 1973. The renewal, designed by ARM Architecture, Schuler Shook and Müller-BBM, will include a new acoustic ceiling with specially designed acoustic reflectors, new automated drapes and a 3D surround-sound […] More
