Splendour and Sparkle

“The interiors of this building were designed under an unusual set of circumstances, whereby the tactics and skills of set design were writ large on a complex performing arts venue.”

Yarra Ranges Special Development School by Architecture architecture

Many of us will have memories of bustling school corridors: throngs of students pushing their way through elbows and school bags under bright white lights.

Comfort or dis/comfort

This article explores two KTA projects: the Melbourne Holocaust Museum, using humane design to address sensitive content, and Bundanon, where climatic discomfort connects visitors to Country.

Yutjuwala Djiwarr Aged Care: Kaunitz Yeung Architecture

Among Arnhem Land’s tropical savanna, a co-designed respite and palliative care home in Nhulunbuy is the result of decades of petitioning, resilience and a process of deep listening.

Post-occupancy evaluation: Time for some feedback?

Post-occupancy evaluation (POE) – the process and product of gathering systematic feedback about a building’s performance – is a vital yet perpetually underachieved part of the design process. It can help architects measure the intangibles of great design; it can identify problems from the use and perception of places; it can improve strategies for contemporary architectural practice. If used well, it can demonstrate the architect’s abilities to satisfy and persuade current and future clients. So, why do so few want to undertake POE?

Bangkok Apartment and Chonburi Multi-Purpose Building: Suphasidh Architects

In Thailand, I retraced an old technique of building with rammed earth, with the conviction of its value to the local building industry. Although the technology was prevalent for thousands of years, it has been disregarded for its labor-intensive and time-consuming nature of manually compressing earth. I re-learned this construction technique with our local builders, allowing them the instinctive mastery of the expertise through trials.

White House: Spaceagency

Homes are personal. If we allow them to be, they can adapt to suit our lifestyles and grow with us through different phases of life. White House by Spaceagency speaks volumes about the hidden potential of existing homes, waiting to be unlocked by those willing to preserve character and give old bones a new chance.

Atlantic Fellows for Social Equity: Jackson Clements Burrows Architects

The University of Melbourne’s New Student Precinct (NSP) is not an unfamiliar place for Melburnians, particularly, among architects. It holds ground as a dynamic towering addition to the university’s rich heritage campus in Parkville, however, very few are familiar with what once occupied this site.

NOMA Residences: Plus Architecture

Home, for the occupants of NOMA Residences by Plus Architecture is grounded in the community of Mosman Park. The design centres on the connection to neighbours and creates an opportunity for friendly interaction.

NELP Bulleen Park & Ride: Peter Elliott Architecture + Urban Design with GHD & CPB

Anyone who has passed the new freeway interchange in Bulleen near Heide Museum of Modern Art will be shocked by the amount of new infrastructure works that are occurring. It is an other-worldly dystopia, evoking feelings of a concrete Mad Max scene of gigantic machinery, and what appears
to be a village of portables and temporary fencing.