Revisited: Marie Short House (1974) by Glenn Murcutt
Jan 9, 2023 · Built in 1974, just four years after Glenn Murcutt began practising architecture, this farmhouse in Kempsey in northern New South Wales is a seminal work, much admired both in Australia and abroad. Modest, flexible and adaptable to climate, it endures as a model for responsive, responsible design. The house comprises two pavilions, one for ...
Australian Architecture: A History | ArchitectureAu
Apr 19, 2022 · Jackson’s 2000 book Australian Architecture Now, co-authored with Chris Johnson, was a sequel, of sorts, to Jennifer Taylor’s Australian Architecture Since 1960. Taylor herself was picking up from J. M. Freeland’s definitive Australian Architecture: A History (published 1968). And so we come full circle, with Jackson resetting the updates ...
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Kerstin Thompson Architects' Melbourne Holocaust Museum to …
Nov 9, 2023 · Recipient of the 2023 National Award for Public Architecture, the much-anticipated Melbourne Holocaust Museum will reopen its doors to the public on Sunday 12 November. The Kerstin Thompson Architects-designed museum adaptively reuses the original building on the site, constructed in the 1920s and purchased by the museum in 1984.
Sydney Opera House: an ‘unrepeatable’ masterpiece
Nov 22, 2023 · The Sydney Opera House started with what CEO Louise Heron described as a “big bang of creativity” and over the past 50 years (and more), its story has been wrapped in wonder, myth, drama, and perhaps most importantly, the building of a nation.. On the 69th anniversary of the announcement of an international competition to design a national opera house, SOH assembled a legion of architects ...
One Central Park - ArchitectureAu
Aug 4, 2014 · The high-profile One Central Park project features a thirty-three-metre cantilevered sky garden and mirror installation. Artwork: Halo by Jennifer Turpin and Michaelie Crawford. Image: Simon Wood. In 1988, American hip-hop group Public Enemy released its seminal song “Don’t Believe the Hype.”. Well-known for its politically charged lyrics ...
World's tallest hybrid timber tower to house Atlassian HQ in Sydney
Jun 29, 2020 · It was touted as the world tallest hybrid timber building at 19 storeys when designs were unveiled in 2017. It is currently under construction and is due for completion in 2020. Atlassian’s Sydney headquarters will accommodate 4,000 staff. The existing heritage-listed Parcels Shed building, which houses Railway Square YHA, will also be ...
Construction starts on Melbourne’s Suburban Rail Loop
Mar 3, 2024 · Construction has now commenced on Melbourne’s Suburban Rail Loop East, in a project that will see Box Hill and Cheltenham connected via a new rail line and six underground stations.. The train stations include Box Hill, Burwood, Glen Waverley, Monash, Clayton and Cheltenham. Of the six stations, Box Hill, Glen Waverley, Clayton, and Cheltenham already have existing train stations, and upon ...
The best Australian houses of 2021 - ArchitectureAu
Nov 5, 2021 · The best house in the new house category was Night Sky by Peter Stutchbury Architecture. The house was designed to prioritize “the desires of a disabled person to connect to the universe and galaxy,” said the jury. “This work is unusual in its forms and expressions but it is born from a deep regard for and understanding of certain ...
Nature as inspiration: Bio-based materials for sustainable …
Jul 11, 2022 · Image: Tom Roe. Architects are in a unique position today to facilitate a global push toward a circular economy with lower embodied carbon within the construction industry using bio-based materials. For centuries, human beings used natural materials to construct our built environments. Timber, bamboo, earth and straw were all renewable natural ...