Design guidelines now on public exhibition give the first glimpse at what planners may have in store for a renewal of the 2.4-hectare site,home of the Museum of Applied Arts and Sciences since 1988.
Retirement homes have had a bad-wrap over recent years with clinical rooms leading off sterile corridors and shared bathroom facilities.
Creatively innovative buildings and their designers have been honoured at this year’s Queensland Architecture Awards.
Far from the dark and institutional spaces that typified types of co-housing in the past,two Sydney projects were driven by research about what their residents wanted.
Singer Troye Sivan wanted a home that was like a warm hug filled with lamps,comfy couches and a big bath. Now the interior designer who brought his dream to life has won a national interior design award.
With building budgets often being lean,combining two functions under the one roof makes economic sense.
Sisters Nadine and Romaine Alwill,architect and interior designer respectively,worked together on this stunning off-form concrete house.
It doesn’t take much effort to design a rudimentary gymnasium that also functions as a performance centre. But this addition is far from rudimentary.
Braille and Morse code messages are hidden in the walls of the Australian Chamber Orchestra’s new concert hall,The Neilson,which overlooks Sydney Harbour,
Architecture and art come together in the newly renovated Continental Hotel.
The City of Melbourne is reviewing the design standards for our street furniture,which gives us a chance to address something that has been sadly lacking in our city.