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Marrickville’s dead birds a cautionary tale about our love of shiny glass

Marrickville’s dead birds a cautionary tale about our love of shiny glass

An Inner West councillor is concerned by the number of lorikeets “striking” the clean glass on Marrickville Metro’s new footbridge.

  • byMary Ward
Saved from demolition by one vote,the Exhibition Building is in danger of becoming a white elephant

Saved from demolition by one vote,the Exhibition Building is in danger of becoming a white elephant

Victoria must decide:is the Royal Exhibition Building to be cherished as one of Australia’s great monuments,or will it be allowed to become a white elephant … again?

  • byTony Wright
The Exhibition Building is as important to Melbourne as the Eiffel Tower is to Paris

The Exhibition Building is as important to Melbourne as the Eiffel Tower is to Paris

The government has axed funding to conservation of heritage buildings after spending $89 million on the recent restoration of its own house on Spring Street.

  • byJoe Rollo
Dunny lanes of Sydney:Hidden opportunity could address housing crisis

Dunny lanes of Sydney:Hidden opportunity could address housing crisis

Sydney’s back lanes may look messy,but a Sydney architect has shown how a laneway block can double density and provide a Zen-like home that also screens out the neighbours.

  • byJulie Power
Backyard zen:From suburban angst to zen garden
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Backyard zen:From suburban angst to zen garden

The pruning of the Japanese Maple tree by garden designer Shunmyo Masuno,from Yokohama.

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Garish glitz? Rubbish. The critics are wrong – Prahran Square is paradise over a parking lot
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Garish glitz? Rubbish. The critics are wrong – Prahran Square is paradise over a parking lot

As one of the creators of the square,I read Norman Day’s architectural review of it this week with a mixture of horror and amusement.

  • byCarey Lyon
Prahran Square is nightmarish expression of garishness,zing and glitz

Prahran Square is nightmarish expression of garishness,zing and glitz

If the council had humbly dug a hole,made a functional ca park and created an accessible public garden at street level,it would have been simple. Unfortunately,that didn’t happen.

  • byNorman Day
Render v reality:Do Sydney buildings live up to what architects promise?

Render v reality:Do Sydney buildings live up to what architects promise?

Should an artist’s impression provide a precise and exact indicator of what a finished project will look?

  • byAndrew Taylor
Country-centred design and the eel-populated creek that became a stormwater drain

Country-centred design and the eel-populated creek that became a stormwater drain

Jefa Greenaway is one of what he estimates to be fewer than 20 registered Indigenous architects in Australia. Here’s how he’s working for that to change.

  • byWill Higginbotham
Celebrity homes and glorious weather:Nine highlights of Palm Springs

Celebrity homes and glorious weather:Nine highlights of Palm Springs

The desert-fringed city has been a hideaway for Hollywood stars since the 1950s.

  • byLouise Goldsbury