architecture

Sustainability on the agenda at 2018 Think Brick Awards

22 Jun, 2018

The Think Brick Awards, Australia’s richest design awards, has announced its jury members for 2018 with a line up of leading industry experts and influencers. This year’s awards, which will be announced at a gala dinner on 23 August 2018, will be judged by a jury looking for a unique…

Open House Melbourne Weekend program now live

21 Jun, 2018

The 11th annual Open House Melbourne Weekend 2018 Program was launched at Melbourne’s major new art museum – and Open House Weekend participant – Buxton Contemporary this morning. The program launch celebrates Open House Melbourne’s month of architecture, with an expanded program of events in July including major new exhibition…

Burwood Brickworks masterplan approved

20 Jun, 2018

The former brickworks site in Melbourne’s eastern suburbs will be transformed into one of Australia’s most sustainable communities after Frasers Property Australia’s ambitious masterplan for the development – including 700 homes and plans for the world’s most sustainable shopping centre – received the green light. Burwood Brickworks will inject new…

Archier completes Caroma on Collins in Sydney

18 Jun, 2018

Archier’s recently-completed project, Caroma on Collins, started off with a deceivingly straightforward brief: “[to] make physical the values and history of Caroma.” Translating these naturally ethereal yet crucial concepts into bricks and mortar was never going to be easy, but Archier clearly wasn’t daunted by the challenge. Caroma on Collins was…

Bunjil Place wins at International Design Awards

15 Jun, 2018

Bunjil Place is thrilled to announce it has received the top prize ‘Architecture of the Year’ for the International Design Awards 2017. Bunjil Place also received gold awards for two architectural design disciplines: ‘Institutional’ and ‘Landmarks, symbolic structures, memorials, public’. Designed by multi-award winning architectural studio Francis-Jones Morehen Thorp (fjmt),…

Winners of 2018 Queensland Architecture Awards announced

12 Jun, 2018

The winners of the Australian Institute of Architects’ Queensland State Architecture Awards have been announced at the annual Awards night on Friday 8 June. Following an extensive Regional Architecture Awards program, 174 entries have been judged with 78 unique projects shortlisted for the state honours, some in multiple categories. The…

Open House Melbourne Weekend announced

11 Jun, 2018

The 11th annual Open House Melbourne Weekend will be the largest program ever presented. A total of 224 buildings will open their doors to the public this year on Saturday 28 and Sunday 29 July. There are 87 new buildings in the program, as well as 23 residential properties, and…

2018 Victorian Architecture Awards shortlist revealed

25 May, 2018

Victoria has reasserted its world-leading design hub credentials, as demonstrated by the shortlist for the 2018 Victorian Architecture Awards released today. The awards program, run by the Victorian Chapter of the Australian Institute of Architects, has shortlisted a total of 108 projects in 14 categories from a record number of…

Australian Pavilion at 2018 Venice Architecture Biennale revealed

13 Apr, 2018

A collaboration between Melbourne’s Baracco+Wright Architects and artist Linda Tegg is set to shine an international spotlight on architecture’s responsibility to environmental rehabilitation, with the exhibition Repair featuring at the Australian Pavilion of the 2018 Venice Architecture Biennale this May. In August 2017, the Creative Directors made their way from Melbourne…

NGV Architecture Commission 2018 shortlist revealed

9 Apr, 2018

The NGV Architecture Commission Design Competition invites participants to activate the Grollo Equiset Garden at the NGV International garden. Design proposals are varied and imaginative; ranging from hospitality venues, performance spaces and landscape or architectural installations. For 2018, 73 entries were received and the five shortlisted teams have now been…