1+ hour, 55+ min ago  (341+ words) The future of architecture is doing more with less, as winners of Western Australia's 2026 Architecture Awards find innovative solutions to address affordability concerns and industry constraints. A peer-reviewed jury assembled by the Australian Institute of Architects selected 35 projects likely to…...

2+ day, 1+ hour ago  (819+ words) PROJECT FILES: Healthcare projects are often evaluated through measures of clinical performance, operational efficiency and technical complexity. Increasingly, however, major public health projects are also being asked to contribute to broader social, environmental and civic outcomes. Both hospitals share common…...

2+ week, 1+ day ago  (868+ words) PROJECT FILES: Call us crazy, but in our design for Sydney based school Newington College's Eungai Creek Campus on the New South Wales mid-north coast, we set ourselves a target to use no concrete, aluminium, tiles, plastic, plasterboard, paint or…...

2+ mon, 3+ week ago  (440+ words) The Australian Urban Design Awards were unveiled in Canberra on Tuesday, honouring people and projects who have contributed to better cities and quality of life for communities across the nation. In their 30th year, the awards are co-convened by peak design…...

2+ mon, 3+ week ago  (271+ words) Among the gems that Hannah Lewi and Cameron Logan revealed last week at Gleebooks for the launch of their book, Adapt, Designing New Lives for Old Buildings, is a novel concept " that a value capture mechanism could be applied to…...

3+ mon, 1+ hour ago  (399+ words) Philip Thalis has achieved Australia's highest architectural honour " the Gold Medal in Architecture in 2024. It keeps him immensely busy and partly that's because his words have more clout now than ever. At the briefing on Monday ahead of our newest…...

3+ mon, 2+ week ago  (946+ words) Solarpunk promises regenerative, multispecies urban futures " but as its eco-futurist aesthetic travels from Singapore's curated tourist icons to Brisbane's 2032 Olympic transformation, sustainability risks sliding from systemic change into spectacle, and from ambition into greenwashing. Brisbane is reshaping itself under the…...

4+ mon, 2+ week ago  (1298+ words) On my study tour of Europe, examining challenges and solutions for housing the population, it was clear that Vienna is in a class of its own. It didn't happen overnight. It has taken an enormous strength of character to maintain,…...

4+ mon, 3+ week ago  (582+ words) The Victorian government has announced plans to transfer the functions of the Architects Registration Board of Victoria (ARBV) to the renamed Business Licensing Authority. This raises concerns about the potential abolition of the ARBV and the threat to undermine decades…...

4+ mon, 3+ week ago  (303+ words) The new Sydney Fish Market opened on Monday morning at 5am, heralding what's hoped to be a Danish-designed icon to rival that other major tourist attraction, the Sydney Opera House. But while tens of thousands of patrons flooded Pyrmont to see…...