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Architecture Australia
Editorial director Katelin ButlerAssociate editor Georgia BirksEditor-at-large Justine ClarkManaging editor Nicci DodanwelaEditorial enquiries +61 3 8699 1000, aa@archmedia.com.au Editorial team Linda Cheng, Jude Ellison, Alexa Kempton AA advisory co
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Hudson Smith
Hudson Smith has demonstrated an outstanding capacity for leadership through his involvement in specific, highly effective student initiatives such as Occupy, the 2022 Australasian Student Architecture Congress. Further, his ability to bring his fell
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Simon Anderson
Simon Anderson’s contribution to architectural education over a 34-year-long career is undeniable. His dedication to his students and their learning, alongside a substantial publication record, has made him one of Australia’s preeminent architectural
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Why We Are Architects – And Why It Matters
In February, I was fortunate to attend the Te Kāhui Whaihanga New Zealand Institute of Architects conference, “In Situ” – a day of eminent and highly engaging international speakers who presented a fascinating spectrum of work and typologies. Togethe
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Enriching The City
It’s always a privilege to work on the “Gold Medal issue” of the magazine. To gain an overview of the work of one of the country’s best architects, to liaise with their colleagues and collaborators, and to develop insights into their intentions and p
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Architecture Australia turns 120
Making it into the pages of Architecture Australia has always been a major milestone – for architects and writers alike. Often, it happens only once in a career. More often, it doesn’t happen at all. Appearing in this magazine has meant, or at least
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Victoria House MJA Studio with Finespun, Place Laboratory and Palassis Architects
In the context of medium-to-large architectural firms in Perth, MJA Studio is something of an unusual case. In its former iteration as McDonald Jones Architects, it was a medium-sized practice with a focus on the aged-care sector. The office transfor
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119 Redfern Street Aileen Sage with Djinjama, Jean Rice and Noni Boyd
A question that has been percolating in my mind for several years now is: How can architecture in Australia respectfully engage with both Indigenous heritage and post-settlement non-Indigenous heritage? How can we create architecture that responds to
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Abbie Galvin and Paulo Macchia
The Government Architect NSW team, led by Abbie Galvin and Paulo Macchia, has showcased exceptional leadership in all aspects of sustainability. Their display of courage and leadership in implementing sustainable practices and policies aligns with th
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South East Centre for Contemporary Art Sibling Architecture
Sibling Architecture represents a new wave of Australian architects who are searching for different modes of practice. Based in both Sydney and Melbourne, the studio challenges the dichotomous Sydney-versus-Melbourne debates of the latter twentieth c
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Burnt Earth Beach House Wardle
Burnt Earth Beach House constitutes the latest in a trilogy of residential projects that continues John Wardle’s commitment to pursuing architectural experimentation through the design of his own family home. The first, Kew House (1994–2019) in Melbo
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2024 Gold Medallist Philip Thalis
(WRITER) Ken Maher Philip Thalis is a remarkable architect whose practice has been architecture as the art of city-making. In his momentous co-authored book Public Sydney: Drawing the City, he observed: “Making the city is one of humanity’s longest a
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Atlantic Fellows for Social Equity Hub Jackson Clements Burrows
The new premises for the Atlantic Fellows for Social Equity (AFSE) is five storeys above the ground, within an existing office floor plate at the University of Melbourne. The unexpected airiness you feel upon entering has been achieved by the meticul
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Dulux Study Tour
In her influential role as a design educator, Simona Falvo imparts not only technical skills but also a comprehensive understanding of the prospects and challenges awaiting her students as they enter the architectural profession. Her dedication to nu
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Hill Thalis Architecture and Urban Projects
Philip ThalisSarah HillKerry HunterLaura HardingSheila TawaloAlex RinkBrett SperlingBenjamin DriverAaron MurrayJonathon KibbleMadeleine RoweVictoria KingWarda Islam Adrian ChanKristina OlssonMichael Lewarne Angelo KorsanosClaire KrelleJanine KeatingA
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Naomi Milgrom
The National President’s Prize recognises an individual’s contribution to the advancement of architecture in any significant way, other than through architectural design, practice or education. The 2024 recipient of the National President’s prize is
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National Rugby Training Centre, Ballymore Blight Rayner Architecture
For many rugby devotees, Brisbane’s Ballymore Stadium was the indomitable heart of Queensland Rugby Union (QRU) until 2006, when the Queensland Reds transferred their home games to the Lang Park stadium at Milton, the traditional home of the competin
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A Country-centred Approach To Civic Biodiversity First Knowledges Can Help Designers Struggling To Apply A Country-centred Methodology To Built Projects In Urban Areas.
As Country-centred design1 becomes a part of architectural vocabulary in Australia, we at Djinjama have noticed colleagues and clients grappling to integrate Indigenous community advice respectfully and holistically, while also considering the actual
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Monica Edwards
A mid-career architect practising in Sydney with a tremendous portfolio of significant, awarded projects, Monica Edwards has demonstrated a commitment to gender equity based on a top-down and a bottom-up approach. She was an inaugural member of the N
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Selected Writers And Photographers
Naomi Stead is an architectural academic, scholar and critic, based in Melbourne. She is the director of the Design and Creative Practice Enabling Capability Platform at RMIT University. (WRITER, PAGE 14) Katherine Lu is an architectural photographer
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Selected Awards
Parramatta Escarpment Boardwalk (with McGregor Westlake Architecture, JILA and Tonkin)Powerhouse Design Award, Australian Good Design Awards Award for Urban Design, Australian Institute of Architects (NSW Chapter) The Wedge Studios, Dulwich HillFrede
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Philip Thalis
The Gold Medal is the Australian Institute of Architects’ highest honour. It recognises distinguished service by architects who have designed or executed buildings of high merit, produced work of great distinction resulting in the advancement of arch
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The Value Of Stillness In Architecture
As I write this, we have moved into the new year and a time of great instability, with shocking international conflict and erratic weather patterns. (The European Centre for Medium-Range Weather Forecasts has released data that show 2023 to be the wa
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Mount Alexander College Kosloff Architecture
The most recent addition to Mount Alexander College, a secondary school on unceded Wurundjeri Country in Naarm’s/ Melbourne’s inner-north, is a five-storey, brick-red beacon that establishes a series of meaningful visual and physical connections with
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The Responsibilities Of Buildings – And Those Who Design Them
Architecture contributes substantially to a city’s ability to thrive – and, in turn, a thriving city attracts good architecture. This issue includes two significant public projects, both of which are in what might be considered “second cities.” To co
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AI And Design: Questions Of Ethics
Artificial intelligence (AI) is a very old idea, but the term AI and the field of AI as it relates to modern programmable digital computing have taken their contemporary forms in the past 70 years.1Today, we interact with AI technologies constantly,
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Geelong Arts Centre (Stage 3) ARM Architecture
My first thought on seeing ARM Architecture’s Little Malop Street Redevelopment for the Geelong Arts Centre (GAC) is: Have they gone too far this time? The building is wrapped in what appears to be a white billowing curtain, complete with twisted cor
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AI In Action: Case Studies
Automated Architecture (AUAR) is a UK-based technology company using data-driven learning and generative design to build a distributed micro-factory network for sustainable timber housing. The co-founder and chief technology officer, Gilles Retsin, i
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Architects Have Always Imitated. But Will AI Need Architects?
The rapid acceleration of generative artificial intelligence (GAI)1 over the past 18 months is opening up new creative possibilities and disrupting a wide range of industries. Within this context, this dossier explores the potential and impact of AI
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(This is) Air Nic Brunsdon
Air has been topical in the 2020s. MONA’s Oceans of Air, an exhibition of Argentine artist Tomás Saraceno’s work, coincided with QAGOMA’s Air, a collection by Australian and international artists exploring the multifaceted dimensions of our shared at
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