Architecture Australia, September 2009
Architecture AustraliaProvocative, informative and engaging discussion of the best built works and the issues and events that matter.
Provocative, informative and engaging discussion of the best built works and the issues and events that matter.
Heritage and Technology
Between civic memory and a future of hope
John Denton outlines Denton Corker Marshall’s justice work in the United Kingdom.
Courtrooms and culture
Both ordinary and special – David Tait outlines the challenge of designing court spaces for jurors.
The Architecture of the Australian CourthouseElevational view of the Victorian County Court by Daryl Jackson Architects, Lyons and SKM Architects, architects in association (2002).The Ceremonial …
The Art of Selling Green
Justice
Readers write
Two new buildings add to the set of distinctive architectural voices in the Parramatta Justice Precinct — the Sydney West Trial Courts, by Lyons, and the Justice Building by Bates Smart.
John Hockings, of Architectus, describes the design for Brisbane’s latest justice project.
Restorative justice is written into the architecture of Collingwood’s Neighbourhood Justice Centre.
The new court for Port Augusta strives to remove some of the barriers for Aboriginal communities associated with the Western justice system.
Philip Kirke, of Hassell, Describes the challenges faced and strategies adopted in the Kalgoorlie Courts Project.
Reading pleasures
Design Island
Sanaa
The second instalment of the Australian Institute of Architects State Awards in the lead-up to the National Awards to be held at the Melbourne Recital Centre on 29 October.
News and nuance