Architecture Australia, September 2009
Architecture AustraliaProvocative, informative and engaging discussion of the best built works and the issues and events that matter.
Comment
Practice
Heritage and Technology
Historic courts
Between civic memory and a future of hope
Courts in the UK
John Denton outlines Denton Corker Marshall’s justice work in the United Kingdom.
Room with a view
Courtrooms and culture
Democratic spaces in a citadel of authority
Both ordinary and special – David Tait outlines the challenge of designing court spaces for jurors.
The Changing Face of Justice
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 …
Foreword
The Art of Selling Green
Reflection
Justice
Letters
Readers write
Features
Parramatta Justice Precinct
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.
Brisbane Supreme and District Court
John Hockings, of Architectus, describes the design for Brisbane’s latest justice project.
Neighbourhood justice centre
Restorative justice is written into the architecture of Collingwood’s Neighbourhood Justice Centre.
Port Augusta courts
The new court for Port Augusta strives to remove some of the barriers for Aboriginal communities associated with the Western justice system.
Kalgoorlie courts project
Philip Kirke, of Hassell, Describes the challenges faced and strategies adopted in the Kalgoorlie Courts Project.
Radar
Books
Reading pleasures
Exhibition
Design Island
Installation
Sanaa
Awards
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.
Headlines
News and nuance