Architecture Australia, July 2011
Architecture AustraliaProvocative, informative and engaging discussion of the best built works and the issues and events that matter.
Preview
Inventiveness and innovation
Brian Zulaikha’s first foreword for Architecture Australia as the president of the Australian Institute of Architects.
Reflection
New modes of criticism
The editor’s letter from the July 2011 issue of Architecture Australia.
People
McBride Charles Ryan
This Melbourne practice’s iconic projects chart an intriguing course through context, form-making and the urban experience.
Radar
Raymond Jones architectural projects
Geoff Warn reviews an exhibition charting the pioneering modernist forms of this influential Western Australian architect.
Women in architecture
A complex set of factors influences the participation of women in architecture. Karen Burns picks apart the issues.
Critic in residence
BVN Architecture’s critic-in-residence program spurs intellectual engagement and builds a studio culture.
The Right to the City symposium
Ideas for remaking the city with an eye on connection and sustainability shaped this recent symposium.
Green Cities conference
“Partnering for solutions” was the theme of this year’s Green Cities conference. Ceridwen Owen reflects on the debate.
21st Century Tokyo
21st Century Tokyo: A Guide to Contemporary Architecture by Julian Worrall and Erez Golani Soloman.
Natural Artifice
The 2011 national conference Natural Artifice was a feast of ideas, but not conversation, according to Ceridwen Owen.
Young architects at Natural Artifice
The Young Architects Forum at the 2011 national architecture conference allowed emerging architects to discuss their work.
Looking for answers at Natural Artifice
Michael Lewarne and Angelo Korsanos discuss Natural Artifice, the 2011 national architecture conference.
Juhani Pallasmaa
Rachel Hurst caught up with Juhani Pallasmaa at the 2011 National Architecture Conference Natural Artifice.
Manuel Aires Mateus
Leanne Zilka caught up with Manuel Aires Mateus when he was in Melbourne for the 2011 national architecture conference.
Features
2011 SA Architecture Awards
A full listing of the winners in this year’s South Australian AIA chapter awards, with a comment by Francesco Bonato.
2011 Victorian Architecture Awards
A full listing of the winners in this year’s Victorian AIA chapter awards, with a comment from jury chair James Staughton.
Victoria Uni ESSP and Learning Commons
John Wardle Architects creates a zinc-clad city wall for the university’s Footscray Park campus, housing laboratories, a library and specialist sports science facilities.
Carrum Downs Police Station
This police station by Kerstin Thompson Architects demonstrates a meticulous approach to spatial planning.
Northbridge Central TAFE
Meaning, motifs and a necessary ambiguity overlap in Lyons’ public face for the Central Institute of Technology in Perth.
Reg Bartley Oval grandstand and kiosk
Lacoste + Stevenson reinvigorates Rushcutters Bay Park with an addition to the existing grandstand and a kiosk next door.
Report
2011 ACT Architecture Awards
A full listing of the winners in this year’s ACT AIA chapter awards, with a comment from jury chair Shelley Penn.
2011 Tasmanian Architecture Awards
A full listing of the winners in this year’s Tasmanian AIA chapter awards, with a comment by Peter Poulet.
2011 NT Architecture Awards
A full listing of the winners in this year’s Northern Territory AIA chapter awards, with a comment by John Mainwaring.
2011 WA Architecture Awards
A full listing of the winners in this year’s Western Australian AIA chapter awards, with a comment by Patrick Pinder.
Comment
Vale Robert Woodward AM 1923—2010
Andrew Woodward remembers his father, Bob Woodward, BArch (Hons) FRAIA, AILA.
Practice
Common pitfalls in practice management
Scott Osborne of Total Synergy discusses the challenges of managing a busy practice – invoicing, budgets, backups – and how a strategic approach can smooth the way.
Sustainable design analysis and BIM
Autodesk Ecotect Analysis software can help analyse the performance of conceptual building designs.
Readers Write
Acronyms and meaning
A letter published in Architecture Australia discussing the dropping of “Royal” from the Institute’s name.