Architecture Australia, May 2012
Architecture AustraliaProvocative, informative and engaging discussion of the best built works and the issues and events that matter.
Direction
Foreword
Brian Zulaikha’s foreword to the May 2012 issue of Architecture Australia.
Reflection
Reflection
Timothy Moore’s introduction to the May 2012 issue of Architecture Australia.
Digest
Screenshot: proposed and unbuilt projects
A selection of up-and-coming and unbuilt projects from Australian architects.
A new Australia Pavilion for Venice
Denton Corker Marshall has been selected to design a permanent Australia Pavilion in Venice’s Giardini della Biennale.
In brief: InFloatables
A Sydney workshop held in conjunction with London’s Architectural Association explores inflatable buildings.
Snapshot: women in architecture
Provocative thoughts and comment about women architects, from 1975 to today.
Design
Hinze Dam Visitor Centre and Parkland
Malcolm Middleton Architects and AECOM add a human dimension to civic infrastructure.
Laurimar Community Activity Centre
A new centre by Croxon Ramsay in Laurimar, Victoria, is a fulcrum for a new Melbourne housing estate.
Expectant Lots
Croxon Ramsay’s Laurimar Community Activity Centre is located in one of Melbourne’s fastest-growing municipalities.
Ravenswood School for Girls
The aspirations of a private school on Sydney’s North Shore are articulated by Bligh Voller Nield.
Foundation Housing and Women’s Health, Perth
A diverse public project in Perth combines domestic and institutional qualities.
Hong Kong high
The undulating lines of Affect-T take form inside a Hong Kong high-rise apartment.
Dossier
The advantage of size
A downturn in economic activity offers a moment to take stock and to reassess the future in the face of changing expectations.
Pro bono publico
The service of architecture for the public good can be a gift without expectation of reward.
Engendering architecture
Women’s involvement in architecture is not only about social justice, it’s an economic imperative.
Interview: Callum Fraser
Finding a balance between economics and design: how architects can shape market forces.
The value of agency
Anna Tweeddale asks ‘can experimentation be given a higher value in the lexicon of Australian cities?’
Bye bye Barcelona
As he flees Barcelona for Mexico, architect Mario Ballesteros pens a flurried postcard.
Document
Wall/wall, chimney/chimney
Artists Bianca Hester and Tom Nicholson explored and interrogated chimneys and walls at Federation Square during November 2011.
Architects without frontiers
AWF avoids uninformed knee-jerk responses in its not-for-profit work by ensuring the local community plays a central role.
Details
Detail and manner
The austere Queenslander aesthetic can be a template for measuring detail, write Owen and Vokes.