Architecture Australia, January 2013
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AA Jan/Feb 2013 preview
The first thing you’ll notice about the January/February 2013 issue of Architecture Australia is the change to the masthead and cover design. This reflects the …
Foreword
Shelley Penn’s foreword to the Jan/Feb 2013 issue of Architecture Australia.
Projects
Hamer Hall
ARM Architecture makes a range of functional improvements to Melbourne’s Hamer Hall.
RMIT Bundoora West Lecture Theatre
This RMIT building by Allan Powell Architects shows a maturity and restraint often found in genuinely iconic buildings.
Third Wave Kiosk
Tony Hobba Architects’ beach kiosk at Torquay, Victoria.
One One One Eagle Street
Experimentation yielded an intriguing Brisbane tower by Cox Rayner Architects.
Australia House
Japan’s robust Australia House by Andrew Burns shows simplicity is a complex affair.
Australia House in Japan
Photographer Brett Boardman reflects on his experience shooting Andrew Burns’s opus.
The Infinity Centre
A village of learning centres by McBride Charles Ryan looped around a set of courtyards.
National Centre for Synchrotron Science
Bates Smart’s National Centre for Synchrotron Science in Melbourne creates the conditions in which to see.
Dossier
AA Roundtable 08
Stories about the people and issues shaping architecture.
Porosity: The Architecture of Invagination
A publication by Australian artist and architect, Richard Goodwin, aims to change our view of cities.
Beatriz Colomina: Paper architecture
Beatriz Colomina in conversation with Nicole Kalms and Ari Seligmann about new media and architectural ideas.
Moshe Safdie’s Melbourne interview
The architect behind Monash University’s new school of music talks to Michael Roper.
Avoiding substance abuse
The 2012 Institute Gold Medallist, Lawrence Nield, reflects on the use of materials and specialization.
Social sustainability: the “how” of human experience
Angelique Edmonds argues that design-led public engagement is key to fostering a sense of community.
Making more of our relationship to light
Opportunities to use daylight in architecture are as abundant as light itself.
Platform
Profile: Felix
For the directors of multidisciplinary Perth practice Felix, innovation is everything.
Mark Loughnan & Jad Silvester
After working internationally, two Australian architects find a home at Hassell.
Details
Regularity and strangeness
Laura Harding muses on regularity and strangeness in the urban built environment.