Architecture Australia, September 2013
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This issue of Architecture Australia includes a provocative and theoretically rich suite of projects from across the Asia-Pacific region. A stalled resort on the Pacific …
Projects
La Plage du Pacifique
The unfinished Vanuatu resort by Kristin Green: a photographic exhibition by Peter Bennetts.
Perth Arena
A mesmerizing urban pantheon based on big ideas, local context and the geometry of puzzles.
The Kinghorn Cancer Centre
BVN Donovan Hill benchmarks the emerging building typology of translational research centres.
Prince Alfred Park Pool
Neeson Murcutt Architects and Sue Barnsley Design embed memory and art into a Sydney urban space.
Camberwell Primary School
Workshop Architecture’s old school thinking in a new building designed for flexibility.
Parkroyal on Pickering
WOHA’s manifesto of “breathing architecture” is realized in a Singapore hotel with its own ecosystem.
Dossier
Crowdsourcing the city
New models of urban development: Brickstarter, CitiNiche and other examples of digital democracy
The Biophilic City: urban innovations for closing the fiscal gap
Darren Bilsborough explores biophilic urbanism as a way of increasing quality of life without increasing tax.
UIA Sustainable Futures: Responsible Architecture Project
From Architecture Australia’s 2013 Dossier on urbanism and sustainability.
Platform
Indigenous Architecture Victoria
A not-for-profit organization engaging architecture with Indigenous culture.