Architecture Australia, May 2015
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AA May/June 2015 preview
An introduction to the May/June 2015 issue of Architecture Australia.
Projects
Rule bender: UTS Science and Health Building
In their design of the UTS Science and Health building, Durbach Block Jaggers and BVN have defied the rules set out in BVN’s own UTS masterplan.
Buried history: Galleries of Remembrance
ARM Architecture’s final additions to the Shrine of Remembrance offer a contemporary foil to the memorial’s classicism.
Urban vigour: Lady Cilento Children’s Hospital
Brisbane’s new children’s hospital by Conrad Gargett Lyons is a powerful work of city making.
Local rules: New Kununurra Courthouse
A new civic building by TAG Architects and Iredale Pedersen Hook Architects evokes its remote setting in north-east Western Australia.
Boldly petite: Upper House
Upper House in Melbourne by Jackson Clements Burrows makes the case for compact city living with a bold urban form.
Playing the field: Margaret Court Arena
The new Margaret Court Arena by NH Architecture and Populous explores the relationship between sports stadia and the city.
Dossier
Hospital and health design, at once individual and collective
As part of Architecture Australia‘s May/June 2015 Dossier on health architecture, Michael Keniger reports on the state of healthcare design and offers an overview of recent healthcare projects.
In conversation with Johannes Molander Pedersen
As part of Architecture Australia‘s May/June 2015 Dossier on health architecture, Abbie Galvin, a principal at BVN, speaks with Johannes Molander Pedersen, a founding partner of Danish firm Nord Architects. Pedersen and his partner Morten Rask Gregersen are the Australian Institute of Architects 2015 Droga Architects in Residence.
Post-occupancy research and the new Australian hospital
As part of Architecture Australia‘s May/June 2015 Dossier on health architecture, Darragh O’Brien investigates the lack of thorough and effective post-occupancy research in the healthcare sector.
The importance of public spaces and pedestrians in hospital precincts
As part of Architecture Australia‘s May/June 2015 Dossier on health architecture, Michaela Sheahan explores the importance of public spaces and pedestrian zones in hospital precincts.
Interview with Corbett Lyon, Stefano Scalzo and Julie Willis
As part of Architecture Australia‘s May/June 2015 Dossier on Health Architecture Now, AA’s Cameron Bruhn spoke with Corbett Lyon, Julie Willis and Stefano Scalzo about Lyons and the University of Melbourne’s joint Australian Research Council-funded research project that will investigate ways in which environmental design contributes to patient wellbeing.
Obituary
Vale Ath, the genuine architect
Xing Ruan recalls time spent in work and friendship with the late Ian Athfield, an icon of New Zealand architecture.