Architecture Australia, March 2019
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From the competitive to the collegiate: An introduction to the March/April 2019 issue of Architecture Australia.
Projects
Parliament of Victoria, Members’ Annexe Building
A companion building delicately grafted into the garden setting of Victoria’s Parliament House realizes the long-anticipated extension to one of Melbourne’s most prominent civic landmarks.
Tall ambitions: Short Lane
As Sydney pursued a public conversation about brutalist architecture, a new building in Surry Hills was making its mark.
Maximizing intensity: Optus Stadium
As the centrepiece of an urban rehabilitation project east of Perth’s CBD, this sporting landmark is uniquely of its place while also serving as an international gateway to the city.
The maintenance of memory: Sir John Monash Centre
A partially subterranean building dedicated to the maintenance of memory is a seamless and subtle addition to the Australian War Memorial in Villers-Bretonneux, France.
Loving and confronting: Plastic Palace
In the face of Australia’s accelerating waste crisis, a temporary structure in Albury by Raffaello Rosselli Architect lays bare the true cost of our reliance on hard plastic.
Next level prefabrication: Macquarie University Incubator
In this temporary education building by Architectus, which requires flexibility of use, prefabrication and swift construction offer a design-driven vision for the demountable building of the future.
More articles
Regaining a competitive edge
The proliferation of architectural design competitions risks devaluing the real merits of a fair and well-ordered process. Michael Keniger surveys a suite of initiatives.
In vino veritas: Pt. Leo Estate Cellar Door and Sculpture Park
The design for this vineyard and sculpture park on a coastal site in Victoria’s Mornington Peninsula skilfully orchestrates architecture, landscape and art into a cohesive and integrated whole.
Geoff Handbury Science and Technology Hub
Enveloped in an intriguingly veiled and aptly futuristic form, this new facility at Melbourne Grammar School offers some compelling insights into the future of science and technology education.
Intricate recasting: The Stables, VCA
This considered refurbishment honours a once-vital part of Melbourne’s infrastructure, transforming the formal rhythm of stables and riding halls into flexible studios and performance spaces for the Victorian College of the Arts.