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Vale Jeffrey Robinson
Jill Garner and Stefan Preuss pay tribute Jeffrey Robinson, an unrelenting champion for a better built environment.
PeopleDana Cuff: Do the work that follows your convictions
Ahead of her address at the 2024 Australian Architecture Conference, Dana Cuff sits down with ArchitectureAU to discuss how architects can regain their agency in making the world a better place.
PeopleOne to Watch: Licht Architecture
The early work of this Tasmanian practice reveals spatial and experiential richness derived from the complementary skills of its directors.
PeopleBreathe Architecture: ‘Reductionism’ embedded within the DNA of every project
From humble beginnings more than 20 years ago, this Melbourne studio has grown into a thriving practice, driven by a restless determination to challenge the status quo and chart a course for sustainable, purposeful architecture.
PeopleStitching memories from found materials
At Craft Fresh 2024, Hannah Hall’s intuitive, poetic textile art invited viewers to decipher characters and recall memories.
PeopleProfile: Patricia Urquiola
An interview with the inimitable Patricia Urquiola about nature, travel, connections and empathy.
PeopleProfile: Don Cameron
Shifting between architectural photography, interior design, furniture and lighting, Don Cameron’s typologically diverse body of work belies its layered connections.
PeopleIn profile: Simon Pendal Architect
Simon Pendal’s work is founded on keen perceptions of the human condition and the natural world, turning everyday domestic spaces into settings for sensory delight and experiential richness.
PeopleProfile: New Resident
Representing a model for the next generation of Australian residential architecture, New Resident is both a process for development and an ambition for practice.
PeopleOne to Watch: Tristan Burfield
Sole practitioner Tristan Burfield is producing work that is both disciplined and restrained, yet always informed by the qualities and quirks of people and place.
PeopleA novel kind of small-scale practice: Speculative Architecture
Shaped by founder Dirk Yates’s training in visual arts and involvement in a broad arts community, Speculative Architecture’s work is characterized by an unassuming desire to carve out spaces and opportunities for others.
PeopleProfile: Olivia Bossy
This Sydney-based former graphic designer is turning her holistic approach and distinctive “soft Modernist” style to interiors and objects.
PeopleMeet the owners of Brick House by Studio Roam and With Architecture Studio
After many years of living in Perth’s dense inner-city fringe, Philip and Melinda sought to build a small yet distinctive “forever home” for their family. Brett Mitchell spoke with them about the experience of working with Studio Roam and With Architecture Studio.
PeopleGeneration exchange: Large practice
Tiffany Liew asked two leaders from BVN’s diverse leadership group, Bill Dowzer and Ali Bounds, about why they’ve chosen to remain in the practice long-term and how BVN has evolved over generations.
PeopleProfile: Other Architects
By occupying a fluid space that is neither solely “maker” nor “strategist,” Other Architects leverages diverse experiences and activities to find the most effective approach for each of its projects.
PeopleProfile: Studio Edwards / alt.material
Through their inter-linked practices, inventive designers Ben Edwards and Nancy Beka put circular materials and adaptive interior design systems to the test.
PeopleWestern Australia appoints new ‘highly credentialled’ government architect
Emma Williamson, architect and co-founder of The Fulcrum Agency, has been appointed Western Australia’s new government architect and chair of the state’s Design Review Panel.
PeopleProfile: SO: Architecture
SO: Architecture is drawn to clients who share the practice’s desire to explore an idea, to pursue high-quality design without high budgets, and to operate outside the usual commercial constraints.
PeopleProfile: Caon Design Office / Laker
From bottle openers to art galleries to aerospace elements, this scale- and shape-shifting pair of design studios defies disciplines to great effect.
PeopleVale Bruce Mackenzie (1932–2024)
Andrew Saniga celebrates the legacy of Bruce Mackenzie and reflects on the profound impact Mackenzie had on the development of landscape architecture in Australia.
PeopleDi Ritter’s five favourite summer restaurants
Di Ritter from Hassell shares her five favourite hospitality venues designed for summer weather.
PeopleProfile: Simulaa
As an architectural practice, Simulaa works in space – but it also focuses on time and the benefits of both foresight and hindsight. The team’s speculative projects are “not maybes”; they’re designed to be built.
PeopleOne to watch: Michael Mckeon Architecture
Embracing the tension between spatial creativity and technical precision, Michael Mckeon Architecture crafts homes of quiet beauty and considered comfort.
PeopleStudio: Mast
In Brisbane, this studio is proving that high-quality furniture can be produced and manufactured in Australia to a standard rivalling that of Scandinavia.
PeopleObituary: Khai Liew
Dr James Curry – the director of the Architecture Museum at the University of South Australia – pays tribute to Australian design luminary Khai Liew, who died on December 11, 2023.
PeopleAnnie Paxton: Design driven by the poetics of everyday life
Rebecca Gross reflects on Melbourne-based designer Annie Paxton’s background in architecture, interest in poetics, and her exploration of the liminal space between sculpture and function, process and outcome.
PeopleReflections on transforming the city: A conversation with Kees Christiaanse
Dutch urban designer and architect Kees Christiaanse speaks with Andy Fergus about creativity in making urban rules, the supervision of large-scale urban transformation projects, and the next generation of urban practitioners.
PeopleInfluential, visionary designer Khai Liew dies
South Australian furniture designer and craftsperson Khai Liew has died, aged 71.
PeopleCurtin University appoints new head of design and built environment
Curtin University has appointed professor SueAnne Ware as its new Head of School of Design and the Built Environment in the Faculty of Humanities.
PeopleThe houses of Bark Architects
For 26 years, this Sunshine Coast studio has been designing lightweight and inventive homes with permeable edges that let in the light, the breeze and the landscape.
PeopleRyan Russell elected next president of Design Institute of Australia
The Design Institute of Australia (DIA) has revealed Ryan Russell, co-founder and director of architecture and design firm Russell and George, has been appointed the role of chair and president.
PeopleRichards and Spence’s seven favourite hotel designs
Richards and Spence is a name that has become synonymous with hotel design. The pair are part of the Brisbane-based architecture firm responsible for designing the highly revered Calile hotel in Brisbane’s Fortitude Valley. Unbeknownst to many, the duo have stayed in countless hotels across the globe. Here they share their seven favourite design hotels.
People‘Furniture fanatic’ Adriana Hanna’s five favourite pieces
Adriana Hanna of Kennedy Nolan Architects considers her top five furniture pieces, with each piece offering more than just physical tangibility, but a powerful story.
PeopleDavid T. Fortin on decolonizing architecture
David T. Fortin is a Canadian registered architect and a citizen of the Métis Nation of Ontario. Ahead of his appearance at the Living Cities Forum, he spoke to ArchitectureAU editor Linda Cheng about architecture’s role in the path towards reconciliation.
PeopleEmerging furniture designer Joanne Odisho celebrates materiality
The sculptural, functional pieces by this Melbourne-based designer celebrate the materials we find around us and set the tone for the spaces they occupy.
PeopleOne to watch: Joshua Duncan Architect
Joshua Duncan’s refreshingly simple architecture deploys utilitarian materials and direct construction logic to produce uncomplicated, hard-wearing and flexible homes that inspire informal living.
PeopleDesigner-maker’s humble dedication to process: Sabu Studio
Through its subtle, tactile designs, Melbourne-based Sabu Studio crafts furniture and lighting that challenge how we interact with our surroundings.
PeopleWA government architect steps down
Western Australia’s first female government architect, Rebecca Moore, will be stepping down from the position.
PeopleLada Bodnaruk, of Architectus Conrad Gargett, on the healing qualities of good design
Lada Bodnaruk discusses the architectural interventions to consider when designing facilities that service mental health, as well as the healing qualities of good design.
PeopleFive houses of March Studio
This multidisciplinary studio’s material ingenuity and love for making crystallizes in residential designs that are sometimes subversive, often joyful and always individual.
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