PROJECTS

In one of Australia’s most culturally diverse locations, Lyons has designed a multipurpose community facility with the kind of attention more often reserved for central-city projects.

Linda Cheng interviewed Murcutt at his MPavilion to discuss what a pavilion means to him and how this space creates serenity in central Melbourne.

Architectus and Schmidt Hammer Lassen’s design for the redevelopment of the State Library of Victoria weaves together the idiosyncrasies and episodes of one of Australia’s oldest public libraries.

After a major 1960s downscaling and a series of ad hoc renovations, Walter Burley Griffin and Marion Mahony Griffin’s Capitol Theatre has been re-engineered to beguile audiences for another hundred years.

Melbourne architecture practice Kennedy Nolan has revitalized the public arcades of Melbourne Central, strengthening the centre’s character and heightening the user experience.

The new home of the Melbourne Conservatorium of Music is a sensuous architectural vessel that supports musical learning as it mediates between performer, audience and city.

In the western suburbs of Melbourne, a landmark mosque designed by Glenn Murcutt and Elevli Plus assumes a contemporary architectural language that abstracts the conventional symbols of Islamic places of worship.

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.

Edition Office’s skilful reworking of the Artbank premises in Melbourne’s Collingwood highlights the practice’s “judicious editing of intention.”

In referencing Bunjil the Creator, FJMT’s Bunjil Place raises ongoing questions about recognition, symbolism and community space.

The second iteration of the NGV Architecture Commission, Haven’t You Always Wanted …? by M@ Studio Architects, explores dematerialization and the expression of the civic in Melbourne’s future outer suburbs.

The third iteration of the Naomi Milgrom Foundation’s MPavilion, designed by Studio Mumbai, aimed to “capture the spirit of the place,” providing spaces for repose and contemplation on the edge of the Queen Victoria Gardens in Melbourne.

The 2015 MPavilion by Amanda Levete Architects – the second instalment of this annual architecture commission –presents a fittingly open platform for a diverse list of cultural programs.

Branch Studio’s chapel forges a new connection between two suburban schools, serving dual purpose as a sacred and a civic space.

The new Margaret Court Arena by NH Architecture and Populous explores the relationship between sports stadia and the city.

Hassell’s new headquarters for healthcare giant Medibank delivers a vibrant and health-centred workplace while being a hospitable neighbour to stadium-goers.

ARM Architecture’s final additions to the Shrine of Remembrance offer a contemporary foil to the memorial’s classicism.

With this public library in Melbourne’s Docklands, Clare Design shows how a small, community-minded building can help instil a still-young urban precinct with a sense of place.

Sean Godsell Architects’ RMIT Design Hub functions “as both a building and declaration”.

Swanston Academic Building by Lyons raises questions larger than architecture says Professor Des Smith.

Kerstin Thompson Architects’ gallery at Monash University develops a very subtle exploration of spatial experience.

A community building by Jackson Clements Burrows raises the bar for recreational projects.

On Melbourne’s suburban edge Minifie van Schaik Architects creates a seductive “decoy.”

Harmer Architecture congregates church, factory, house and Polynesian pavilion.

Melbourne’s inner north welcomes a new community facility, designed with restraint by Baracco + Wright and Richard Stampton.

This police station by Kerstin Thompson Architects demonstrates a meticulous approach to spatial planning.

Architects and designers are creating fresh school environments to support a new era in education delivery.

Challenging the assumption that the home is a private entity, Lyons combines public museum and private house.

McBride Charles Ryan’s tiny urban building for the Honorary Consul of Monaco enlivens Melbourne’s streetscape.