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Geelong Arts Centre (Stage 3) by ARM Architecture
The bold design of the new Geelong Arts Centre, underpinned by ideas of democratization and inclusion, reflects a broader desire to connect with the local community and a belief in culture as a critical public good.
Public / culturalBold confidence: Shepparton Art Museum
With an ambition to “change agendas,” the commanding new Shepparton Art Museum in regional Victoria stands as a counterpoint to the landscape, while accommodating the natural floodway and maximizing the surrounding parkland.
Public / culturalComplex relationships: Geelong Arts Centre
In the second stage of the rejuvenation of Geelong Arts Centre (formerly Geelong Performing Arts Centre), Hassell has inserted into the site a hovering form that incorporates not only large foyers and studios but also ancillary spaces that speak to the institution’s desire for greater accessibility and inclusivity.
Public / culturalMemory keeper: In Absence
A collaboration between architect and artist, this poignant work in the gardens of the National Gallery of Victoria challenges the colonial legacy of art institutions, interrogating the absence of truth in the western canon and asking: how can architecture reconcile with the brutality of an unlawful and violent colonial history?
Public / culturalTaking flight: Bunjil Place
In referencing Bunjil the Creator, FJMT’s Bunjil Place raises ongoing questions about recognition, symbolism and community space.
Public / culturalNGV Summer Architecture Commission 2015
John Wardle Architects’ design for the National Gallery of Victoria’s inaugural Summer Architecture Commission nods to Melbourne’s modernist past, while also speaking to the new and emerging.
Landscape / urbanGhost town: Monument Park
Callum Morton, Oculus and McBride Charles Ryan deliver an engaging new public artwork in Melbourne’s Docklands worthy of a visit.
Landscape / urbanEverything Except Walk
Pollen Studio’s coloured rope work ushers in the 2014 True North Reservoir Arts Festival in Melbourne.
Landscape / urbanHamer Hall
ARM’s revision of Melbourne’s monumental Hamer Hall, reviewed by Paul Walker for Artichoke.
InteriorsHamer Hall
ARM Architecture makes a range of functional improvements to Melbourne’s Hamer Hall.
InteriorsMUMA: Monash University Museum of Art
Kerstin Thompson Architects’ gallery at Monash University develops a very subtle exploration of spatial experience.
Education, Public / culturalLaurimar Community Activity Centre
A new centre by Croxon Ramsay in Laurimar, Victoria, is a fulcrum for a new Melbourne housing estate.
Public / culturalEx-servicewomen’s memorial garden and cairn
This memorial designed by Katherine Rekaris Landscape Architecture is dedicated to 70,000 Australian ex-servicewomen.
Landscape / urbanCook Islands Uniting Church, Clayton
Harmer Architecture congregates church, factory, house and Polynesian pavilion.
Public / culturalAnnexe – Art Gallery of Ballarat
Searle × Waldron makes a grand stand in the city of Ballarat.
Public / culturalLyon Housemuseum
Challenging the assumption that the home is a private entity, Lyons combines public museum and private house.
Public / cultural, Residential