Archinect - News

Making the case for "codesign" and "Country"-centered design

2024-02-20T00:15:00-05:00

There is a residual feeling that architecture is not for us because it has been complicit in colonization...Now that we have more voices contributing to this space, in the next few years, we’re going to really shift the idea of what design and architecture can do for the community.

Will Higginbotham profiles Jefa Greenaway, of Greenaway Architects. Jefa is one of a small number of registered Indigenous architects in Australia.

Bond University's Abedian School of Architecture announces LLDS co-founder Paul Loh as next dean

2022-08-01T15:40:00-04:00

One of Australia’s leading architecture faculties is getting a new department head after the Abedian School of Architecture at Bond University announced the selection of architect and University of Melbourne professor Paul Loh as its next dean.

A co-founder (along with David Leggett) of the Melbourne-based studio Power to Make/LLDS, Loh has practiced in Australia, the United Kingdom, and Malaysia. His past academic experience includes stints at Lund University, Tsinghua University, the University of East London, and the ETH Zurich. At the University of Melbourne, he is the Senior Lecturer in Digital Architecture Design and co-director of the Advanced Digital Design and Fabrication research hub. Loh has been affiliated with that school since early 2012.

Professor Derek Carson, Bond's current Executive Dean of the Faculty of Society & Design, referred to him as “leading name in robotics, digital fabrication, and patented technology,” adding that his reputation for research and innovat...

A new museum for one of Australia's most serene artistic escapes

2022-02-05T09:00:00-05:00

The art ecosystem of Australia’s South Coast region got a significant boost over the weekend after the official unveiling of the new Bundanon Art Museum and Bridge for Creative Learning designed by Kerstin Thompson Architects.

The Melbourne-based firm worked with landscape architects Wraight Associates, Craig Burton, and sustainable design engineers Atelier Ten to create a multifaceted arts destination on an important 1,100-hectare (2,718-acre) property located in the Shoalhaven region of New South Wales.

Photo by Zan Wimberley

Designed to be a weather-resilient education center as well as an art museum and retreat destination, the entire development consists of a 500-square-meter (5,382-square-foot) museum, paddock-to-plate café, an education center, and lodging for up to 64 people. All this is inspired by the art of landscape painter Arthur Boyd, who, together with his wife Yvonne, gifted the property to the Australian people in 1993.

Photo by Zan Wimberley

The museum is split into ...

Mclldowie Partners unveil new design for Jewish Arts Quarter in Australia

2020-08-03T15:54:00-04:00

Melbourne-based McIldowie Partners has released plans for the Jewish Arts Quarter, a cultural hub that will include the Jewish Museum of Australia: Gandel Centre of Judaica, the Kadimah Jewish Cultural Centre, Sholem Aleichem College, the Jewish Holocaust Centre, Classic Cinemas, and more, reports Elsternwick Village.

"Forming a new cultural precinct with two world-class museums in the Jewish Holocaust Centre and the Jewish Museum of Australia, with enthusiastic support from the City of Glen Eira, will enrich our community and visitors keen for a taste of Jewish Life," said Barry Fradkin OAM, president of the Jewish Museum of Australia: Gandel Centre of Judaica to Elsternwick Village.

A tower will serve as an important focal point of the new project. Its facade contains dressing of folded concrete panels that create a distinct depth and texture to the structure's exterior surface.