January
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David Droga’s ‘menacing’ Tamarama mansion gets court go-ahead
The Adman’s planning application triggered a battle for the 1101-square-metre site over what character housing should have in the prestigious area.
- Michael Bleby
What the movies get wrong about architecture
Oscar nominee ‘The Brutalist’ and Francis Ford Coppola’s ‘Megalopolis’ perpetuate a colossal cliche: the image of practitioners as lone, tortured geniuses.
- Edwin Heathcote
The architect inspired by shearing sheds and tents
Mudgee-based Cameron Anderson honours the beauty of humble rural structures and rustic materials in his designs.
- Stephen Todd
This star British gardener has big plans for Melbourne
Horticulturalist Nigel Dunnett is about to embark on his first project outside Britain – the Laak Boorndap garden in the new Melbourne Arts Precinct.
- Hans van Leeuwen
What the Australian Open can teach Brisbane 2032
Like grand slam tennis, the biggest challenge the Olympics faces is to attract people who may not even care for the sports themselves. But that needs space.
- Michael Bleby
World’s first stadium designed for women’s sports takes the field
The CPKC Stadium in Kansas gives one team a permanent base while providing inspiration for other women’s clubs in an increasingly expensive era of stadium development.
- Mark Byrnes
Why did these homes survive the LA fires?
Amid the destruction some houses in Pacific Palisades and Malibu were left intact. Their fire-resistant features will be crucial to redevelopment.
- Kriston Capps
December 2024
How Notre Dame was reborn
It took about 250 companies, 2000 workers, about $1.4 billion, a tight deadline and a lot of national pride.
- Aurelien Breeden
November 2024
How much does that big house really cost you?
A new exhibition challenges thinking about houses at a time when Australia’s homes are the biggest in the world.
- Michael Bleby
How to build housing on urban wasteland
An apartment building sandwiched between a road and railway line has set a new standard for what can be done with once-derelict sites.
- Michael Bleby
October 2024
Macquarie’s new home is one to admire for its smarts
The investment banking and trading giant’s new office at 1 Elizabeth Street in Sydney brings building materials, and a metro station, to the fore.
- Matthew Drummond
How the wellness revolution is transforming luxury property
Integrated spa facilities and health-enhancing spaces on par with the world’s best hotels are the new norm in high-end house and apartment projects.
- Bonnie Campbell
Plan to save Frank Lloyd Wright’s only skyscraper isn’t going well
Once a buzzy hub of business life, and briefly occupied by Phillips Petroleum, the 19-storey tower has struggled for many years to find an anchor tenant.
- Annie Aguiar
September 2024
An old London bridge? No – it’s a new housing development
In Camden borough, a row of tall brick arches gives the impression of a Victorian viaduct. But they’re something else altogether.
- Richard Conway
The $660k home that has no heating or cooling costs
Higher thermal standards make homes more comfortable and cheaper to run. And they don’t have to be that much more expensive to build.
- Michael Bleby
August 2024
Keep building ambition, says key architect behind Sydney Metro
UK-based John McAslan says Sydney Metro was a smoother ride than London’s recent Elizabeth Line.
- Matthew Drummond
Couple buys $1.8m home – and still ends up sharing with parents
Many multi-generational families want to live close to each other. But worsening affordability has reduced spending power – and that’s changing housing design.
- Michael Bleby
How Sydney Metro’s architects made train stations people actually like
The “cathedrals of the 21st century” have united Sydney’s tastemakers and commuters, who marvelled at their new Metro line this week.
- Michael Bleby and Campbell Kwan
July 2024
Architects, fire engineers, building surveyors fingered over cladding
Victoria’s combustible cladding crisis shows the permit system failed to ensure compliance with building rules, a new government agency report shows.
- Michael Bleby
New Michael Kirby building takes law students ‘into the light’
The new Macquarie University Law School, designed by architectural practice Hassell, brings the legal faculty to the centre of the campus and into the light.
- Stephen Todd