Architecture
These are the best new houses in NSW. Which would you choose?
See a gallery of the top new houses in the state as judged by the Australian Institute of Architects and vote for your favourite.
- by Julie Power
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Sport and architecture: It’s a slam dunk in the Olympics of NSW building design
The NSW Architecture Awards have gone big this year, dominated by a wave of new sporting and outdoor recreational facilities catering to millions.
- by Julie Power
What lies beneath: 10 of the world’s most incredible underground structures
Put ordinary buildings underground and they transform into something far more interesting and otherworldly.
- by Brian Johnston
It closed twice and was reborn. How Melbourne’s first laneway bar was resurrected
When Meyers Place closed in 2017, it was the end of an era. It has since been reborn in replica form, with every detail perfectly preserved – but one thing is different.
- by Cara Waters
Analysis
Blacktown
‘The forgotten bits of Sydney’: Our newest sports hub is one out of the box
Blacktown’s city architect Bill Tsakalos says Sydney’s west has been neglected by architects. Not any more.
- by Julie Power
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What’s on
The spot in Sydney where if you sing to whales, they sing back
Two new lookouts at North Head seem to conjure the whales, and there’s an eerie echo straight out of Finding Nemo.
- by Julie Power
A traditional home in Melbourne’s south-east gets a stylish makeover
The five-bedroom Edwardian home now boasts a contemporary two-storey extension, pool and cellar.
- by Heather Nette King
Derelict and trashed: The Sydney building that has a date with the wrecking ball
Glebe’s abandoned court is slipping further into disrepair before it is demolished for apartments. That hasn’t stopped trespassers from flocking to the site.
- by Megan Gorrey
They’re the ‘cockroaches’ of Sydney housing. But what will terraces look like in future?
The NSW government is pulling together a pattern book of designs for medium density buildings from two to six storeys that will attract fast-track approval.
- by Julie Power
From sheds and chook pens to the unlikely star of an $11 million Bondi home
Clad in a material that you can buy for $25 a metre, this Bondi home triggered a bidding war.
- by Julie Power
Everything old is new again as Victoria’s best architecture is crowned
Old buildings saved from demolition and given new life are among the many of the winners of this year’s Victorian Architecture Awards.
- by Cara Waters
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