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‘It’s a terrible syndrome’: What’s with our love of international ‘starchitects’?

‘It’s a terrible syndrome’: What’s with our love of international ‘starchitects’?

With rare exceptions, Australia still prefers to use architects based overseas for local public projects. Globalisation at work, or cultural cringe on a grand scale?

  • by Nick Bryant

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Harbour foreshore's 'missing link' at Barangaroo opens to the public

Harbour foreshore's 'missing link' at Barangaroo opens to the public

Watermans Cove will eventually be part of a continuous ribbon of public spaces along the foreshore, winding from Rozelle Bay to Woolloomooloo.

  • by Megan Gorrey
So blatant, so needy: Why is James Packer not embarrassed by Sydney's new casino tower?

So blatant, so needy: Why is James Packer not embarrassed by Sydney's new casino tower?

The first thing I see at sunrise these days, and the last thing at night, is that erect and shiny immensity.

  • by Elizabeth Farrelly

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