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Architects: FMD Architects
- Area: 129 m²
- Year: 2017
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Manufacturers: Ontic Design, Polymath Fabrication, Skantherm GMBH
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Professionals: Breese Pitt Dixon, Dimpat
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Old Be-al House / FMD Architects
OMA's 2017 MPavilion to Be Relocated to Monash University in Melbourne
Rem Koolhaas & David Gianotten / OMA’s 2017 MPavilion has found a permanent home at Monash University, Clayton, the Naomi Milgrom Foundation has announced. The news marks the fourth MPavilion to be gifted to the public by the Foundation.
“The relocation of Rem Koolhaas and David Gianotten’s MPavilion to Monash University ensures it will continue to be a dynamic incubator, where ideas about architecture, design, and creativity are encouraged and nurtured. I’m extremely pleased that it will carry on inspiring our young practitioners,” said Naomi Milgrom AO, founder of the Naomi Milgrom Foundation.
Ivanhoe House / Chiverton Architects
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Architects: Chiverton Architects
- Area: 303 m²
- Year: 2017
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Manufacturers: Hansgrohe, Louis Poulsen, Miele, Boch, Bosch, +19
Studio House / Zen Architects
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Architects: Zen Architects
- Area: 74 m²
- Year: 2017
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Manufacturers: Big River Group, Boral, Bricks, Urban Salvage
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Professionals: JSB, Keith Patrick & Associates, Mud Office
Melbournites Protest Plans for Apple's First Southern Hemisphere Flagship Store Over Secrecy of Approval Process
Plans announced last month for Apple’s first global flagship store in the southern hemisphere have prompted outrage among Melbournites, who are criticizing the complete lack of public input in the project’s approval process.
The new three-story building, designed by Foster + Partners, would require the demolition of the existing Yarra Building, and would change the character of Federation Square, a popular public location for gatherings and events. But before being announced, the project was already fast-tracked through the first stage of planning approval, thanks to a partnership with the city.
The Empty Nester / Idle Architecture Studio
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Architects: Idle Architecture Studio
- Area: 190 m²
- Year: 2015
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Manufacturers: Krause Bricks, Selkirk, VMZINC
Light Saw House / Zen Architects
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Architects: Zen Architects
- Area: 225 m²
- Year: 2016
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Manufacturers: Eco Timber, Metal Cladding Systems, Pickering Joinery, Vestis Aluminium
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Professionals: Keith Patrick & Associates, Eckersley Garden Architecture, Philip Building Group
Apple Reveals Plans for Foster + Partners-Designed Global Flagship Store in Melbourne
Apple has unveiled plans for their latest global flagship town square retail concept, to be located in Melbourne’s Federation Square. A product of a partnership between Apple, Federation Square and the Victorian Government, the store is envisioned as a shared resource that will increase the amount of public space in the square and will offer daily programs to “inspire and educate the community.”
To design the structure, Apple has again gone to Foster + Partners, architects of many of the tech company’s most innovative structures of the past few years, including Apple Michigan Avenue in Chicago (Apple’s first town square concept), Apple Dubai Mall, upcoming retail stores in Milan and Washington D.C., and the company’s new corporate headquarters, Apple Park.
Rem Koolhaas and David Gianotten Discuss 2017 MPavilion, Reveal Temporary Installation 'Swings'
Two months after the opening of the 2017 MPavilion in Melbourne, its designers, OMA’s Rem Koolhaas & David Gianotten, have returned to discuss the commission and design process, as well as their reactions to its use thus far.
“The opening was an opening with many formal obligations and many excellencies, and that was exciting,” said Koolhaas about the pavilions opening events. “But frankly more exciting was this morning, when the thing performed really wonderfully spontaneously in terms of raising a lot of issues and having from the very first second a really animated discussion about a whole range of issues. And that’s exactly we intended it go.”
Extreme Cities: The Densest, Coldest, Remotest, Most Visited (etc) Human Settlements on Earth
Humans are adaptable animals; we have evolved to adjust to, and survive in, many difficult and extreme conditions. In some cases, these extremes are natural, while in other modern cities extreme living situations are created by us, and we are forced to accept and adjust. Here is a list of extreme settlement conditions: some challenging, some wonderful and all of them offering a fascinating insight into how we occupy the planet in 2017.
Albert Park House / Hindley & Co
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Architects: Hindley & Co
- Year: 2016
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Professionals: Kate Seddon Landscape Design
Ruffey Lake House / Inbetween Architecture
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Architects: Inbetween Architecture
- Area: 485 m²
- Year: 2016
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Manufacturers: Caesarstone, Colorbond, Dulux, Earp Bros, Escenium HAUS, +3
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Professionals: Curious Grace
SSK Residence / Davidov Partners Architects
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Architects: Davidov Partners Architects
- Area: 150 m²
- Year: 2016
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Manufacturers: Bosch, Brightgreen, Caesarstone, Colorbond, Escenium HAUS, +3
Ruyton Girls' School - Junior School Campus / Sally Draper Architects + DP Toscano Architects
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Architects: DP Toscano Architects, Sally Draper Architects
- Year: 2017
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Professionals: Haussegger Interiors, TCL
Rhythm House / Delia Teschendorff Architecture
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Architects: Delia Teschendorff Architecture
- Year: 2017
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Manufacturers: Breezway, Frencham Cypress, Pickering Joinery, Timber Imagineering
2017 MPavilion Designed by OMA's Rem Koolhaas & David Gianotten Opens in Melbourne
The 2017 MPavilion, designed by Rem Koolhaas and David Gianotten of OMA, has opened to the public in Melbourne’s Queen Victoria Gardens.
Inspired by the design of ancient amphitheatres and embedded into a raised landscape of native plantings, the project represents OMA’s first-ever completed project in Australia. The 19x19-meter, aluminum-clad structure will feature a rotating grandstand to allow the space to be reconfigured for the variety of events planned for the summer MPavilion program, as well as a two-meter-deep floating roof structure to offer shade and provide support systems for the programming below.
Zaha Hadid Architects Reveal Residential Tower in Melbourne Inspired by Australia's Natural Forms
Zaha Hadid Architects has revealed the design of the Mayfair Residential Tower, a new 19-story residential complex in Melbourne, Australia that draws inspiration from the fluid forms of the country’s landscapes and seascapes. Located on the major mixed-use artery of St Kilda Road, the project will provide each unit with a large balcony and views of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Port Phillip Bay, Albert Park and the city skyline.
Theresa Street Residence / Sonelo Design Studio
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Architects: Sonelo Design Studio
- Area: 170 m²
- Year: 2013
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Manufacturers: &Tradition, BANG & OLUFSEN, Bosch, Centor, Ceramica Vogue, +7
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Professionals: Legion Building Solutions