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Architects: CallisonRTKL, The Buchan Group
- Year: 2016
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Manufacturers: Aglo Systems, Seele, Corporate Initiatives, De Fazio Tiles and Stone, Falcon Lifts, +5
Melbourne: The Latest Architecture and News
Chadstone Shopping Centre / CallisonRTKL + The Buchan Group
Wilson St / Drawing Room Architecture
Footscray Apartment / BoardGrove Architects
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Architects: BoardGrove Architects
- Area: 95 m²
- Year: 2016
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Manufacturers: Artedomus, Artek, Asko, Astra Walker, Douglas and Bec, +4
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Professionals: Individual Design, Ivanoff Design Consultants
Oak Grove / Justin Mallia
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Architects: Justin Mallia
- Area: 485 m²
- Year: 2015
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Manufacturers: Design Pine, Designed by Justin Mallia
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Professionals: Beauchamp Hogg Spano, BSGM, Terrain Consulting Group
St Kilda East House / Claire Scorpo Architects
Jean Nouvel's First Melbourne Tower Receives Go-Ahead
Ateliers Jean Nouvel and Australian firm Architectus’ 70-story mixed-use tower, 383 La Trobe Street, will be the newest addition to the Melbourne skyline, after its approval by the Victoria Department of Planning.
Upon completion, the building will be Nouvel’s first project in Melbourne and second in Australia following One Central Park in Sydney, which was named the Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat (CTBUH) Best Tall Building Worldwide in 2014.
The Acute House / OOF! architecture
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Architects: OOF! architecture
- Area: 145 m²
- Year: 2016
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Manufacturers: Acadmy Tiles, Aneeta Windows, Hydrotherm, Metal Cladding Systems, Tensile
Ruyton Girls' School / Woods Bagot
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Architects: Woods Bagot
- Area: 3000 m²
- Year: 2015
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Manufacturers: Interface, Capral, Gerflor, Stone Outdoors
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Professionals: Accuraco, Architecture & Access, Inhabit, Kinban Building Consultants, Murchie Consulting, +3
Melbourne Tattoo Academy Competition Winners Announced
Architectural competition organizer Bee Breeders has announced the winners of the international Melbourne Tattoo Academy competition, which sought to “recollect and [postulate] principles of architectural humanism in contemporary culture,” asking entrants to consider disciplinary introspection into spatial and material issues concerning culture, society, and individuality.
Successful entries to the competition thus challenged personal and social conceptions of the tattoo as an art form, as well as the cultural and philosophical implications of tattoos in architecture.
Notable among the relationships and juxtapositions established include: critiques on permanence and longevity; the irreversible transformation of flesh and nature; correlation between graphic and retinal expression, graffiti and street art, the scenographic and decorated shed; lastly, body art as boutique parlor fashion, and high couture - noted the compatition organisers.
The winners of the Melbourne Tattoo Academy competition are:
MPavilion 2016 / Bijoy Jain of Studio Mumbai
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Architects: Studio Mumbai
- Area: 17 m²
- Year: 2016
Journey House / Nic Owen Architects
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Architects: Nic Owen Architects
- Area: 166 m²
- Year: 2014
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Manufacturers: Sculptform, Tait Flooring
Monocle 24 Explores Creative Uses of Wood in Contemporary Architecture and Design
In this edition of Section D, Monocle 24's weekly review of design, architecture and craft, the show explores how wood is being used creatively at every scale by designers and architects today. From the "timber terrazzo" of London-based designer Conor Taylor, to the four protected (yet threatened) wooden escalators at Sydney's Wynyard Railway Station, the episode questions how innovative designers are, or need to be, with this age-old tried and tested material. Finally, the show visits Folkhem in Sweden – a construction company who believe wood "to be superior to conventional alternatives in almost every respect, from construction time to acoustic properties."
60 Storey Tower Maximizes Energy Capture with Photovoltaic Facade
Peddle Thorp Architects have submitted their proposal for the Moray Street Residential Tower in Melbourne for approval. At 1173.5 square meters, Sol Invictus is wrapped entirely in solar panels, attaining 10 times more solar surface area than a traditional roof covering. The facade can achieve up to 5000 square meters of solar panel array and is connected to a battery storage system.
Bijoy Jain's 2016 MPavilion Opens in Melbourne
The 2016 MPavilion, designed by Indian architect Bijoy Jain of Studio Mumbai, has opened in Melbourne’s Queen Victoria Gardens. Over the next four months, the bamboo structure will play host to a free public program of over 400 talks, workshops, performances and installations.
Bijoy Jain’s design joins the growing international trend of “handmade architecture” as it becomes the largest bamboo structure in Australia, utilizing 7 kilometers of Indian bamboo, 50,000 kilograms of Australian bluestone, 5,000 wooden pins and 26 kilometers of rope to cover a 16.8 square meter area. The slatted roof panels are constructed from sticks of the Karvi plant and were woven together by craftspeople in India over a four month period.
The Corner House / Poly Studio
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Architects: Poly Studio
- Area: 240 m²
- Year: 2016
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Manufacturers: Euroa Clay Products, Porters Paints, Silvertop Ash
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Professionals: Markus Constructions
Parkville Residence / Steffen Welsch Architects
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Architects: Steffen Welsch Architects
- Year: 2015
Pod House / Nic Owen Architects
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Architects: Nic Owen Architects
- Area: 154 m²
- Year: 2016
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Manufacturers: AAA Advanced windows, Dorf, Tait Flooring
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Professionals: Jonicha Consulting Engineers, Melpro Developments