Gehry To Design Sydney’s Next Architectural Icon
Frank Gehry, in collaboration with construction giant Lend Lease, will design and construct the new 12-storey UTS building – said to be Sydney’s most distinctive project since the Opera House. The building, which will consist of 320,000 homely brown bricks, laid by hand, is due to be completed in mid-2014. Mr. Gehry has described the building’s internal structure as being like a “tree house”, designed to encourage a sense of “creative play”. The building will be built on the former Dairy Farmers site between the ABC Ultimo Centre and the Powerhouse Museum and hold up to 2000 students and 390 academics. More information after the break.
Green Square Library & Plaza Competition Entry / Bild + INDEX
Presenting a public art strategy deeply embedded within the design of the building & plaza as a whole, the proposal by Bild + INDEX is entwined and inseparable from the aesthetic, function, and environmental performance of the plaza and building as a unified design proposition. The key element of this strategy is the use of text as an aesthetic motif, acting as a functional and environmental performance element within the design. In the library’s traditional role as the community’s repository for and interface with information, text and typography have enormous historic resonance and offers significant potential in negotiating the project’s interaction in the wider urban domain. More images and architects’ description after the break.
Delany House / Jorge Hrdina Architects
Architects: Jorge Hrdina Architects
Location: Seaforth, Sydney Australia
Architect In Charge: Jorge Hrdina
Project Team: John Marshall, Terry Bail, Tracy Loveridge, Dan North
Structural Engineer: D’Ambrosio Consulting
Lighting Consultant: LDP Lighting
Area: 745 sqm
Year: 2012
Photographs: Brigid Arnott
BIG and Diller Scofidio Renfro shortlisted for Barangaroo Central
The redevelopment of Sydney’s an inner-city waterfront precinct of Barangaroo is making progress, as the Barangaroo Delivery Authority (BDA) has announced the five teams shortlisted for the master planning services for Barangaroo Central. The project will complete the long term vision for Barangaroo, which was masterplanned by Rogers Stirk Harbour & Partners, by forming the “heart of the site” that will be the transition along the waterfront walk from the southern urban and commercial spaces to the natural form six hectare of the Headland Park.
The full shortlist includes:
Video: 1 Bligh Office Tower / Ingenhoven Architects
Peter Hyatt, of Hyatt and Associates, shared with us his recently completed 53-minute documentary on the 1 Bligh Office Tower. Designed by Ingenhoven Architects, the building is the first office tower in Sydney to get the highest score in the Australian “Green Star”-standard, a “6 Star/World Leadership”-certification. Derived from view corridors and the solar orientation, the 30-storey transparent office building offers unobstructed views of the world famous Harbor Bridge of Sydney and complements the opposite Farrer Place to create one of downtown Sydney’s most attractive urban spaces.
Queen’s Park House / Fox Johnston
Architects: Fox Johnston
Location: Sydney, Australia
Architect In Charge: Fox Johnston
Design Team: Conrad Johnston, Emili Fox, Felix Junker, Rana Abboud
Project Year: 2011
Photographs: Simon Wood
Rose Bay Apartments / Hill Thalis Architecture
Architects: Hill Thalis Architecture
Location: Rose Bay, Sydney, Australia
Photographs: Brett Boardman
Chinaman’s Beach House / Fox Johnston
Architects: Fox Johnston
Location: Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Design Team: Conrad Johnston, Emili Fox, Felix Junker
Project Year: 2010
Photographs: Brett Boardman
Balcony Over Bronte / Luigi Rosselli Architects
Architects: Luigi Rosselli Architects
Location: Bronte, NSW, Australia
Design Team: Luigi Rosselli
Project Architect: Corrado Palleschi
Interior Design: Alexandra Donohoe
Photographs: Justin Alexander
Majestic Theatre Apartments / Hill Thalis Architecture
Architects: Hill Thalis Architecture
Location: Sydney, Australia
Project Year: 2012
Photographs: Brett Boardman
Saatchi & Saatchi / Smart Design Studio
Architects: Smart Design Studio
Location: The Rocks, Sydney, Australia
Project Team: William Smart, Victoria Judge, Anita Panov, Maggie Lum, Marie Burgess, Tonie Sauers
Project Year: 2011
Photographs: Sharrin Rees
Wentworth Rd House / Edward Szewczyk Architects
Architects: Edward Szewczyk Architects
Location: Vaucluse, Sydney, Australia
Project Year: 2012
Photographs: Justin Alexander
Kangaroo Point House / DMJ Design Studio
Architects: DMJ Design Studio
Location: Oyster Bay, Sydney, Australia
Design Director: Diego Jaime
Project Year: 2010
Project Area: 550.0 sqm
Photographs: IMAGEination & C. Ocampo
Uchi Lounge 02 / Facet Studio
Architects: Facet Studio
Location: Sydney NSW, Australia
Design Team: Yoshihito Kashiwagi, Olivia Shih, Neo Di Sheng, Benjamin Chan
Project Year: 2011
Project Area: 77.0 sqm
Photographs: Andrew Chung
Uchi Lounge 01 / Facet Studio
Architects: Facet Studio
Location: Sydney NSW Australia
Design Team: Yoshihito Kashiwagi, Olivia Shih, Neo Di Sheng, Benjamin Chan
Project Year: 2011
Project Area: 77.0 sqm
Photographs: Katherine Lu, Andrew Chung
Connect Sydney / Facet Studio
Architects: Facet Studio
Location: Sydney NSW, Australia
Design Team: Yoshihito Kashiwagi, Olivia Shih, Mariona Espinet, Woraphin Lowpakulkiat
Project Year: 2012
Project Area: 150.0 sqm
Photographs: Andrew Chung
The Martian Embassy / LAVA
Architects: LAVA
Location: Sydney NSW, Australia
Project Manager: Berents Project Management
Project Year: 2012
Project Area: 150 sqm
Photographs: Brett Boardman, Peter Murphy
Green Square Town Centre Library and Green Square Plaza International Competition
The city of Sydney has launched an international design competition as part of the the Green Square Development Project for a new Library Centre and Plaza at the heart of a 278 hectare area south of the city centre. The Green Square Development project is an initiative to redevelop a 278 hectare area south of the city centre of Sydney, Australia by bringing in diverse functions of housing, open spaces, offices and facilities that contribute to a vibrant, sustainable community. The library will be designed as a community centre and hub and used as an educational and creative resource, as well as a lounge. The project is allotting $40 million for the design and construction of the new facility and should be an integrated whole between the library and plaza which will also be a host to public arts, community events and markets. Stage one entries close on August 21st. Visit the official Green Square Library website to learn more.
More details on the competition and the project after the break.
Seacliff House / Chris Elliott Architects
Architect: Chris Elliott Architects
Location: Sydney, Australia
Landscape Architects: Terragram
Photographs: Richard Glover, Vladimir Sitta
Balmain House / Carter Williamson Architects
Architects: Carter Williamson Architects
Location: Sydney, Australia
Project Team: Shaun Carter (Project Architect), Patrick Fitzgerald (Project Designer)
Photographs: Brett Boardman
Vivid Sydney: Festival of Lights 2012
Sydney is once again illuminated by the fourth annual Vivid’s Festival of Light 2012 that celebrates the creative industries with light shows, music, design ideas conferences and entrepreneurship conferences. The seventeen-day festival, which started on May 25 and will run until June 11th, features light shows and graphics projected on buildings, concerts, lectures and conferences. This round of light projections will have over 50 installations and includes cityscapes, street furniture, monuments and emblematic buildings like the Sydney Opera House.
Read on for more after the break.
