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RMIT New Academic Street / Lyons

Pilar Caballero — Thu, 01 Oct 2020 23:00:00 +0000

RMIT’s New Academic Street (NAS) is a major project that completely transformed the ‘heart’ of RMIT University’s city campus, and radically redefined its education and student experience. The project brief included over 30,000m² of refurbished space in four existing buildings, together with three new buildings totaling approximately 6,000m². The project design is a collaboration between Lyons, MvS Architects, NMBW Architecture Studio, Harrison & White, and Maddison Architects, all of whom are university alumni.

ANU Kambri Public Domain / Iahznimmo architects + ASPECT Studios

Andreas Luco — Wed, 02 Sep 2020 20:00:00 +0000

lahznimmo architects with ASPECT Studios were successful in winning the Australian National University’s design competition to revitalize the public domain of its Canberra campus. The public domain team worked closely with BVN who were the architects for the new buildings in the precinct. The resulting urban outcome reflects the collaboration between the three practices. The brief for the Public Domain was based on an Urban Design Framework, Public Realm Guidelines, Design Brief, and Place Overlay led by Colony Six, Civitas, and Oculus. Key public domain elements include the redevelopment of University Avenue; the Kambri Precinct and a new terraced creek edge and amphitheatre.

Anadara / fjmt

Cristobal Rojas — Mon, 08 May 2017 17:00:00 +0000

Anadara’s unique design represents earth, water and sky, expressed by the earthy terracotta coloured façade to the south which is contrasted by a striking, white curvilinear feature to the north, coined ‘The Cloud.’ The expressive, organic form of the northern apartments celebrates and defines the adjacent public square and is reminiscent of the free-forms of clouds and waves that complement our sandstone harbour headlands.

Monash North West Precinct / Jackson Clements Burrows

Cristobal Rojas — Sat, 20 Aug 2016 20:00:00 +0000

The project involved the redevelopment of three tired 1980s buildings at Monash University’s Clayton campus. The intention was to establish new informal and engaging learning hubs within the three buildings and to clarify campus wayfinding by creating new pedestrian ‘walks’.

Gordon Parks Arts Hall / Valerio Dewalt Train Associates

Cristian Aguilar — Tue, 16 Feb 2016 12:00:00 +0000

Gordon Parks Arts Hall is bracketed by the two symmetrical neo-gothic towers of Belfield Hall at the north end of the University of Chicago Laboratory School’s main campus. The 1904 limestone façade of Belfield is reflected and re-interpreted in a muscular form in the Arts Hall, a visual dialogue of the 21^st century with the 20^th. It is symbolic of the evolution of Lab Schools’ values over time and the commitment to “present art as a language with unique expressive powers,” integral to the school’s ambitious educational mission.

National Theatre / Haworth Tompkins

Karen Valenzuela — Mon, 25 May 2015 05:00:28 +0000

Haworth Tompkins announces the completion of NT Future, an £80m refurbishment of the National Theatre on London’s South Bank. Opened in 1976, the NT is one of Britain’s most important 20th century buildings, and arguably the masterpiece of architect Sir Denys Lasdun. NT Future equips the National Theatre to sustain its position at the forefront of theatre, while regenerating the building to address a radically changed urban context.

The Godfrey Hotel / Valerio Dewalt Train Associates

Igor Fracalossi — Tue, 29 Jul 2014 01:00:00 +0000

In early 2004, VDTA was commissioned to design a 16‐story extended stay suites hotel at the corner of Lasalle and Huron Streets in Chicago by the site’s original developer, Duke Miglin. It was his desire to employ a staggered truss structural framing system for the building – something new to Chicago – for its speed and efficiency of erection. Construction began in 2007 but the project fell victim to the economic downtown in 2008, topped out with just the first components of exterior cladding installed. For three years the partially constructed structure sat, a rusting, tarp‐wrapped reminder of the Great Recession, an eyesore on the skyline dubbed “The Mummy” by the neighborhood’s residents.

UC Lab School – Earl Shapiro Hall / Valerio Dewalt Train Associates + FGM Architects

Karen Valenzuela — Fri, 31 Jan 2014 00:00:00 +0000

Founded in 1896 by educational reformer John Dewey, the Laboratory Schools at the University of Chicago continues to be a leader of education excellence in the country. As the school’s campus and population grew over the years, it became time again to re-evaluate the function, program and capacity of the campus for future students.

Queen Elizabeth II Courts of Law / Architectus + Guymer Bailey Architects

Javier Gaete — Mon, 09 Sep 2013 00:00:00 +0000

The Queen Elizabeth II Courts of Law by Architectus and Guymer Bailey Architects successfully creates a legal precinct unique in Australia. The design reimagines the western end of Brisbane’s George Street, completing one of nation’s most important Colonial civic axes with a major new public square for the city.

Sugar Dock, Jacksons Landing / FJMT

Kelly Minner — Wed, 08 Jun 2011 00:00:00 +0000

Sugar Dock provides 132 residential units, associated communal open space and underground car parking. The design of the development seeks to complement and respond to its urban context characterized by its relationship to large scale elements such as the Harbour, the working dockyards, silos and the Anzac Bridge as well as the immediate topography and the streetscape of Jacksons Landing.