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Time Realty Headquarters / Enter Projects

19:00 - 11 July, 2018
Time Realty Headquarters / Enter Projects, © Brett Boardman
© Brett Boardman

© Brett Boardman © Brett Boardman © Brett Boardman © Brett Boardman + 26

  • Architects

    Enter Projects

  • Location

    Five Dock NSW 2046, Australia

  • Project Director

    Patrick Keane

  • Project Manager

    Rene Paul Van Leeuwen

  • Designer

    Max Zhang

  • Fabrication

    Eire Joinery

  • Lighting

    Noble

  • Area

    185.0 m2

  • Project Year

    2017

  • Photographs

    Brett Boardman

Randwick Pavilion / MASQ architecture

17:00 - 20 June, 2018
© The Guthrie Project
© The Guthrie Project

© The Guthrie Project © The Guthrie Project © The Guthrie Project © The Guthrie Project + 22

Double Bay / SAOTA

03:00 - 10 April, 2018
Double Bay / SAOTA, © Adam Letch
© Adam Letch

© Adam Letch © Adam Letch © Adam Letch © Adam Letch + 22

  • Architects

    SAOTA

  • Location

    Sydney, Australia

  • Lead Architects

    Philip Olmesdahl, Erin Gibbs, Duke Williams

  • Area

    670.0 m2

  • Project Year

    2017

  • Photographs

    Adam Letch

Bee Breeders Announces Winners of Sydney Affordable Housing Challenge

06:00 - 4 April, 2018
First Prize. Image Courtesy of Bee Breeders
First Prize. Image Courtesy of Bee Breeders

Bee Breeders has announced the winners of the recent Sydney Affordable Housing Challenge. The international architecture competition asked entrants to address the growing affordable housing crisis in Sydney. The challenge aimed at "garnering global attention to the important issue of housing in Sydney, Australia, where the economy is strong but the residential market is among the least affordable, according to surveys of major metropolitan markets."

John McAslan + Partners and Woods Bagot Deliver Sydney Metro Upgrade

16:00 - 17 March, 2018
John McAslan + Partners and Woods Bagot Deliver Sydney Metro Upgrade, Courtesy of John McAslan + Partners
Courtesy of John McAslan + Partners

John McAslan + Partners and Woods Bagot are the architectural partners delivering the Sydney Metro upgrade to Central Station, a key component of Australia’s largest public transport project. The multi-disciplinary, international design team have revealed a design that will preserve heritage qualities of the 112-year-old station while adding contemporary and innovative touches to create wider civic and commercial renewal within the space. 

Courtesy of John McAslan + Partners Courtesy of John McAslan + Partners Courtesy of John McAslan + Partners Courtesy of John McAslan + Partners + 5

W House / MCK Architects

18:00 - 26 February, 2018
© Richard Glover
© Richard Glover

© Richard Glover © Richard Glover © Richard Glover © Richard Glover + 27

  • Architects

    MCK Architects

  • Location

    Sydney, Australia

  • Lead Architects

    Mark Cashman, Rowena Marsh, Sam Gleeson

  • Area

    800.0 m2

  • Project Year

    2015

  • Photographs

    Richard Glover

House Frances / THOSE Architects

17:00 - 22 February, 2018
House Frances / THOSE Architects, © Luc Remond
© Luc Remond

© Luc Remond © Luc Remond © Luc Remond © Luc Remond + 28

  • Architects

    THOSE Architects

  • Location

    Sydney, Australia

  • Project Team

    Simon Addinall, Ben Mitchell, Emiliano Miranda, Luke Hallaways

  • Area

    250.0 m2

  • Project Year

    2018

  • Photographs

    Luc Remond

K House / MHNDU

17:00 - 23 January, 2018
K House / MHNDU, © Justin Alexander
© Justin Alexander

© Justin Alexander © Justin Alexander © Justin Alexander © Justin Alexander + 22

  • Architects

    MHNDU

  • Location

    Sydney, Australia

  • Architect in Charge

    Juliane Roennau

  • Area

    940.0 m2

  • Project Year

    2015

  • Photographs

    Justin Alexander

The Arc de Triomphe as an Elephant?! These Illustrations Reveal What Famous Monuments Could Have Been

08:00 - 15 January, 2018
The Arc de Triomphe as an Elephant?! These Illustrations Reveal What Famous Monuments Could Have Been, Courtesy of GoCompare
Courtesy of GoCompare

A city’s monuments are integral parts of its metropolitan identity. They stand proud and tall and are often the subject of a few of your vacation photos. It is their form and design which makes them instantly recognizable, but what if their design had turned out differently?

Paris’ iconic and stunning Arc de Triomphe could have been a giant elephant, large enough to hold banquets and balls, and the Lincoln Memorial in Washington D.C. could have featured an impressive pyramid. 

GoCompare has compiled and illustrated a series of rejected designs for monuments and placed them in a modern context to commemorate what could have been. Here are a few of our favorites:

Aurora Place / Renzo Piano Building Workshop

19:00 - 10 November, 2017
Aurora Place / Renzo Piano Building Workshop , © Martin Van der Wal
© Martin Van der Wal

© John Gollings © Martin Van der Wal © Martin Van der Wal © Martin Van der Wal + 21

Sydney Affordable Housing Challenge

19:00 - 16 October, 2017
Sydney Affordable Housing Challenge, Enter the Sydney Affordable Housing Challenge ‪architecture‬ ‪competition‬ now! US $6,000 in prize money! Closing date for registration: FEBRUARY 9, 2018
Enter the Sydney Affordable Housing Challenge ‪architecture‬ ‪competition‬ now! US $6,000 in prize money! Closing date for registration: FEBRUARY 9, 2018

Debate rages across the country, as experts and analysts go back and forth over the idea of an affordable housing crisis in Australia. One area that all experts can agree on, however, is that Sydney is in a league of its own when it comes to property prices. Sydney comes in second to Hong Kong as having the least affordable housing in a survey of 10 major metropolitan markets.

The Guardian Australia reported figures from BIS Oxford economics showing that, as of December 2016, 42% of average disposable household income in New South Wales was being poured into monthly mortgage

The Dairy / THOSE ARCHITECTS

17:00 - 11 October, 2017
The Dairy / THOSE ARCHITECTS, © Luc Remond
© Luc Remond

© Luc Remond © Luc Remond © Luc Remond © Luc Remond + 15

East Sydney Early Learning Centre / Andrew Burges Architects

00:00 - 7 August, 2017
East Sydney Early Learning Centre / Andrew Burges Architects, © Peter Bennetts
© Peter Bennetts

© Peter Bennetts © Peter Bennetts © Peter Bennetts © Peter Bennetts + 49

  • Architects

    Andrew Burges Architects

  • Location

    Sydney NSW, Australia

  • Architects in Charge

    Andrew Burges, Alex Wilson, Jo Tinyou, Celia Carrol, Anna Field, Chris Su, Chris Mullaney, John Nguyen, Louise Lovmand, Nadia Zhao

  • Area

    1391.0 m2

  • Project Year

    2016

  • Photographs

    Peter Bennetts, Amanda Prior

Brick House / Andrew Burges Architects

20:00 - 2 August, 2017
Brick House / Andrew Burges Architects, © Peter Bennetts
© Peter Bennetts

© Peter Bennetts © Peter Bennetts © Peter Bennetts © Peter Bennetts + 22

  • Architects

    Andrew Burges Architects

  • Location

    Sydney, Australia

  • Architects in Charge

    Andrew Burges, Chris Mullaney, Celia Carroll, Anna Field, Chris Su, Mitchell Bonus.

  • Area

    310.0 m2

  • Project Year

    2016

  • Photographs

    Peter Bennetts

HASSELL's Sweeping Entertainment Development to Become New Gateway to Sydney CBD

16:00 - 2 August, 2017
HASSELL's Sweeping Entertainment Development to Become New Gateway to Sydney CBD, © Bloom Images. Courtesy of HASSELL
© Bloom Images. Courtesy of HASSELL

HASSELL has unveiled the design of a striking new building to be located along Sydney’s Darling Harbour. Known as The Ribbon, the $700 million mixed-use development will rise between two elevated highways, connecting visitors between the city and the waterfront and becoming the new gateway to the western end of Sydney’s central business district.

Day Street Apartments / Tzannes + Loftex

20:00 - 27 July, 2017
Day Street Apartments / Tzannes + Loftex, © Katherine Lu
© Katherine Lu

© Katherine Lu © Katherine Lu © Katherine Lu © Katherine Lu + 27

  • Architects

    Tzannes, Loftex

  • Location

    Central Business District, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia

  • Lead Architects

    Mladen Prnjatovic, Ben Green, Loftex

  • Area

    10000.0 m2

  • Project Year

    2017

  • Photographs

    Katherine Lu

The World's Most Expensive Cities in 2017 (And Why They Are So Expensive)

09:30 - 3 July, 2017
The World's Most Expensive Cities in 2017 (And Why They Are So Expensive)

As anyone who has recently attempted apartment-hunting in a major urban area will know, reasonably-priced housing can be difficult to come by for many and salaries don’t always seem to match the cost of living. This gap is contributing to housing crises in developed and developing countries worldwide. People are simply being priced out of cities, where housing has become a commodity instead of a basic human right. Financial speculation and states’ support of financial markets in a way that makes housing unaffordable has created an unsustainable global housing crisis. 

Earlier this year the 13th Annual Demographia International Housing Affordability Survey was released for 2017, revealing that the number of “severely unaffordable” major housing markets rose from 26 to 29 this year; the problem is getting worse. The study evaluates 406 metropolitan housing markets in nine of the world's major economies and uses the “median multiple” approach to determine affordability. By dividing the median house price by the median household income of an area, this method is meant to be a summary of “middle-income housing affordability.”

Tower of Wood: The EY Centre / fjmt

17:00 - 27 June, 2017
Tower of Wood: The EY Centre / fjmt, © Brett Boardman
© Brett Boardman

© Brett Boardman © Brett Boardman © Demas Rusli © Mark Merton + 28