Falling land prices are creating an opportunity for more build-to-rent, says CBRE in its Australia Real Estate Market Outlook 2019 report. While growth in the build-to-rent sector has been slowed down by the federal government’s decision not to allow local projects to enjoy the lower 15 percent withholding tax rate Read more…
A concept design has been revealed for Western Sydney University (WSU)’s new vertical campus in Bankstown. The concept features a vertical stacked design with a glass façade and gardens interspersed throughout. The project is still pending planning approval, and a State Significant Development Application for the building is also in Read more…
To be built on the banks of the Parramatta River in Sydney’s newly designated Central River City, the precinct’s centrepiece will be a 24-hour museum featuring 18,000 square metres of purpose-built exhibition and public spaces, a highly advanced planetarium with ultra-high-resolution 3D video and multi-channel immersive audio, and Australia’s first Read more…
The program features a range of free and ticketed events, including exhibitions, installations, symposia, an awards evening, lectures and workshops, which will engage architecture and design professionals, educators and enthusiasts. The Architecture Symposium, a one-day headline event, and the Australian Library Design Awards and Conference, showcasing the best in contemporary Read more…
George Place, a new $75 million precinct in the heart of Sydney CBD, which unifies three properties to create a new premium office location of international design standard to dominate the block bounded by George, King, York and Barrack Streets has just been unveiled. Designed by architects Fender Katsalidis, the Read more…
With the exception of underground mines and infrastructure construction, emissions from non-road diesel engines (covering vehicles and equipment) in Australia are unregulated, despite being the fourth largest human-made source of fine particle pollution in the NSW Greater Metropolitan Region. Monitoring and controlling emissions, especially on construction sites, would help improve worker health Read more…
Australian architecture firm Conrad Gargett has been chosen to redevelop the home of the Queensland Ballet, the Thomas Dixon Centre. Redevelopment of the building into a state-of-the-art centre will enable the company to accommodate a larger ensemble of dancers, expand dancer training programs and enhance community initiatives. The heritage-listed Thomas Read more…
Infrastructure Australia has released a new report which models future growth scenarios for Melbourne and Sydney, looking at the impact of these scenarios on the cities’ transport network, job accessibility and access to and demand for social infrastructure and green space. The report made some key recommendations for green infrastructure, place-based planning Read more…
Architect Penelope Seidler has made a million-dollar donation to the University of Sydney to fund ‘The Penelope Visiting Professor in Architectural History’. The position will highlight the importance of Australia in global discussions of architectural history and, by extension, architecture overall. “This latest donation will support the research and promotion Read more…
Mexico’s IK Lab is a breathtaking interpretation of Frank Lloyd Wright’s Guggenheim Museum in New York City. Designed by museum owner Jorge Eduardo Neira Sterkel, a former painter with no architectural background, IK Lab features curved walls and sloping floors which alternate between carpets of curving jungle vines and polished Read more…
