Cellular Tessellation was built by Abedian School of Architecture (Bond University) students and staff, as part of the Sydney Vivid Light Festival in 2014. Located in close proximity to the iconic Sydney Harbour Bridge and Utzon’s Sydney Opera House, the pavilion was designed to offer visitors a unique experience. Cellular Tessellations uses innovative computational form… [Read More]
Aperture House by Cox Rayner Architects & Twofold Studio
Cox Rayner Architects & Twofold Studio have designed a small Brisbane house located on a narrow inner-city former worker’s cottage site. The entire design was based on the principle of using the aperture as a means to enlarge, compress and extend the space. Aperture refers to the whole – an extended small historic workers cottage,… [Read More]
Whyalla Regional Cancer Centre Redevelopment was designed as a healing environment
Australian based Hames Sharley has developed the new Whyalla Regional Cancer Centre as a ‘healing environment’ that responds to the ability to provide spaces that remove the occupants from the clinical. The original Whyalla hospital site includes constructions from the 1940’s, 1960’s and 1980’s. Over the years, the additional buildings have created a disjointed site,… [Read More]
Lune de Sang Sheds by CHROFI
Australian design studio CHROFI has designed two concrete and stone structures that have been conceived as ruins in the New South Wales landscape. Titled Lune de Sang, the two sheds are part of a unique inter-generational venture that will see a former dairy transformed into a sustainably harvested forest. The project has recently won the Production, Energy… [Read More]
CRAB Studio designs new buildings for Vienna University of Economics & Business
CRAB studio has recently completed the Departments of Law and Central Administration, at the Vienna University of Economics and Business, as part of the new campus masterplanned by BUSarchitektur ZT Gmbh. Using their experience as university teachers, Cook and Robotham gave the university vibrant colours, and ensured that internal and external spaces are seen as an… [Read More]
Library and Learning Centre by Zaha Hadid Architects
The new Library and Learning Centre by Zaha Hadid Architects represents one of seven buildings part of Vienna University of Economics and Business‘ new campus. The angular building features a large black volume that cantilevers over a public plaza, marking the entrance of the building. The dramatic gesture enhances the building’s functional plan. The contrast… [Read More]
Abedian School of Architecture by CRAB Studio
Peter Cook and Gavin Robotham of London’s CRAB Studio won in 2011 the competition for the new Abedian School of Architecture, part of Bond University. Completed in 2014, the new school is located on the Gold Coast Campus designed in the 1980s by the renowned Japanese architect Arata Izosaki. The highly awarded building, was recently… [Read More]
The Chapel by a21studio wins WAF 2014 ‘World Building of the Year’ award
The Chapel, Vietnam, designed by a21studio, has won the ‘World Building of the Year’ award, UOL Group Ltd, at the World Architecture Festival (WAF) 2014. Live judging of the WAF awards took place during the largest global celebration of architecture – the World Architecture Festival, at the Marina Bay Sands in Singapore. The Chapel is… [Read More]
World Architecture Festival 2014 shortlist announced
The World Architecture Festival has announced the shortlist for its 2014 awards, attracting entries from more than 50 countries, including a Buddhist temple in Singapore, an invisible eco-tourism resort in Turkey, a maritime museum in Copenhagen, and the new masterplan for Gatwick Airport. The world’s biggest architectural awards programme includes entries from internationally acclaimed global… [Read More]
