Architecture Australia

Ask architects which Australian magazine they choose to read or to publish their work and the answer is most likely Architecture Australia. If you want to be up to date with the best built works and the issues that matter, then Architecture Australia is for you. Its commissioned contributors are independent, highly respected practitioners, architectural thinkers and design commentators and each article is supported by images from leading architectural photographers. Provocative, informative and engaging – it is the national magazine of the Australian Institute of Architects.

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Architecture Australia

Wardle with Realm Studios and Aspect Studios • The masterplan for the University of Tasmania’s campus relocation in Launceston, drawn up in collaboration with multiple stakeholder groups, aims to reuse existing industrial structures, stitch new buildings into the site, regenerate the landscape and embrace the community.

Six Degrees Architects • A carefully choreographed mixed-use development disrupts the existing pattern in Melbourne’s Docklands by introducing fine-grain detail to a large-scale project.

CHROFI with NBRS • The inventive refurbishment of an existing performance venue extends the community’s opportunities and opens up the growing suburb’s civic heart.

Andy Fergus and Felicity Stewart

The agency of urban design • How can we move upstream to expand our opportunities for impact and engage new voices to enrich our cities’ spaces?

Reflections on transforming the city: A conversation with Kees Christiaanse • In demand across Europe and Asia, Kees Christiaanse has played a key role in leading projects such as HafenCity and Europaallee. He spoke to Andy Fergus about creativity in making urban rules, the supervision of large-scale urban transformation projects, and the next generation of urban practitioners.

Smart from the start: The preconditions for successful precincts • Urban designer and architect Katherine Sundermann and urban strategist Michelle Tabet explore the vital but often-overlooked skills and perspectives of those delivering the “pieces of city” where everyone wants to be.

Advocating Country: Voice and collaboration in urban development • Jack Gillmer, an architect from the Worimi and Biripi nations, explains how, in partnership with Country and First Nations communities, architects and urban designers have the opportunity to co-create a uniquely Australian vernacular.

Tabletalk: Who influences urban development, and how? • We asked urban practitioners with a seat at the decision-making table to reflect on their diverse agendas and the techniques they employ to influence the shaping of our built environment.

Beyond the disciplinary straitjacket: Expanding the realm of urban agency • Architect and urbanist Roderick Simpson joins Alanna King in a discussion exploring the opportunities, tactics and roles that allow designers to best effect meaningful urban change in the context of the climate crisis.

Molonglo, David Chipperfield Architects, Assemble (UK), JAM, Ell Ell Architects, Jane Irwin Landscape Architecture, Craig Tan Architects, Oculus and Pezo von Ellrichshausen • On a site east of Canberra and adjacent to wetlands, a collaborative team whose process inverts the “master” plan paradigm is gradually designing a diverse neighbourhood in a restored landscape.

Common and Enlocus • Inside the World Heritage-listed Kakadu National Park, a site previously characterized by extraction is being reimagined as a tourism hub, with the Traditional Custodians driving the design process.

Lyons with Silver Thomas Hanley, Officer Woods, The Fulcrum Agency and Aspect Studios • Part of Murdoch University’s 20-year masterplan, a...