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.

Why we are architects – and why it matters

Enriching the city

Selected writers and photographers

Architecture Australia

Architecture Australia turns 120 • Naomi Stead ponders the shifts that have occurred – in the magazine, in the profession and in the world – since AA’s centenary 20 years ago

119 Redfern Street Aileen Sage with Djinjama, Jean Rice and Noni Boyd • The nuanced design of a local Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander knowledge and culture centre on a historically complex site in Warrane/Sydney responds to multiple histories, revealing stories of Country.

Atlantic Fellows for Social Equity Hub Jackson Clements Burrows • Five storeys up, on an existing floorplate, the design for a welcoming place for Indigenous and non-Indigenous leaders from Australia, Aotearoa and the Pacific tackles the challenge of connecting with Country in a dense urban environment.

A Country-centred approach to civic biodiversity First Knowledges can help designers struggling to apply a Country-centred methodology to built projects in urban areas.

South East Centre for Contemporary Art Sibling Architecture • In the regional New South Wales town of Bega, an “unconventional, lighthearted and optimistic” refurbishment and extension of the existing gallery has stimulated the town’s sense of connection to arts and culture, to local community, and to the rest of the country.

National Rugby Training Centre, Ballymore Blight Rayner Architecture • Just north of Meanjin/Brisbane, a fading community resource has been re-energised to provide a sporting facility for use by elite teams as well as grassroots participants.

Victoria House MJA Studio with Finespun, Place Laboratory and Palassis Architects • In a green pocket just west of Perth’s CBD, a team of designers has worked together on a for-profit, developer-led project driven by a desire to reconnect buildings, their landscapes and their occupants.

Burnt Earth Beach House Wardle • Reflecting its surrounds on Victoria’s Bellarine Peninsula, a house built almost entirely from terracotta is a portrait of the architect’s passionate pursuit of architectural experimentation and collaborative making.

Philip Thalis

Naomi Milgrom

Monica Edwards

Abbie Galvin and Paulo Macchia

Simon Anderson

Hudson Smith

Dulux Study Tour

2024 Gold Medallist Philip Thalis • Believing that public space is the physical embodiment of a democratic society, Philip Thalis has worked fearlessly to enrich our cities, offering elegant and replicable solutions to an array of wicked urban problems.

Selected awards • Hill Thalis Architecture and Urban Projects is the recipient of more than 100 awards, including the following selection.

Hill Thalis Architecture and Urban Projects