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.

Empowering communities in Jakarta • The University of Melbourne is the presenting partner of the ArchitectureAU Award for Social Impact

Predicting the future by creating it

The ripple effect

Selected writers and photographers

Architecture Australia

Emma Williamson and Kieran Wong • Generating social value: From procurement to delivery and beyond

Is it enough to “do a good job”? • The potential for social impact exists in every project, not just those with “do good” in the brief. Emma Williamson and Kieran Wong believe that by knitting social impact into the process – from procurement through to delivery and beyond – we can uncover the profound value of our work.

Towards where? Creating social impact in an inequitable society • Despite Australia’s relative wealth, social inequity is growing. To bolster the impact of our work, Anwyn E. Hocking suggests we ask ourselves where our own blind spots might lie.

Boronggook Drysdale Library Antarctica Architects in collaboration with Architecture Associates • A new library at the heart of a regional Victorian town is a delightful building, which reflects its landscape and embeds First People’s cultural narratives – but its primary success lies outside its walls, in its engagement with the broader context.

Isabel and Elsie Christopher Clinton Architect with Core Collective Architects • Chance encounters, research, practical collaborations and committed designers have all been part of the realisation of two prototype houses designed to nurture women and children’s wellbeing and recovery from homelessness.

Architects behaving differently • As an increasing number of people experience homelessness and housing stress in Australia, some architects are stepping outside their traditional roles to make an impact.

Iredale Pedersen Hook Architects • On the ground: Kieran Wong asked Finn Pedersen (IPH), Shaneen Fantin and Belinda Allwood (POD) and Susan Dugdale (SDA) how and why their practices seek to add social impact, despite the obstacles.

Susan Dugdale and Associates

People Oriented Design

How can we make design decisions meaningful? • The significance of social values, and the way these play out in design, differs from one community to the next. Here, members of the Yuwaya Ngarra-li partnership describe the process they are using to make meaningful design decisions.

Put the fluffy stuff in the brief: The power of service design in achieving social outcomes • By considering the social potential of the built environment in the initial stages of planning, we can harness the power of new works as drivers of social change, argues Emma Whettingsteel.

Kerstin Thompson Architects and BLOXAS Booboop Narrkwarren Nagarra-jarra-noun (Family Healing Centre) • Designed according to principles developed to dispel feelings of fear, a restrained, child-centred facility in suburban Melbourne seeks to support children recovering from trauma, and their families.

Cobar Dunn Hillam Architecture and Urban Design • By working in a place for an extended period, engaging with its people and understanding its history, an architect can play a pivotal role in community-building, as Dunn Hillam has done through various...