David Wheeldon . Articles A monolithic newspaper stack: Australian architects design Chinese culture centre Australian practice IAPA Design Consultants has won an excellence award in China's International Architecture Design Competition for their proposal for the Guangzhou Daily Group Culture Centre. Commercial building on its knees, residential in 'recession' Troubling figures have come out this week showing both commercial and residential building activity continuing to slide. Australia promotes architectural services to China: Trade Minister visits China for free-trade talks Australia's Trade Minister Craig Emerson visited Beijing this week continuing on from last year’s visit and a campaign to explore opportunities in services including architecture and urban renewal. A house with a heart of concrete Fulton Trotter Architects apply concrete, timber and steel to the meet principles of passive design, simplicity and self-sustainability in this southwest Queensland riverside home. David Wheeldon reports. Lend Lease unveils design for world's tallest timber apartment building in Melbourne Lend Lease has unveiled plans to build the first high rise apartment building in Australia and the tallest in the world using Cross Laminated Timber (CLT), which it says heralds a new era for the construction industry. Vivid Sydney kicks off with world first will.i.am interactive light show on MCA facade Vivid Sydney 2012 will open tonight (May 25) with a 'world-first' interactive light installation on the facade of the new Museum of Contemporary Art, allowing festival-goers to literally 'play the building'.
