Geraldine Chua . Articles Social and cultural icon to make a splash at Australia’s 2016 Venice Biennale exhibition The creative team for the 2016 Venice Biennale has been announced, with the winning concept to be the first to take shape at the new Australian pavilion designed by DCM. Jean Nouvel loses legal battle claiming his Philharmonie de Paris design was “adulterated” A Paris court has ruled that the French architect did not provide enough proof that his original designs for the building had been flouted. Gold Medallists join speaker line up for 2015 Student Architecture Congress in Melbourne Troppo Architects’ directors Phil Harris and Adrian Welke are joining a stellar speaker line up for the first Australasian Student Architecture Congress to be held in Melbourne since 1964. Simple flooring choices pack a punch at Sydney Adventist Hospital by MBMO Architects The flooring palette of the LW Clark Tower is deliberately limited to just a handful of carpet and vinyl variations, but meet important emotional, hygiene and maintenance requirements. University student accidently invents cement alternative that traps CO2 [video] Ferrock, which has been tested to be about five times stronger than Portland cement, features iron as its key ingredient and acts as a type of carbon sponge. Survey shows Australian apartment dwellers don’t want to live in shoe boxes A new research survey carried out by architects Atelier Red + Black could lend weight to the argument for minimum apartment standards in safeguarding living standards.