Geraldine Chua . Articles House in Noosa by MORQ wins top prize at Sunshine Coast Architecture Awards Seven projects have been honoured at the Australian Institute of Architects' 2015 Sunshine Coast Regional Architecture Awards. Construction begins at Gold Coast Commonwealth Games’ Carrara Sports Precinct by BVN The new $101 million Carrara Sports and Leisure Centre is the first of four projects to be delivered for the 2018 Gold Coast Commonwealth Games Carrara Sports Precinct. Look down if you want to feel better: flooring aesthetics in healthcare affects patient well-being Flooring for healthcare should be ‘fit for performance’, which covers both the physical and functional performance of the product, as well as its pattern, texture, and colour. Horseshoe crystalline building by Populous to be UK’s most sustainable arena The £90 million live concert venue will feature an adaptive façade that acts as the building’s canvas, transitioning between an “ephemeral form by day to a dynamic event backdrop by night”. “Harsh in appearance” building for Melbourne’s Ivanhoe rejected by council The Banyule City Council in Melbourne has rejected an application by developer Caydon and Peddle Thorp Architects for a 26-storey tower located on a hill in Ivanhoe overlooking the Austin Hospital. New brick and block book a snapshot of contemporary Australian architecture A new architectural and design publication that brings together 60 Australian case studies using brick and block will be launched on June 11, 2015.
