Madeline Prince . Articles WAN Awards announces its leading architects of the future The World Architecture News (WAN) Awards has announced eight winners in its '21 for 21' competition aimed at highlighting 21 architects or organisations who will be 'leading lights' in architecture in the 21st century. Brisbane's Rachel Smith joins BMW Guggenheim Lab international team Brisbane-based transport planner Rachel Smith will travel to Berlin this June as the only Australian on the four-member international team developing programming for the BMW Guggenheim Lab. Suters-designed Shirley Burke Theatre opens in Victoria The Shirley Burke Theatre in Parkdale, Victoria has reopened after a $1.7 million renovation by Suters Architects. Hong Kong gets a Gehry building; Sydney awaits its first China has welcomed the first Frank Gehry building in Asia in the form of the Opus, a 12-storey residential tower in Hong Kong. New billion dollar tower approved over Sydney's Wynyard Station The proposal for a $1.3 billion tower to be built above Wynard Station in Sydney received approval from the NSW Planning Assessment Commission last week. New billion dollar tower approved over Sydney's Wynyard Station The proposal for a $1.3 billion tower to be built above Wynard Station in Sydney received approval from the NSW Planning Assessment Commission last week.
