Nathan Johnson . Articles Melbourne’s glut of non-compliant buildings growing; more found with flammable cladding The list of Melbourne buildings found to have flammable cladding is growing as the Victorian Building Authority (VBA) continues its External Wall Cladding Audit of high-rise building permits in Melbourne. Grimshaw's Aspire Tower faces scrapheap as developer launches new design competition The developers of the 90-storey ‘Aspire Tower’ slated for Parramatta, Sydney has reopened a design competition for the project that will likely see the old concept by Grimshaw architects scrapped. BVN big on bricks long on landscape for latest Sydney project BVN Architecture have submitted an amended Development Application with the City of Sydney for a part 6, part 13-storey monolithic brick building for Rosebery, complete with undulating ridgelines and topped with a landscaped rooftop. City of Melbourne okay six new towers worth $770 million Three out of four development applications were supported by the City of Melbourne at a recent Future Melbourne Committee meeting, including one each from Elenberg Fraser, Denton Corker Marshall (DCM) and Hayball architects. Tributes flow for deceased Paul Pholeros, architect, activist and ‘source of inspiration for all’ “What an example. What a tour de force. What a life. What a loss. Game set and match Dr Phol.”—Richard Leplastrier. France's Manuelle Gautrand among four architecture teams shortlisted to design ‘centrepiece’ of Parramatta Square A consortium of French firm Manuelle Gautrand Architecture (MGA), Designinc and Lacoste and Stevenson will compete against three teams of internationally-recognised local architectural firms.