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About a year ago I found a tatty, dog-eared book on prefab architecture called House Out of Factory published in 1946. Written in the last year of WW2, with line illustrations and photos of contemporary examples, it made a persuasive argument for prefabrication, exactly as in current books on prefab. I was intrigued. Who was this author? A: John Gloag. A most prolific and insightful writer on architecture and design in the 20th century, and yet unknown.
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Turner has announced the addition of a new Director and two Associate Directors in a period of solid growth for the practice.
SJB has announced several promotions at their Sydney studio, setting the firm on a strong growth path by recognising the individuals who are shaping the future of the practice.
It seems rather fitting, doesn’t it? Design luminary, Architecture & Design Contributor and reigning Lifetime Achievement award winner Tone Wheeler has been entrusted with emceeing the Sustainability Summit.
Off the back of a number of significant project wins, HDR has announced a suite of hires and promotions within to strengthen its education and science capabilities.
The recent federal budget was judged reasonable and responsible, and by and large it was, but the housing section was not. The three-page document was appalling in its naivety, lack of policy and spending commitments. The tabloids glossed over it, and a piece in the NSW AIA Newsletter actually praised it, albeit with similar motherhood statements.
Fender Katsalidis has appointed two new members to its Board of Directors, as well as seven internal promotions across its east coast studios.
In last week’s column I predicted there would be nothing about housing in the budget. I was wrong, dead wrong. The budget papers included a three-page document entitled ‘Improving Housing Supply and Affordability’. But in a way I was right; it’s so bad it would be better to have said nothing.
Woods Bagot’s Global Sustainability Leader Russell Fortmeyer has made his way to Australia in recent weeks to work with the practice’s architects housed within their Australian studios.
Today is budget day. The fourth in two years. 2020 was delayed by Covid; May 2021 was terrible; March 2022 pre-election sought to shore up the LNP’s inevitable decline. Now, post-election, we have the first Labor budget in ten years.
Philip Thalis, the architect who was part of the architectural team that won an international competition to design the transformation of Barangaroo, now describes the project as “a symbol of squandered opportunities”.
Carr has bolstered its senior leadership team with the appointment of new Associate Director Candice Bradley, who will lead the practice’s Hospitality Interior Design Team.
