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From Frank Lloyd Wright to Edwin Lutyens, why do unbuilt buildings continue to fascinate us?

many years. To unpack this topic, we first need to understand why unbuilt architecture “exists” at all. Given the sheer size of buildings, architects rely on scaled drawings and models to develop ideas. These can either be hand...

News | 06/02/2023

Calling all architects — and their drawings

Continuing for another year, The Architecture Drawing Prize is calling on Australian architects, designers and students to enter their works as part of a celebration and showcase of the art and skill of architectural drawing. Continuing for...

News | 23/09/2021

AIA suggests alternative sites for Adelaide women and children’s hospital

The Australian Institute of Architects’ South Australian Chapter has called upon its state government to review the site of the future $3.2 billion Women and Children’s Hospital development, which is a century-old heritage listed lot. The Australian...

News | 01/11/2022

CPD On Demand - A New Way of Plumbing - Providing Flexibility in Design

renovation of existing wet areas, these difficulties also tend to be both labour-intensive and expensive. On top of that, conventional plumbing techniques place significant constraints on architects and designers. They limit the possible locations for...

News | 16/09/2022

Skinny trends in Queensland’s luxury apartment towers

Project constraints allow architects to challenge themselves to create unique solutions that also turn out the most beautiful, says Formosa. “Located on a small 670sqm site on the Gold Coast’s First Avenue, Myst was one of these...

News | 03/02/2023

Design competition brings the beautiful to forgotten government site

personal favourite was designed by current Sustainability Awards winner, Hector Abrahams Architects. The entries in the Sydney is Beautiful competition are on public exhibition at Glebe Town Hall from 9am to 12pm on Wednesday. ...

News | 02/02/2023

The rise of human-centred office spaces in the 'burbs

precincts that meet the needs of a contemporary workforce will ensure these areas will continue to thrive as prime business destinations in a post-pandemic landscape. Based on the article ‘Rethinking the suburban office – how architects can...

News | 03/02/2023

Galahs and mediocre cities, part two

buildings are ordinary at best, mostly inferior. Here’s some evidence. HOUSES Our new houses have been the largest in the world for over twenty years; that they’ve shrunk a little to 235 square metres on average is no cause for celebration...

News | 31/01/2023

Architecture & Design’s Top 10 articles for January

Government has put this one on the backburner. A look at three new NSW Government healthcare projects The NSW Government’s multi billion dollar investment into health and hospitals to 2025-26 has seen an unprecedented number of developments...

News | 01/02/2023

3 architectural trends to watch out for in 2023

architects to explore the concepts of floating architecture, and create buoyant buildings that can adapt to unpredictable weather and severe climate events. While some houses are built on land with amphibious foundations, others are built on the water...

News | 31/01/2023

Building on what has come before

Many projects come across the desk at Architecture & Design, and often we are left in awe of the developments that we showcase. The expertise and understanding of these architects and their ability to create something to the desires of their clients...

News | 15/06/2022

Architects urge action on healthier policy priorities

USGBC released a Healthy Economy Commitment, urging public health officials and elected leaders to take action on green building policy priorities. Earlier this month, the American Institute of Architects (AIA) launched the inaugural Policy Platform...

News | 14/10/2020

Castelation Two Tone makes for magnificent media room

Tone from Cedar Sales proved the perfect solution. This modern and dynamic panelling solution can be used on interior walls and ceilings and out of weather applications, such as Alfresco, Portico and Eave linings. It's incredibly stylish and...

News | 14/08/2013

Galahs and mediocre cities, part one

Economica’, are gimcrack ordinary. Society* blames its architects and designers, but it’s the other way round: society is to blame for the poor quality of much of our cities. Society is the client, sets the briefs and governs the design criteria. And...

News | 24/01/2023

Tara Veldman on the future of healthcare design

As breakthroughs in medical science are transforming the future of patient care, so too is architecture. Using what Billard Leece Partnership (BLP) has coined ‘translational design’, our multi-disciplinary teams of architects and researchers work in...

News | 27/07/2022

Left-wing Oscar Niemeyer’s greatest work is defiled by right-wing goons

conservative church authorities refused to consecrate it for 16 years, no doubt pleasing the atheist Niemeyer’s greater belief in architecture than God. Niemeyer returns to New York to work with Le Corbusier on the United Nations building, but the UN...

News | 17/01/2023

Australia’s first Avani hotel to open on Sunshine Coast

be centrally located on the corner of Brisbane Rd and First Avenue, just moments from the Mooloolaba beach foreshore, Avani Mooloolaba Beach Hotel is designed by Cottee Parker Architects. With a planned opening in 2025, the new Mooloolaba property...

News | 25/07/2022

tone on tuesday architects declare

Cox student architect shares top honours at Architecture Drawing Prize

Make continues winning ways in Sydney and London

Affordable luxury in high demand at Cronulla mixed-use development

From Frank Lloyd Wright to Edwin Lutyens, why do unbuilt buildings continue to fascinate us?

Calling all architects — and their drawings

AIA suggests alternative sites for Adelaide women and children’s hospital

CPD On Demand - A New Way of Plumbing - Providing Flexibility in Design

Skinny trends in Queensland’s luxury apartment towers

Design competition brings the beautiful to forgotten government site

The rise of human-centred office spaces in the 'burbs

Galahs and mediocre cities, part two

Architecture & Design’s Top 10 articles for January

3 architectural trends to watch out for in 2023

Building on what has come before

Architects urge action on healthier policy priorities

Castelation Two Tone makes for magnificent media room

Galahs and mediocre cities, part one

Tara Veldman on the future of healthcare design

Left-wing Oscar Niemeyer’s greatest work is defiled by right-wing goons

Australia’s first Avani hotel to open on Sunshine Coast