Architectural Review Asia Pacific

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Architectural Review Asia Pacific

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ONCE UPON A TIME IN THE WEST • WITH ITS FICKLE BOOM AND ‘BUST’ CYCLE FUELLED BY THE CHANGING FORTUNES OF THE MINING INDUSTRY, WA CAN BE A TRICKY BEAST TO NAVIGATE, BUT MATTHEWS AND SCAVALLI MANAGES THE UPS AND DOWNS BY WORKING WITH A DIVERSE PORTFOLIO AND FOCUSING ON STAFF WELL-BEING.

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Archi Team Awards 2021 • THE WINNERS OF THIS YEAR’S ARCHITEAM COOPERATIVE’S ANNUAL AWARDS PROGRAM, SHOWCASING ’ ARCHITECTURE FROM AUSTRALIA S SMALL, MEDIUM AND EMERGING ON ARCHITECTS WEDNESDAY , WERE 17 NOVEMBER ANNOUNCED .

POP ARCHITECTURE • KATHERINE SAINSBERY AND JUSTINE BRENNAN ESTABLISHED THEIR DESIGN-LED STUDIO POP ARCHITECTURE IN 2016. THEY EXPLAIN HOW THE CONCEPT OF ‘POP’ CAPTURES THE KEY TENETS OF THEIR PRACTICE ETHOS, AND HOW THEIR WRY HUMOUR AND TENACITY HAS ’ PUSHED THEIR PRACTICE ALONG THROUGH SOME OF THE INDUSTRY S MOST CHALLENGING TIMES.

FROM AFGHANISTAN TO AUSTRALIA... • FOR A GROUP OF AFGHAN-AUSTRALIAN CREATIVES HAVE AND PROFESSIONALS RENEWED THE HEARTBREAK , THE EVENTS OF IN AFGHANISTAN 20 YEARS AGO.

Calculating fees – part one Working out your break-even point • IT’S A TOPIC THAT IS FRAUGHT FOR PRACTICES SMALL AND LARGE, BUT THE ACA’S VIC/ TAS PRESIDENT PAUL VINEY IS AN EXPERT. OVER THE NEXT FEW ISSUES OF AR, WE’LL LOOK IN GREATER DETAIL AT SOME OF THE MOST IMPORTANT ASPECTS OF FEE CALCULATION.

NYUL NYUL COMMUNITY PACKING SHED • THIS AWARD-WINNING PROJECT WAS DELIVERED BY SJB’S ADAM HADDOW AND DAVID MAES FOLLOWING YEARS OF DEEP CONSULTATION WITH THE COMMUNITY.

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THE SOCIAL ON HENRY, FREMANTLE

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SOUTH YARRA • THE SOUTH YARRA HOUSE IS AN EXTENSION AND REFURBISHMENT OF AN EXISTING EDWARDIAN HOME DESIGNED IN COLLABORATION WITH BEATRIX ROWE INTERIOR DESIGN.

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SMARTER ROADS SMARTER STATE • AS PART OF ITS ECONOMIC RECOVERY STRATEGY POST-PANDEMIC, THE VICTORIAN ’ GOVERNMENT NEEDS AN EFFICIENT AND STREAMLINED TRAFFIC SYSTEM. THE STATE S DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORT HAS ROLLED OUT A NEW PROGRAM COMPRISING DATA COLLECTION, INTEGRATION AND ANALYTICS IN ORDER TO ACHIEVE THIS AIM.

Preserving the past with technology – Lugang Mazu Temple • DIGITAL MODELLING HAS PROVEN AN INVALUABLE TOOL FOR RECORDING AND PRESERVING 500-YEAR-OLD ARTEFACTS IN TAIWAN.

Building immunity • ARE PARTLY ‘PANDEMIC-PROOFED’ BUILDINGS THE WAY TO GO? INITIATIVES LIKE THE IMMUNE BUILDING STANDARD MAY GIVE ARCHITECTS, DESIGNERS AND FACILITY MANAGERS FOOD FOR THOUGHT ABOUT HOW THEY DESIGN AND PLAN THEIR BUILDINGS FROM NOW ON.

DOING THE DEEDS • SPLINTER SOCIETY GOES BACK TO BLACK WITH ITS IMMERSIVE DESIGN OF AN INNER CITY BREWERY.

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MELMO: MODERNIST ARCHITECTURE IN MELBOURNE