14+ hour, 19+ min ago   (474+ words) Key obstacles identified by the report include housing affordability, accessibility issues in and around the home, and limitations in the scope of government-funded accommodation. A new report from the Australian Housing and Urban Research Institute (AHURI) has shed insight into…...

17+ hour, 5+ min ago   (1019+ words) For decades, researchers have argued climate change adaptation is a collaborative and community-driven project, however, recent cases suggest that planned retreat is becoming a divisive issue affecting vulnerable residents. We can look to communities for answers. Climate change is exacerbating…...

3+ day, 10+ hour ago   (724+ words) Integrating a new library, theatre and town park, the proposed Creative West precinct has been designed by a team of architects and landscape architects working closely with Wurundjeri Elders. Concept designs for a new library, performing arts theatre and town…...

3+ day, 11+ hour ago   (496+ words) Tonkin Zulaikha Greer has led the design of the upgrades, which include a new wave-shaped roof designed to appear weightless above the existing warehouse-turned-studio. Formerly the artist’s final home and studio, The Brett Whiteley Studio spans a three-storey former warehouse…...

4+ day, 10+ hour ago   (701+ words) A team of three architects has been announced as the designers of Brisbane’s new Olympic aquatic venue, with their design drawing inspiration from the movement of wind and water. The architects for Brisbane’s National Aquatic Centre have been newly revealed…...

4+ day, 13+ hour ago   (330+ words) Fourteen homes located across Australia and one home overseas are in contention to win the Australian Institute of Architects’ 2026 National Architecture Awards. A reworking of a Brisbane cottage with a spatially rich addition, and a renewed compact apartment within a…...

4+ day, 14+ hour ago   (400+ words) A harbourside apartment renovation by Billy Maynard Architects flirts with preservation and reinvention, artfully assembling influences from past and present, near and far, to create an iconic Sydney bolthole. On the top floor of Ulverstone, a 1938 waterfront block at Elizabeth…...

4+ day, 15+ hour ago   (338+ words) A proposal for two new towers beside Arden Station in North Melbourne has been greenlit by the Victorian state government, despite concerns from the City of Melbourne. The Victorian state government has approved plans for two new residential towers beside…...

4+ day, 16+ hour ago   (394+ words) ArchitectureAu Asks the Melbourne architect and National Enabling Architecture Committee convenor, “Our building code ensures occupants’ safety, amenity, health and accessibility – what about their sense of belonging?” Image: Graphic by Tom Grant The building code is the minimum standard. So,…...

5+ day, 7+ hour ago   (191+ words) Image: Courtesy of the Australian Institute of Architects In the 1990s, Simpson specialised in strategic planning and urban design and was appointed master planner for South Bank, Brisbane. In 1997, he was awarded the Australian Institute of Architects Queensland Chapter’s Silver Medal…...