Architecture Australia, July 2023
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Architecture with community impact
Projects
Bondi Pavilion Restoration and Conservation Project by Tonkin Zulaikha Greer
In a delicate balance between conservation, intervention and demolition, TZG has unified an “unruly collection of parts” to bring a cultural icon back to the centre of community life in Sydney.
QFES North Coast Region Headquarters and Maryborough Fire and Rescue Station
An elegant new community facility in regional Queensland meets strict operational requirements while respecting its heritage neighbour and dramatically reducing construction carbon emissions.
St George Sailing Club by Jon Jacka Architects
Just south of central Sydney, a sailing club has been designed to serve as a valuable community facility that is practical and hospitable, with simple geometric forms that “tap social memory.”
19 Waterloo Street by SJB
Behind an existing terrace in Sydney, a tiny new build defies expectations by creating an apparently spacious yet private home that considers its neighbours and the planet.
38 Albermarle Street by Fieldwork
A new housing model in inner-urban Melbourne aims to provide renters with a pathway to ownership alongside high-quality design and shared resident facilities.
Aboriginal Housing Victoria – Affordable Housing Project by Breathe
Modest and purposeful, a medium-rise development in suburban Melbourne offers internal amenity and shows that design skill, not cost, determines the quality of a project.
More articles
Melbourne Now: Civic Architecture
Fundamentally, civic architecture expresses the way we want to live. This exhibition highlights five projects that challenge traditional approaches to our cities’ civic centres, transforming communities as they do so.
Harnessing the power of AI in architecture
Designer and innovator Alisa Andrasek believes that artificial intelligence will transform the architectural office, automating tedious tasks and leaving us free to do the creative thinking that our world so desperately requires. She spoke with Jet Geaghan.