Architecture Australia, September 2021
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Embracing shifting demographics: Design decisions to benefit all
Projects
Narrative and legacy: Bilya Marlee
Part of an evolving architectural language developed by KHA for the University of Western Australia, this distinctly Aboriginal building was designed through an extensive consultative process based on Noongar narratives.
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MMXX: Two Decades of Architecture in Australia
Stuart Harrison reviews Cameron Bruhn’s MMXX, a book that combines in-depth essays and selected project reviews, making a valuable contribution to what will hopefully be a growing collection of comprehensive histories of Australian architecture.
Ramps for the brain, Disneyland and Antarctica
Guy Luscombe convenes a roundtable with experts who have all been pushing the envelope to improve the built environment for people living with dementia.
Age-friendly city design: The case of Sydney
Georgia Vitale compares some different approaches – some mono-generational, others more holistic – to support ageing in place.
Impressive form-making: Collins Arch
Collins Arch – a collaborative new tower, plaza and park has the potential to shift the city’s twenty-first-century centre of gravity.
‘Peak Voronoi’: HOTA Gallery
The design for Australia’s largest regional art gallery encompasses convivial interiors to attract a broad audience, while its bold exterior repeats the motif used by ARM in previous structures for the Gold Coast’s cultural precinct.
Essence of Byron Bay: Easy Street
In the third stage of a two-decade vision for a sustainable mixed-use village, DFJ Architects has combined an industrial material palette, the subtropical landscape and shared facilities to create a hub with characteristics bound to Byron Bay.
Country, family, kin and community: Architectural considerations for Indigenous aged care
Indigenous people are highly under-represented in the Australian aged care system – a result of a lack of cultural understanding, appropriate spaces and safety.
Where do you want to live when you grow older?
Guy Luscombe introduces a series of articles that consider the opportunities for architects to embed age-friendly design in order to create a “richer, more inclusive living environment for us all.”
Age-friendly city design: Identifying common opportunities across the world
Safiah Moore and Greyson Clark consider some experimental projects from across the globe that have found new ways to help ensure that everyone, including older people, can live full and productive lives.
Ageing well in the bluefields
A collaborative research project in South Australia has come up with housing designs to enable residents of established or “bluefield” suburbs to age in place, instead of being pushed out by gentrification.
Making the most of life: The longevity bonus is a design issue
A design charette at the University of Queensland developed practical and implementable concepts for embracing longevity in our communities.
Sense of belonging: Anne Street Garden Villas
On the Gold Coast, a series of affordable, climate-responsive dwellings clustered around a communal garden space is driven by the architect’s desire to help residents develop a personal connection with their home.
Solid touchstone: Goulburn Street Housing
Elegantly yet dramatically increasing inner Hobart’s residential density, Cumulus Studio’s Goulburn Street Housing responds to the heritage context of the streetscape while introducing a new functional and formal typology.