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World's tallest hybrid timber tower to house Atlassian HQ in Sydney
WEBJun 29, 2020 — It was touted as the world tallest hybrid timber building at 19 storeys when designs were unveiled in 2017. It is currently under construction and is due for completion in 2020. Atlassian’s Sydney headquarters will accommodate 4,000 staff. The existing heritage-listed Parcels Shed building, which houses Railway Square YHA, will also be ...
Sydney's tallest building turns 40 - ArchitectureAu
WEBSep 28, 2021 — Sydney’s tallest building, the 304-metre tall Centrepoint Tower, celebrates its 40 th anniversary in 2021. The building was designed by Donald Crone and Associates (now Crone Architects) in 1968 and was opened to the public after 13 years of construction in 1981. It can be seen from as far as the Blue Mountains and the Central Coast.
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Upcycling the highrise: Quay Quarter Tower | ArchitectureAu
WEBOct 18, 2022 — The AMP Centre was the tallest building in Australia upon its completion in 1976. Designed by Peddle Thorp and Walker, its perimeter concrete frame, central core and glazed skin is typical of office towers of the era. 3XN’s design has seen the northernmost third of the block cut away and then extended into larger open floor spaces, along with a smaller expansion to the east – taking a ...
Revisited: Simpson-Lee House - ArchitectureAu
WEBNov 10, 2014 — Designed between 1988 and 1993, this house in Mount Wilson was commissioned by Geelum and Sheila Simpson-Lee, a retired dean of economics and a potter, who asked for a “secular monastic” house and studio with a “minimal tough simplicity.” 1 They required an extremely light building. This was sometimes in the sense of a visual and physical lightness; at other times, it was ...
‘Genuinely inclusive’: Yagan Square - ArchitectureAu
WEBOct 29, 2019 — Yet it sits in the heart of the city, over and adjacent to Perth Railway Station, and at the intersection of architecture, infrastructure and public space. Yagan Square’s intrigue lies in its engagement with the site’s future and its past. It is named for Yagan, an Indigenous warrior from the Nyoongar Nation who was murdered in 1833.
The best Australian houses of 2021 - ArchitectureAu
WEBNov 5, 2021 — The best house in the new house category was Night Sky by Peter Stutchbury Architecture. The house was designed to prioritize “the desires of a disabled person to connect to the universe and galaxy,” said the jury. “This work is unusual in its forms and expressions but it is born from a deep regard for and understanding of certain ...
A diorama in a messy city: Green Square Library and Plaza
WEBSep 10, 2019 — In the evolving urban precinct of Sydney’s Green Square, the unconventional organization of a library and its plaza – designed by Studio Hollenstein in association with Stewart Architecture – is driven by an urban approach that loosens the division between inside and outside. 1/8. View gallery. …
Prince Alfred Park Pool - ArchitectureAu
WEBDec 17, 2013 — Prince Alfred Park Pool. In a collaborative piece of landscape urbanism, Neeson Murcutt Architects and Sue Barnsley Design embed site memory, artistry and playfulness to transform a near-derelict public pool into an uplifting civic space. Professor Philip Goad reviews Sydney’s newest pool in a park …