Architecture Australia

Ask architects which Australian magazine they choose to read or to publish their work and the answer is most likely Architecture Australia. If you want to be up to date with the best built works and the issues that matter, then Architecture Australia is for you. Its commissioned contributors are independent, highly respected practitioners, architectural thinkers and design commentators and each article is supported by images from leading architectural photographers. Provocative, informative and engaging – it is the national magazine of the Australian Institute of Architects.

Putting people at the top of the agenda

Embracing shifting demographics

Architecture Australia

Venice Biennale 2021 Australian exhibit: In | Between • In the form of an immersive video, Australia’s virtual exhibit for this year’s Architecture Biennale presents a selection of works that explore the diversity and interconnectedness of the Pacific region’s complex cultural relationships. But, asks Louis Anderson Mokak, are we celebrating our achievements prematurely?

MMXX: Two Decades of Architecture in Australia • A combination of in-depth essays and selected project reviews, Cameron Bruhn’s MMXX makes a valuable contribution to what Stuart Harrison hopes is a growing collection of comprehensive histories of Australian architecture.

Design: Building on Country • Alison Page and Paul Memmott overturn old paradigms of design practice and offer a “New Australian Design” framework, based on First Nations knowledges, whereby urban space is organized through doing and being.

Woods Bagot and Shop Architects • Looming above some of Melbourne’s iconic nineteenth- and twentieth-century buildings, Collins Arch – a collaborative new tower, plaza and park that reshaped an entire city block – has the potential to shift the city’s twenty-first-century centre of gravity.

Bilya Marlee Kerry Hill Architects • 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.

HOTA Gallery ARM Architecture • 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.

Easy Street DFJ Architects • 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.

Living longer, designing differently

Where do you want to live when you grow older? • How can architects ensure that the built environment meets the needs and facilitates the lifestyles of an ageing population? In introducing this dossier, Guy Luscombe considers the opportunities for architects to embed age-friendly design in order to create a “richer, more inclusive living environment for us all.”

Ageing well in the bluefields • With established suburbs falling outside of infill policy, densification in these areas tends to occur at the cost of mature landscape and housing diversity. A collaborative research project in South Australia has come up with housing designs to enable residents of “bluefield” suburbs to age in place, instead of being pushed out by gentrification, explains Damian Madigan.

Making the most of life: The longevity bonus is a design issue • The 2020 Longevity by Design Challenge at The University of Queensland developed practical and implementable concepts for embracing longevity in our communities. Charrette leaders Rosemary Kennedy and Laurie Buys discuss ideas that arose from the process and visions for the...