Commercial architecture
‘It was all fur coat, and no knickers’: Hotel project transforms modest council building
The transformation of the Moss Vale council building into an art hotel has won Balmain architect Luke Moloney a host of the state’s top architecture awards.
- by Julie Power
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BMA House brings a little bit of New York to Sydney’s CBD
Tourists and locals can look up at the building’s highly decorative exterior, and see everything from giant medieval knights to koalas on the top of the façade.
- by Stephen Crafti
Sydney park cleans up with prestigious award
Meet the Australian landscape architects moving away from “making beautiful things and scenery to being about change”.
- by Julie Power
1880s Gothic church finds new creative use
The impressive Gothic-style Wesleyan church on the grounds of the Albert Park Primary School has been transformed into a new-look, multipurpose performance hub.
- by Stephen Crafti
How the InterContinental Melbourne revived its heritage gem
While Victorian-era buildings of this calibre are now handled with kid gloves, they could easily have been just placards on a wall had the Historic Buildings Act not been passed in 1974 to prevent their demise.
- by Stephen Crafti
Royal Exhibition Building – return to rooftop promenading
Since the early 20th century, the Royal Exhibition Building rooftop was accessible for maintenance only and not available to the public. However, that’s now all changed with the stunning upgrade of a new boardwalk, providing sweeping views across Melbourne.
- by Stephen Crafti
A stunning home gallery seven years in the making
Home/gallery commissions are seldom offered to architects, particularly on this scale – with 500 square metres given over to the interconnecting home and the same amount of floor area for the gallery.
- by Stephen Crafti
Opinion
Architecture
This large, ugly excrescence risks wrecking Melbourne for decades to come
To be built over the Jolimont rail yards, it’s called Treasury Square. In fact, what is proposed is simply a dense set of three buildings – no open public square in sight. Will we allow our city to slide into squalor once again?
- by Norman Day
No longer isolated, the Imperial at Clifton pub shines brightly
For years, the Imperial at Clifton hotel was literally cut off, as there was only one road for access. Now, following an award-winning makeover, it has been revived in all its glory.
- by Stephen Crafti
An apartment tower paying tribute to city’s past
Mixed-use development Escala was conceived to pick up on some of the finer architectural grain in historic areas, such as Flinders Lane.
- by Stephen Crafti
New chapter for historic railway yard
A 1990s makeover ignored much of the yard’s heritage, including hundreds of pieces of machinery and artefacts. That’s all changed with a stunning new redesign.
- by Stephen Crafti