What does it mean to design with Country, and where does Architecture fall short?
Join Richard Francis-Jones, Dr Shannon Foster and Jo Kinniburgh for an evening of discussion on the tensions and opportunities in designing […]
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An Environmental Crisis: Urban Overheating – Professor Matthaios Santamouris
Our cities are becoming heat traps. Every year, streets, rooftops and buildings trap more heat, pushing temperatures higher, making extreme […]
The Critical Space Between Development and Architecture – Barrie Barton
Every complex project has a gap between designer and developer. As both reach the limits of their respective field, it […]
The Making of Parliament – Ric Thorp
Australia’s Parliament House, designed by Mitchell/Giurgola & Thorp, is a synthesis of architecture, symbolism, and landscape, which supports and reflects […]
Unfrozen music – Hikaru Fuminashi
Music and architecture share a language of structure, proportion, rhythm, and emotion. One creates spaces of experience and feeling through […]
Sails, Octopuses and Telescopic Cranes: Paolo Stracchi and Luciano Cardellicchio
For fifty years, the Sydney Opera House has inspired a prodigious hagiography of personalities and their legendary quarrels. Yet its […]
Women, Design, Equity
How can architecture and design overcome the gendered structures, inequities, and exclusions that are deeply embedded in the built environment? […]
Is architecture complicit in withdrawal, or merely reflecting it?
The Fencing of Architecture and The Villa of the Architect What do the fence and the villa tell us about […]
The Consciousness of Architecture and The Will of the Architect
As we try to come to terms with the ethical and environmental issues of our time there is an urgency […]
Memories of Monuments: Seidler and Giurgola
The first session in the Culture of Australian Architecture Series will explore the remarkable parallel life and work of Harry Seidler and Romaldo Giurgola.
The Consciousness of Architecture and The Will of the Architect
As we try to come to terms with the ethical and environmental issues of our time there is an urgency […]
The Fencing of Architecture and The Villa of the Architect
The topping out of Liverpool Street marks a significant milestone in a project in which we have been involved for over seven years. On completion, it will deliver a new civic and community heart for Liverpool for an incredibly diverse and dynamic community of Liverpool, that was reflected in the celebrations.
Locating Giurgola
Locating Giurgola marks the launch of a new Australian Research Council-funded project examining the life and work of Italo-American architect, […]
Truth and Lies in Architecture
Written by Design Director of fjcstudio Richard Francis-Jones, this is a collection of provocative essays that journey into the vexed […]