civic
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A civic gateway for Pakenham
Genton’s Pakenham Station transforms a utilitarian transport interchange into an open civic landmark, reconnecting the town through landscape, public space and infrastructure designed around Country.
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A new mixed-use precinct for West London
TURNER’s first major UK project brings together more than 400 apartments, retail and communal spaces in a Brentford precinct shaped by view corridors and infrastructure.
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Powerhouse Parramatta readies itself for late 2026 opening
Scheduled to open later this year on the banks of the Parramatta River, the 30,000-square-metre Powerhouse museum — designed by Moreau Kusunoki in collaboration with Genton — represents a major shift in the geography of Sydney’s cultural infrastructure.
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Reframing the everyday: HDR elevates public amenities at Pyrmont Bridge East
HDR reimagines Pyrmont Bridge East Amenities through adaptive reuse, elevating civic design with inclusive, sustainable intent.
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Sydney Fish Market: Roundtable podcast with 3XN, BVN and ASPECT Studios
Fred Holt, Catherine Skinner and Louise Pearson join Timothy Alouani-Roby at The Commons to discuss Sydney’s new fish market just weeks after its grand opening.
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Melbourne Metro and the design heft of transport infrastructure
Ingrid Bakker, Principal and Joint Project Director at Hassell, discusses the wider importance of the “city-shaping” Metro Tunnel completed alongside WW+P Architects and RSHP.
Workplace
Civic activation at 55 Collins Street
Grimshaw has completed a revitalisation of Collins Place, adding new layers to an already historically and architecturally rich site in Melbourne’s CBD.
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Zikawei Library by Wutopia Lab draws inspiration from Chinese trousseau box
Wutopia Lab transforms an abandoned building in Shanghai into a public library for the community.
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Atal Akshaya Urja Bhavan is India’s first net-positive building
Leading the way in design, Edifice Consultants has conceived and realised India’s first net-positive building and, in doing so, has created a template for the here and now.
Events
“Good design doesn’t just belong in big cities” – the INDE.Awards’ best project
The crowning award at the 2022 INDE.Awards is The Best of the Best and, drum roll please, this year’s winner has been designed for place and culture and to bring a community together.
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Where we swim: Liquid Blu’s aquatic culture
With a portfolio that extends from Hobart to Darwin and everywhere in between, Liquid Blu has played a key role in the development of Australia’s aquatic culture.
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This art centre emerges like an egg from a cocoon
Inspired by nature, the Nest Art Center in Shenzhen is the latest architectural icon for the fourth largest city in China.
People
Listen – Robert Puksand on turning 30 years young
Tune in to this podcast with Indesign editor Alice Blackwood and Gray Puksand’s founding partner, Robert Puksand.
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Creating Places For People: Maitland Riverlink
Maitland RIverlink, by CHROFI with McGregor Coxall, shows how design can be a powerful instrument in a community. It won the INDE.Awards’ 2019 Building trophy, partnered by Cult.
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Creating places for people in the region: The Maitland Riverlink project
What does it mean to design in the region? And how does regional designing impact a place? The Maitland Riverlink project sheds more light.
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Creating A Village Square: Green Square Library
Tipped to become Australia’s most densely populated precinct, Sydney’s Green Square required a truly memorable gesture for its community hub. The Library and Plaza redefines the meaning of architectural literacy with its incredibly visual and graphic structures. And it also happened to snag INDE Gold in The Learning Space category, partnered with Living Edge.
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Creating a village square: Green Square Library
Tipped to become Australia’s most densely populated precinct, Sydney’s Green Square required a truly memorable gesture for its community hub. The Library and Plaza redefines the meaning of architectural literacy with its incredibly visual and graphic structures. And it also happened to snag INDE Gold in The Learning Space category, partnered with Living Edge.
Dissections
St Andrews College Centennial Chapel Christchurch by Architectus
Designed by Architectus, St Andrew’s College Centennial Chapel is part of a new generation of civic buildings emerging from the earthquake-damaged Christchurch. It replaces its arts and crafts predecessor, but thanks to some careful salvage and reuse, it wonderfully translates the principles of old religious dogmas into future-forward physical spaces.