John Wardle Architects
Events
Architecture going forward: Wardle in profile
What’s in a name? At Wardle, a new name marks the next progression in the architecturally designed road for this outstanding practice.
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Bendigo Law Courts by Wardle wins at Victorian Architecture Awards
Winner of the The William Wardell Award for Public Architecture at Victorian Architecture Awards 2023, Bendigo Law Courts by Wardle places consultation front and centre in defining what court should be and how it might be experienced.
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Monumental and intimate: John Wardle Architects in Ballarat
As featured in Indesign issue #87, the centre for civic life in Ballarat is a complex project that delivers a community hub, workspaces and an architectural destination.
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INDE.Awards 2022 winners announced!
The auditorium was full, the vibe electric and the winners truly outstanding last night at the INDE.Awards Gala. Scroll the Indo Pacific’s most outstanding projects and people, here.
Events
Discover 2022’s Best: The INDE.Awards Winners are here!
2022 INDE.Awards showcased exception innovation and creativity with sustainability initiatives integral to all design.
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Comfort and space at the heart of today’s workplace
Workplaces are evolving and, in this year’s INDE.Awards, 12 shortlisted Work Space projects showcase just what is expected, with every amenity to sustain a working life.
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The Work Space shortlist for 2022 INDE.Awards
Workplaces are evolving and, in this year’s INDE.Awards, there are offices that showcase just what is expected in the new office environment. Fit-for-every purpose, these offices are homes away from home, with every amenity to sustain a working life.
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Geological wonderland at Curtin University
Janet Laurence teams up with John Wardle Architects to hero WA’s most precious rocks in an architecturally crafted ‘cabinet of curiosity’.
Magazine
It’s here, and healthy: Indesign’s ‘State of Wellbeing’ issue is now out
Indesign magazine’s ‘State of Wellbeing’ issue is now on sale. Editor Alice Blackwood shares the very human-led highlights that are enlivening conversations around healthcare and wellbeing in design.
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Biophilic design is a prominent feature in these education projects
Bringing the outside in through clever use of form and colour, these 12 award-worthy Learning Spaces have made the INDE.Awards official shortlist.
Events
The Learning category shortlist for the 2022 INDE.Awards
The Learning category in the 2022 INDE.Awards looks at the the design of exemplar buildings that support and assist education.
News
Introducing your 2022 Saturday Indesign speakers
Catch up with some of our industry’s top talents at this year’s Saturday Indesign speaker series.
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How masterful façades inspire us to engage with education precincts
Architectural expression influences the way we engage with our education precincts. Lyons and John Wardle Architects marry design vision and innovative façade solutions to great effect.
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NGV Contemporary design team will be one of these four
Four inimitable Australian design teams have been officially announced as the finalists in the bid to design NGV Contemporary.
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Geelong College Junior School designed as a miniature town
John Wardle Architects creates a constructive learning environment to cater for pedagogical advancements at Geelong College Junior School.
Ideas
11 certified carbon neutral Australian architecture firms
How far have Australian architects come since pledging to become carbon neutral? We explore Australia’s leading certified carbon neutral architecture firms.
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What Lies Ahead for Learning Spaces
As we adjust to the “new normal”, a dance between digital learning and in-person contact is playing out in the 2020 INDE.Awards’ Learning Space shortlist
News
Adaptive reuse prevails in 2020 Victorian Architecture Awards
Just when Australia’s beloved state of Victoria could well do with a ‘good news’ story, the 2020 Victorian Architecture Awards have delivered.
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A case of 20/20 vision
Four villages, two towers, multiple connecting stairs and an entirely new working model that’s been four years in the making. How did Bates Smart combat a “long runway” to future proof its design for Australian Unity?
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A case of 20/20 vision
Four villages, two towers, multiple connecting stairs and an entirely new working model that’s been four years in the making. How did Bates Smart combat a “long runway” to future proof its design for Australian Unity?
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Dramatic Statement: John Wardle Architects’ Caulfield Library, Monash university
A Brutalist 1970s library building provides the bones for a Renaissance-like redevelopment at Monash University’s Caulfield campus. The outcome is a dynamic hub that serves a complexity of 21st-century needs. “It was about opening the library up to the central village green of the campus and bringing light into the building,” says John Wardle Architects’ Jasmin Williamson.
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Institute’s 2019 Architecture Award winners revealed
Diverse, responsive and innovative, 35 winners and 12 commendations have been revealed for the Institute’s 2019 Architecture Awards.
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Caulfield Library Refurbishment, from John Wardle Architects
What are students’ expectations of academic libraries? This is a question John Wardle Architects tackled when renovating and expanding Monash University’s Caulfield Library.
People
The latest people On the Move
Movements and promotions abound in the industry – most notable being HASSELL’s appointment of seven new Principals across its ten global studios.
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Bold splashes of colour celebrated at the 33rd Dulux Colour Awards
The annual colour awards recognises outstanding projects that are unafraid to use colour in ever-more clever ways.
Ideas
Where is multi-residential design heading?
Worldwide, multi-residential buildings are designed in response to the growing population while answering the needs of a site and inspire through design. We look back at The Multi-Residential Category at the INDE.Awards for inspiration.
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John Wardle Architects launches a Sydney studio
Building its growing international reputation, Melbourne-based studio John Wardle Architects is set to open a Sydney outpost in January 2019.
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The break down – Hong Kong Business of Design Week
Heading to Hong Kong Business of Design Week next week? Here are the five key events we’ve put in our schedules, as well as a discount booking code!
Events
The Break Down – Hong Kong Business Of Design Week
Heading to Hong Kong Business of Design Week next week? Here are the five key events we’ve put in our schedules, as well as a discount booking code!
Events
Hong Kong x Melbourne At Business Of Design Week
Will you be attending Business of Design Week this December? Here’s a quick wrap of what you can expect to see and hear this year from Indesign’s Melbourne-based Editor Alice Blackwood.
News
Melbourne x Hong Kong at Business of Design Week
Are you heading over to Hong Kong for the Business of Design Week this December? Here’s a quick wrap of what you can expect to see and hear this year.
Articles
Uncommon encounters: Design at Monash University promotes innovation and autonomy
A university’s purpose is to encourage students to think differently and act autonomously. In Monash University’s Learning and Teaching Building, it is finally being recognised that the architecture needs to mirror this.