NGV Architecture Commission

Project
Home Truth at NGV: Breathe confronts the elephant in the oversized room
Melbourne-based architects Breathe have constructed an unfinished house at the NGV that puts the question of house sizes in Australia on the agenda.

Events
A saccharine pink pond opens in NGV’s garden
Embedded into the NGV’s Grollo Equiset Garden with an eye-catching a inviting pink hue, pond(er) – the NGV’s 2021 Architecture Commission – is officially open.

News
NGV 2021 Architecture Commission will be a place to ponder
A beautiful architectural installation, replete with a pink pond evocative of Australia’s inland salt lakes, has been revealed as the winner of the NGV 2021 Architecture Commission.

News
In Absence: Symbolic of both life and death
Open this week at The National Gallery of Victoria, In Absence is a cultural conversation through architecture by Edition Office and Indigenous artist Yhonnie Scarce.

People
Shaping the narrative with Edition Office’s Kim Bridgland
“We see that when we design a new building, in any location, there is an opportunity for it to establish a dialogue with those pre-existing stories of that place.” We chat with Kim Bridgland of Edition Office ahead of Saturday Indesign.

News
NGV Architecture Commission 2019 winners announced!
The NGV Architecture Commission for 2019 has crowned contemporary artist Yhonnie Scarce and Melbourne architecture studio Edition Office as winners for their scheme ‘In Absence’.

News
An architectural palimpsest: MUIR + OPENWORK’s NGV Architecture Commission unveiled
Honouring memory, place and the significance of Roy Ground’s NGV International, the 2018 NGV Architecture Commission by MUIR + OPENWORK has been revealed. Take a drone fly-through and experience it up close.

News
NGV is on the hunt for the next Architecture Commission
The NGV Architecture Commission Design Competition is calling for entries for its fourth iteration, presenting the opportunity for an architect to propose a temporary pavilion that bridges design and art.