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Tackling housing density on the Victorian Architecture Awards shortlist

The shortlist for the Australian Institute of Architects Victorian Architecture Awards has been published. Nightingale Village is one of the projects in the mix and we spoke to Austin Maynard Architects about their part in it.

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Print Kitchen mixes it up at Melbourne Art Book Fair

Presented below the spectacularly beautiful stained glass ceiling of the NGV Great Hall for the duration of the Melbourne Art Book Fair, Print Kitchen will play with the connection between printmaking and food-making.

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“Imagining a future history”: The six new schools of outer Melbourne

The task facing ARM Architecture was to create six new schools across five sites in Melbourne’s outer suburbs.

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Comment: Why is it important to communicate the value of architecture?

In this comment piece, Lindy Johnson, director of Lindy Johnson Creative, urges architecture to communicate its value. Johnson says that architects are needed more than ever but their value is highly underrated — and that we’re all the poorer for it.

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Splinter Society brings luxury to the edge of the lagoon at Metung Hot Springs

Sitting lightly in the landscape overlooking the Gippsland lakes, about half way along the eastern coast of Victoria, Metung Hot Springs takes full advantage of the unique geographical connection between the mountains and sea at the confluence of three alpine rivers.

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Law for the people: Bendigo Law Courts by Wardle

Challenging ideas of what court should be and how it might be experienced, Wardle (formerly John Wardle Architects) has set the Bendigo Law Court (BLC) in the round. It’s a project that has placed consultation front and centre.

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A decade on, and 10 years from now – with Cera Stribley

To mark a full decade in practice, Cera Stribley co-founders Domenic Cerantonio and Chris Stribley share their thoughts on what the future might hold.

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The splendour, the spectacle and the arrival: Shepparton Art Museum by DCM

As we celebrate Denton Corker Marshall turning 50, we revisit one of its most recent architectural accomplishments in which Shepparton gains its tallest landmark: a museum that goes right to the grass roots of its local community.

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Moorish sophistication in Australia’s High Country

Set among the grapevines, Lancemore Milawa has been transformed into a little slice of hospitality heaven that is certain to see the hotel booked solid for at least the next six months.

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Six Degrees of flexibility in South Melbourne

A number of flexible/shared offices have popped up across Australia – one being Flex Office, located in South Melbourne. While the base building was designed by Elenberg Fraser, Hickory commissioned Six Degrees Architects to design the ground floor area.

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Albury Summer Place launches by rethinking the familiar

Re/place has been installed for this year’s Albury Summer Pavilion! Studio Chris Fox has partnered with Bollinger+Grohmann engineers, the University of Sydney and Swinburne University of Technology to create this temporary installation with an experimental approach to materials and circular economy.

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A classy touch of tradition to create Italian delight

Lygon Street is alive with the delights of Italy. With Ewert Leaf in the lead, the carefully designed interior at Figlia was in good hands as the stellar practice presents dining on a design plate.