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    News Archive for December 2021

    Decade of design work gifts BIG with grand prize

    CopenHill, designed by Bjarke Ingels Group, has been named the World Building of the Year at the 2021 World Architecture Festival.


    Frasers’ Silva grabs the gold from the International WELL Building Institute

    Frasers Property Australia’s Sustainability Advisor, Ruvini Silva has been awarded the WELL Community Award by the International WELL Building Institute.


    Plans submitted for curved mixed-use tower at Olympic Park

    A new 45-storey mixed-use tower designed by Fitzpatrick and Partners located at Sydney Olympic Park has been submitted for planning approval, after the practice took out a design competition for the development.


    Design collaboration explores cladding possibilities for contemporary addition at Zig-Zag House

    Using 600mm wide Hardie Fine Texture Cladding panels arranged at 90 degrees with internal and external corner junctions, Preston Lane created the concertina façade concept.


    Ceremony marks beginning of groundbreaking Penrith refurbishment project

    The refurbishment of the former Emu Plains Police Cottage is officially underway, as Penrith City Council and the NSW Government commenced proceedings with an official ground-breaking ceremony this week.


    UK Architect wins Pulitzer Prize for exposing Chinese concentration camps

    UK architect Alison Killing has won the Pulitzer Prize (together with Buzzfeed News reporter Megha Rajagopalan and programmer Christo Buschek) for a series of stories revealing a number of secret internment camps in China’s Xinjiang province built to detain up to 1 million Muslim detainees made up of Uyghur and other minority groups.


    Murcutt adds to impressive list of honours with Japanese accolade

    Celebrated Australian architect Glenn Murcutt has been awarded with the Praemium Imperiale, a global arts prize awarded each year by the Japanese Art Association.


    i2C Architects add local Indigenous artworks to the walls of shopping centre

    i2C Architects have turned the traditional Indigenous artworks of Delvene Cockatoo-Collins into a number of fabrics, wallpapers and ceiling features that are now on display at the Cleveland Central Shopping Centre.


    Is your neighbourhood underinsured?

    Even if you’re well covered, your neighbourhood may struggle long after the dust has settled, as houses lie derelict, people struggle to bounce back and social cohesion frays.


    Venice studio designs ‘urban lighthouse’ for MPavilion 2021

    MPavilion 2021, envisioned by Venice-based international architecture, urbanism and design practice, MAP studio as an ‘urban lighthouse’ has opened in Melbourne.


    Entrance solutions keeping aged care and healthcare facilities safe

    Touchless biometric technologies (including facial recognition, fingerprint recognition and others) can be included in areas needing greatest access control.


    Executing a feature linings project: How long will it take?

    The Dreams to Reality execution process that Supawood operates by includes the promise and guarantee to work closely with the designer, coming up with solutions to the clients' challenges and offering transparent, frequent communication.


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