Architecture
The Boomers renovating their homes in ‘a kaleidoscope of colours’
Michael Dowe’s newly renovated home goes bright, eschewing the bland interiors that pervade housing for older Australians.
- by Julie Power
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How the Opera House tiles stay white
A day on the tiles of the Sydney Opera House getting a bird’s-eye view of how the maintenance team work at the world-famous structure.
- by Helen Pitt
He helped us fall in love with the burbs, now Tim Ross has a new dream
It’s not all postmodern, mid-century gems in Designing a Legacy; instead the architecture buff has the bush, social housing and urban design in mind.
- by Bridget McManus
‘Not really a big ask’: How to fix Sydney’s big problem with generic apartments
Bulky blocks with poor ventilation looming over streets aren’t the only option for solving Sydney’s housing crisis.
- by Andrew Taylor
Northside brewery precinct takes out top Brisbane architecture award
The celebratory beers will be flowing after Craft’d Grounds at Albion, with its anchor brewery, took out Brisbane’s top architecture award.
- by Cameron Atfield
Magnificent or monstrous? The newest smoke stack coming to Sydney’s roads
A render of the exhaust stack coming to Iron Cove, near Balmain, has divided locals and architects and been compared to a parcel, a boot and a giant portaloo.
- by Michael Koziol
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From blah to bloody gorgeous: How a Newtown street corner became a happiness hub
Laurel Hixon’s brief was simple: “I just want someone to smile when they walk down the street.”
- by Julie Power
The Art Barn is one of the most sophisticated on the Mornington Peninsula
The Mornington Peninsula offers some wonderful surprises, but nothing can prepare you for the moment you see Art Barn, located at Cape Schanck.
- by Stephen Crafti
North Sydney’s MLC Building saved from the wrecking ball
A court has rejected a proposal to demolish the block and replace it with a 27-storey office complex on the grounds it would have “irreversible heritage impacts”.
- by Megan Gorrey
What the ‘laundromat index’ tells us about Brunswick’s heated housing debate
The rapid pace of development in Brunswick is leading to big changes in how people live. It suits the laundry industry, but on some streets the tensions are starting to show.
- by Michael Bachelard
China now spurning ‘ugliest buildings’ that symbolised its meteoric rise
For some, they are architectural and engineering marvels. For others, they prioritise magnitude, flaunt wealth or pursue oddity for the sake of novelty.
- by Selina Xu