Architecture AU

Two newly released guides are designed to support architects and built environment professionals in their understanding of, and engagement with, First Nations terminology and concepts.

Economist Richard Denniss, co-CEO at the Australia Institute, calls out the government’s myths around housing, and shares his thoughts on what’s holding us back from radically reshaping our housing culture.

The four finalists of the City of Melbourne’s 2025 City Design Award, which recognises design excellence in architecture, landscape architecture and urban design, have been announced.

The 7.1-hectare riverfront site, which is currently home to a glass recycling and manufacturing facility, is now slated for over 4,000 homes alongside event and entertainment spaces.

Through a mix of open buildings and exhibitions, this month offers an opportunity to explore architecture from the inside out – from the spaces we live in to the ideas that shape them.

Established in 2018, this acclaimed Brisbane studio interrogates the constraints of site and brief to realise homes marked by spatial ingenuity and deceptive simplicity.

Australia’s 2025 Milan Triennale exhibit surveys low-density land use in Melbourne and its resulting erasure of natural and cultural richness and diversity at the city’s fringes, highlighting the need to institutionalise transformative, experimental and responsive design practices.

In the Gold Coast suburbs, where demolition comes fast and spectacle often triumphs, this family home pursues a different path of retention and adaptation, creating a grounded setting for relaxed coastal living.

When it was first unveiled, Denton Corker Marshall’s design “redefined what a museum could be,” serving, for the past 25 years, as a place of discovery, storytelling and cultural exchange within a historically significant garden setting.

Several architectural projects have taken out top prizes along with Best in Class accolades.

With a design inspired by high-end hotels, this joyful and luxurious home allows a family of three to live independently together.

In Chromatica, Arent and Pyke transform an off-the-plan Sydney apartment into a richly textured, light-filled sanctuary, balancing bold colour and art.

Whatever public conversation there is about architecture is dominated by celebrities and enthusiasts, who “promote” it without enhancing anyone’s understanding of the difference between the good, the bad and the execrable.

In respect of Brisbane’s plans for Olympic city-making, Andrew Broffman writes, “It is particularly discouraging that after much effort to foster the possibilities of Designing with Country, so many of the architecture industry’s leaders have instead offered little more than calls for careful planning and design excellence.”