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SUSTAINABLE ARCHITECTURE in Brisbane: A 2010 Vision, Revisited 16 Years Later

SUSTAINABLE ARCHITECTURE* On architectural ambition, questionable wind turbines, embodied carbon and the value of learning to think like a designer. Back in 2010, during my second year studying architecture at university, I put together a vision for the future of urban agriculture in Brisbane. The idea was ambitious, perhaps a little utopian, and involved a…

MALICIOUS COMPLIANCE: WHEN PLANNING RULES BECOME THE ARCHITECTURE

There is a particular kind of architectural intelligence that emerges when an architect is told no. Not the heroic kind. Not the grand gesture. Not the architect-as-genius story in which planning controls are simply ignored in pursuit of some supposedly higher architectural ambition. Something more interesting happens when the architect reads the rules very, very carefully.…

Doonan Pavilion

A modest home with a mammoth garage. The living quarters are somewhat subservient to the oversize garage intended to house a large collection of vintage motorcycles, several cars and a workshop. The separate living pods are connected to the main superstructure via a series of generous corridor rooms, which both function as a circulation space…