Urbanity and the campus
General Purpose North 3 (GPN3) seen from the main vehicular entry to the University of Queensland’s St Lucia campus. Image: Jon LinkinsSiting diagram showing axes, links and vistas to the existing...
View ArticleBrisbane Magistrates Court
Brisbane Magistrates Court seen from the north-east. Image: Bart MaioranaMain entry on the George Street forecourt. Daniel Templeman’s Confluenceis in the foreground. Image: Bart Maiorana.
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Plan of Adelaide, by Le Corbusier. Fondation Le Corbusier, I16177. Licensed by Viscopy, Australia, 2007.Did a sketch plan of Adelaide play a role in Le Corbusier’s design of Chandigarh? Antony Moulis...
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“Brisbane: Australia’s new world city.” This is the latest tagline for Brisbane Marketing, the economic development arm of local administration. An obvious hype generator, it restates Brisbane’s...
View ArticleOne One One Eagle Street
A high-rise tower presents a paradox of sorts: while it might look like the building has been designed vertically, it is essentially the stacking of horizontal planes that creates this vertical...
View ArticleBrisbane Supreme and District Courts
Courts of law have an intrinsic social role: as public buildings, they express the values of justice, fairness and openness that are seen to underpin a democratic way of life. The newly completed...
View ArticleIncremental civic-ness: James Street Precinct
Not many architects have been given the opportunity to design a fragment of a city over time, constructing an urban narrative and refining strategies in response to their earlier work. Brisbane’s James...
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