Architecture

More than 150 architecture students have contributed their visual and design expertise to Opera Australia’s latest production Eighth Wonder, which celebrates the construction of Sydney’s Opera House.

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Creating buildings and rooms with specific functions is a relatively new phenomena in human history that limits the imaginitive potential of architecture, writes Xing Ruan.  

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In a world impacted by poverty and natural disasters, David Sanderson – the inaugural Judith Neilson Chair in Architecture – is teaching his students to build resilience, not skylines. 

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Design decisions impact the urban microclimate, and ultimately our health and wellbeing, write Paul Osmond and Jonathan Fox.

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Sydneysiders desire to have a house with a view. But the allure of the capacious world out there can only make our body, and our mind, relentlessly unsettled, writes Xing Ruan.

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It’s a taboo topic that’s “literally filthy” to discuss, but for Nicholas Papas the toilet marries his two great passions – architecture and altruism.

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One of the world’s leading thinkers in architectural history, theory and technology will explore the disruptive potential of big data in next week’s Utzon Lecture.

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International disaster risk-reduction expert Professor David Sanderson has been appointed the inaugural Judith Neilson Chair in Architecture at UNSW.

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Forget Bondi. UNSW's Richard Goodwin has taken his latest public art work to Scandinavia for Denmark’s version of Sculpture by the Sea.

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This week's Utzon Lecture by American architect Professor Michael Benedikt looks at why modern society's fascination with rewarding experiences has turned architecture into a form of entertainment.

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