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| New South Wales |
 Geoffrey Adams is the RAIA NSW Chapter's
new state manager Sydney Harbour
Foreshore Authority's revitalisation of Dawes
Point Park received two awards for at the
RAPI Awards The New South Wales
Board of Architects have awarded six Byera
Hadley Travelling Scholarships, three to
registered architects Peter Myers, Colin
James and Matthew Chan, and three to
students Adriano Pupillo (USydney), Jennifer
Phelan (UNewcastle) and Simon Swain (UTS). The major award is to Myers to help turn his
writings on the "third city" into a book
The Premier has launched the Residential
Flat Design Pattern Book. Developed by the
Urban Design Advisory Service and the NSW
Government Architect's Office, it includes
case studies and design principles for good
apartment design Tracings: Woolloomooloo to Walsh Bay, an exhibition
of drawings by Belinda Ward showed at A ¨C
Space on Cleveland SydneyCentral, the
winner of the Parramatta Road competition,
by Choi Ropiha, McGregor+Partners and
Stanisic Associates is on display at the
Customs House until February Newcastle
hosted the National Urban Design Forum,
focussing on the redevelopment of historic
inner city regions last November, with Philip
Adams's Hunter Lecture particularly well
received Sydney's inner city council
boundaries have changed. The City of
Sydney is now responsible for
Woolloomooloo, Kings Cross, Potts Point,
Rushcutters Bay, Elizabeth Bay, Darlinghurst,
Chippendale, the University of Sydney, the
Royal Prince Alfred Hospital, Glebe and
Forest Lodge Michael Nash is now CEO
of DesignInc Sydney, leaving former CEO
Richard Dinham to focus on the national
development of DesignInc Ltd Susan
Playford has been appointed manager of the
NSW office of PDT Architects, the rebranded
Powell Dods and Thorpe The Sydney
Harbour Foreshore Authority will undertake a
masterplan for the the Sydney Fish Market,
in association with the market Altair,
designed by Engelen Moore, has won
Australand the High Density Project of the
Year Award at HIA Housing Awards NSW
Government Architect Chris Johnson has
been appointed by Parramatta City Council to
prepare a master plan for the city's Civic
Centre site. Johnson has also been appointed
by Sydney Water to design a 30,000 m2
office building within the same precinct
Bob Nation has left Nation Fender Katsalidis
and will join Greg Crone to form Crone Nation
Lindsay Johnston and Bob Donaldson are
both retiring from UNewcastle, but will
remain closely associated with the School of
Architecture as conjoint staff Chris
Landorf has been appointed to UNewcastle
as senior lecturer and Steven Fleming as
lecturer Sydney's Green Square
competition, judged by Netherlands
Government Architect Jo Coenen, Mick
Keniger and Chris Johnson, has been won by
the collaborative team of Weil Arets, Turner +
Associates, McGregor + Partners, Holos
Consulting. Two teams received high
commendations: Alsop Architects, SJB
Architects and Urbis; and T.R. Hamzah &
Yeang and Jackson Teece Chesterman Willis
Jo Coenen also spoke publicly about the
Dutch government's initiatives in public
architecture, residential flats and
environmental design and showed some of
his own recent work David Nelson from
Norman Foster's office has presented the
design of a new office building to the Central
Sydney Planning Committee. Incorporating
advanced ESD principals, the project is being
undertaken in conjunction with Ken Maher of
Hassell The Department of Urban Affairs
and Planning has changed its name to
planningNSW Adrian Boddy has retired
from UTS. Colleagues friends and students
made postcards as a visual tribute at his
farewell party last December Earle Arney
has been appointed as a partner at Woods
Bagot Dr Tim Flannery will give the
National Trust Heritage Lecture on 23 April
Naomi Stead has been appointed as an
associate lecturer at UTS The Pier 8/9
redevelopment in Walsh Bay won the Urban
Renewal and NSW President's Awards at the
Urban Development Institute of Australia
NSW Awards for Excellence Elizabeth
Farrelly has won the Pascall Prize for her
architectural journalism Jahn Associates
have been commissioned by Waverly Council
to develop the design of the proposed $140
million Bondi Junction upgrade
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| Australian Capital Territory |
Reconciliation Place was completed in
December last year, however the installation
of the slivers has been delayed until the new
year. The Australian reports that the project
struck problems over the "separation sliver",
depicting images of apparently happy
children at play, in foster homes and at
school. Aden Ridgeway called for a boycott
of the project, claiming that the Howard
government is trying to reinvent history
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Subplot, an installation by Dianne Peacock at the Spencer Street Railway Station.
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The Inverloch Summer Architecture Series is
running again on January 17 and 24 at the
Anglers Club, Inverloch
RMIT University
has awarded Joe Rollo with an honorary
masters degree for his work in architectural
journalism Dianne Peacock's installation
"Subplot" used light and water to transform
a subway at Spencer Street Station. Part of
the Platform Artists Group initiative, the
project also received funding from the City of
Melbourne Bates Smart has promoted
Roger Chapman, Alex Haynes and Georgie
Tregear to associate director, and Tim
Hungerford, Jacqui Lomas, Mary Noonan,
Shaun Schroter and Luisa Watson to
associate Maria McCarthy has reestablished
her lighting consultancy in
Melbourne Seamus McCartney, of
UMelbourne won the Gold Treasury
Museum's student competition for the
design of a Museum of Paper. Mark Raggatt
and Keith Tan, of RMIT, shared second place
Gregory Burgess Architects has won the
Heritage Property Award for the Catholic
Theological College The Greater City of
Geelong has sponsored Bilbao: the
Transformation of a City, showing at the
National Wool Museum until April 12 The
National Trust (Vic) has established an
advisory centre to assist the public with
restoration advice The CSIRO ran a
forum, "Buildings Reinvented: Designing a
Smarter Innovative Future", in late November
Andrew Andersons' extensions to the
Ballarat Art Gallery opened in November last
year The RAIA Vic Chapter once again
closed the year with Small, an exhibition of
work from new, young Melbourne practices
Lend Lease has released their "new
identity" for the Victoria Harbour
development on Melbourne's Docklands. John Wardle has been appointed as the
architect of the first residential development
Alison Hopper, of Bates Smart, won an
Arup Award for Outstanding Achievement in
Design for her work on the Gymnastics
Victoria/National Institute of Circus Arts
Building at the National Association of
Women in Construction Awards
November saw the Melbourne component of
Tramjatra, a collaborative project between
artists and tramways communities of
Melbourne and Kolkata. Curated by Michael
Douglas, it included an installation by James
Legge of Six Degrees Leighton
Properties and Folkestone have announced
plans for 700 Collins Street, an office
development to be built on the extended
Collins Street in the Batmans Hill Dockland
precinct. It will be designed by Bligh Voller
Nield and Peddle Thorp
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| Western Australia |
The "Your Kinda House" competition,
organised by the Goldfields Esperance
Development Commission, has announced
the following winners. Kalgoorlie-Boulder
was won by Fiona Hogg of Troppo Architects,
with a commendation to George Nunn and
special mention for Adrian Iredale of Iredale
Pedersen Hook. Esperance Precinct was won
by Christopher James, with a commendation
for Fiona Hogg and special mention to Kate
Hislop, UWA. Rural and Remote Zone was
won by Christopher James with a special
mention for Finn Pederson of Iredale
Pedersen Hook The RAIA WA Chapter is
running "Working with an Architect", a series
of public lectures at local council civic
centres Curtin University sent groups of
architecture students to Turkey and to Kuala
Lumpur at the end of last year Greg
Cowan spoke on ABC Radio National's "The
Comfort Zone" in December, promoting the
architectural significance of the Aboriginal
Tent Embassy Cox Howlett + Bailey
Woodland's new convention and exhibition
centre has finally commenced construction
on the Perth foreshore The new Dental
Hospital by Hames Sharley on the QE II
Medical Centre campus has opened The
Minister for Housing Tom Stephens's
suggestion that more public housing should
be located in Perth's exclusive western
suburbs has lead to an outcry from residents
and has resulted in clauses in new housing
development contracts that prevent
HomesWest, the public housing commission,
from buying land DCM's Melville Aquatic
Centre is currently under construction
The Government Taskforce, chaired by John
Hyde, has announced that the proposed
"security of payment" legislation will include
architectural and engineering consultants
Max Hipkins, director of planning for the City
of Perth, has invited comments on six
scenarios for the city's future development as
part of a structured approach to developing a
strategic plan Donaldson + Warn have
been appointed to undertake a study of the
old Land Titles Building in Perth's "heritage
precinct" After analysing 20,000 crimes,
the Australian Institute of Criminology has
backed Gosnells City Council research which
demonstrated that houses on interconnected
streets in a traditional grid pattern have lower
crime rates than those in cul-de-sacs
The extensions to the Burswood resort by
Silver Thomas Hanley and Ancher Mortlock
and Woolley were progressively opened
between Christmas and New Year
Curtin's School of Architecture, Construction
and Planning has "digested" recent
comments about the Perth Urban Forum and
say that constructive criticism will be
incorporated into the next architectural forum
they held John Pidgeon has received the
annual WA Heritage Award for an individual
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