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The last issue of Architecture Australia featured
winning entries from the AA Prize for Unbuilt Work,
which played such a key part in Australian architectural
culture in the 1990s. In that issue I outlined the
background to the prize, canvassed the motivations that
drove it, and placed it in a broader context by discussing
the important role that “paper” architecture has played
over centuries of architectural practice and discourse.
We have been delighted by the response to this
coverage, and by the enthusiasm that has greeted our
intention to re-establish the prize a decade on. We were
correct in thinking that the time is ripe to once again
acknowledge, celebrate and reward this largely unseen
and unsung body of architectural work.
The magazine will give further depth to these efforts
to recognize the value and impact of unbuilt work by
continuing to retrieve fascinating paper projects from
the past through our new Radar Unbuilt series. In this
series we will invite individuals to nominate unbuilt
works from Australia’s architectural history, projects
they find captivating or compelling or instructive, and
that they feel are worth recalling. The first two works
in this series – Robin Boyd’s 1972 Australian Exposition
and Swetik Korzeniewski’s entry to the New Parliament
House competition – have been chosen by Philip Goad
and Andrew Hutson. Each has selected a work which
they came across in the course of wider research projects.
Future Radar Unbuilt pieces will continue to draw on the
work of architectural historians and researchers.
We will ask what intriguing and instructive works these
researchers have found while digging about in archives
and offices. This has the added advantage of making
some of this hidden historical work available to a wider
professional audience. But I am also keen to have input
from practitioners – what forgotten unbuilt projects have
been valuable in the development of your work? What
works have stayed with you, perhaps subtly influencing
the way you think about architecture? What projects
have you seen along the way that you think are worth
sharing with the architectural community? I would
welcome your input – please get in touch if there
is a project you want to nominate for inclusion.
But, most importantly, we are excitedly planning
the launch of the new AA Prize for Unbuilt Work.
We are establishing our judging panel and finetuning
the entry requirements and criteria. The formal
announcement will be made very soon, and we are
relying on our readers’ input and enthusiasm to help
make this a success – so start thinking what to enter now!
The other new thing readers will notice about this
issue of Architecture Australia is the look. We have new
graphic designers – Studio Round is now responsible
for the magazine’s graphic approach and we are looking
forward to working with them over the coming issues.
We would like to take the opportunity to thank
Michelina Evangelista, who has worked on the magazine
for well over a decade, first as part of Holliday Martin
and then in private practice. Over this time Michelina
has shown enormous commitment to the layout of
the magazine, always respecting and appreciating the
content – the architecture, the photography and the text
– as she strove to make each piece work coherently
on the magazine page. I am sure our readers will join
us in thanking her for these efforts and wishing her
well in new ventures.
Justine Clark, editor Architecture Australia.
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