Month: August 2009

  • Paddington Reservoir Review for Monument Magazine

    Following is a review that I wrote for Monument Magazine. I have written briefly about the Reservoir on the blog when it opened, but it the article following was a good opportunity to It appears in Issue 92 currently on sale. Paddington Reservoir Tonkin Zulaikha Greer with JMD Design (Landscape) and Simpson Design (Structural Engineering)…

  • Think Brick

    This year’s About Face Award—the annual competition looking for innovative use of bricks—entries are up online, for you to again, vote for your favourite. This year’s brief called for medium scale mixed use developments, with entries by DRAW, Minifie Nixon, MCK amongst others.

  • The University of Melbourne Architecture School

    The University of Melbourne is running a competition for a New Building for the Faculty of Architecture Building and Planning. They have made available online, video of the public presentations made by each of the shortlisted teams of their practice and approach (not presentations of the team’s competition entries).

  • Reburbia

    Vote now for the finalists in the Reburbia Competition—A competition to reconsider the suburban condition. SC buddies Lacoste+Stevenson have an entry in the running that proposes placing long flat housing on piloti over existing suburban streets that fold up to form towers at the intersections.

  • By George!

    A little belated this one…but, you know we got there eventually. The City of Sydney has selected the projects that will be included in this year’s temporary art program in the laneways of the CBD. The project is curated by Dr Steffen Lehmann and the theme this year is “By George! Hidden Networks“. Eight projects…

  • New Weird Australia

    New Weird Australia. A monthly compilation promoting eclectic and experimental Australian music. “Neither popular nor alternative, neither one genre nor another, New Weird Australia represents a new breed of Australian musicians that find refuge in the space between us. We hope you enjoy this selection and seek out the full library of work that these…