(bobarcpics– flickr/creative commons license) Jean Nouvel designed the One Central Park tower in the new mixed-use park on Broadway street in Syndey. Vertical gardens by Patrick Blanc climb the sides of the building, as horizontal planters decorate the windows at …
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(Sarah_Ackerman– flickr/creative commons license) George McRae designed the Queen Victoria marketplace in 1898. The sandstone Romanesque Revival design uses metal structure modern for the time with classic Romanesque aesthetics and some Gothic elements, popular for America. Colorful stained glass articulates …
(roryrory– flickr/creative commons license) Ashton Raggatt McDougall designed the Melbourne Recital Centre in the Southbank of Melbourne, Australia. Completed in 2009, the main hall has seating for 1000, and a smaller auditorium seats 132. Accoustic designers Arup filled the interior …
Cox Architects designed the The Melbourne Rectangular Stadium at Edwin Flack Field next to the MCG, Tennis Center in Melbourne. It was completed in 2010 at a cost of A$246 million. Prefabricated sections fit into a geodesic steel bioframe. It …
(aagius– flickr/creative commons license) Grimshaw Architects designed the Cross Station development in Melbourne, for Civic Nexus. The massive roof floats freely above the platforms to allow connections to nearby venues. The steel structure gestures in the direction of travel. The …
(DoNotLick– flickr/creative commons license) Sir Roy Grounds designed the National Gallery of Victoria (NGV) in Southbank in 1968, and it was redesigned by Mario Bellini. LAB Architecture designed the gallery in Federation Square. The Leonard French ceiling of suspended stained …
(vincentq– flickr/creative commons license) James Gross of Bligh Voller Nield of BVN architects designed the Myer’s national office in Melbourne, Australia. It was completed in 2010 at 800 Collins Street, Docklands, next to the ANZ Centre. This and other Myer …
(powerofgreatbarrierreef– flickr/creative commons license) Robin Gibson designed the Queensland Performing Arts Complex (QAPC) in Brisbane, opened in 1985. It replaced an early twentieth century open-air auditorium that had burned down in 1954. The Lyric Theatre has 2,000 seats, the Concert …
Sydney architecture firm Architectus designed the Queensland Gallery of Modern Art (GOMA) in Brisbane, Australia. Completed in 2006, the is divided into geographic regions of the world, with a total 25,000 m² floor area. The post-modernist mix of elements reflects …
(DocklandsTony– flickr/creative commons license) Metier 3 Architects and Meinhardt consultants designed the facade for 717 Bourke Street in Melbourne’s Docklands. The 17 floor building is 17m high and is joined by a pedestrian bridge and garage park. Fins project from …