(DocklandsTony– flickr/creative commons license) Hassel Architecture studio designed the ANZ Bank Center in Melbourne, Architecture. The central atrium is wrapped around a stack of public spaces, restaurants and common areas. Office spaces for the bank stack above this commercial campus. …
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(the_beekeeper001– flickr/creative commons license) Tappin, Gilbert and Dennehy designed Storey Hall in 1887. This refurbishment was designed by Ashton Raggatt McDougall for the Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology University and completed in 1995. The $13.9 million project transformed the space …
(b r e n t– flickr/creative commons license) Twelve of the eighteen bells in the Swan Tower are a historic gift from the Trafalgar Square in London. Hames Sharley designed the Swan Bell Tower in Perth Australia, designed in 2001. …
(xiquinhosilva– flickr/creative commons license) Lab architecture studio designed the Federation Square civic complex in Melbourne, Australia. Completed in 2003, the project includes retail space, the National Gallery of Victoria’s collection of Australian art, a visitor’s centre, a glass walled theatre, …
Perspective across Brisbane river towards Brisbane city, the Brisbane Opera House bridging over the existing expressway, connecting the city to the river. Jesse Lockhart-Krause designed this project for an Opera House in Northbank Brisbane, Queensland. It was influenced by the …
Architect Jørn Utzon designed the Sydney Opera House, completed in 1973. Utzon received the Pritzker Prize in 2003 for the opera house, “one of the great iconic buildings of the twentieth century.” The composition brings together complex cuts from a …
(eileenmak– flickr/creative commons license) The National Museum of Australia was built in the Acton suburb of Australia’s Acton Peninsula. Architect Howard Raggatt threw together many various elements in a messy display of “puzzling confluence.” It is a “tangled vision” of …
Der Grazer Schloßberg castle in Graz Austria was built in the 10th century atop a fortified hill in the center of the city. Napoleonic forces destroyed whatever wasn’t paid for by the town’s citizens. Baron Ludwig von Welden converted the …
(thoughtfactory– flickr/creative commons license) Mariano Deuonni of Hassell designed the Roma Mitchell Law Courts for the Federal, Family and Federal Magistrates courts, and High Courts in Australia. This $96 million building has 22 courtrooms. It opened in 2006. The circular …
(Burning Image– flickr/creative commons license) The Queen Street Mall in Brisbane Australia includes 5 shopping centres, 4 shopping arcades, 2 department stores and many other venues along the street. It includes the Brisbane Arcade, Broadway on the mall, MacArthur Central, …