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• Navigating the Metaverse with your AI Concierge

  13-09-2023 05:30 via archdaily.com
  
  Illustrations from the Icon, where large structures provide a context for an overlapping of physical and virtual experiences. Image Courtesy of John Marx/ Form4 ArchitectureThis article is the fourth in a series focusing on the Architecture of the Metaverse. ArchDaily has collaborated with John Marx, AIA, the founding design principal and Chief Artistic Officer of Form4 Architecture, to bring you monthly articles that seek to define the Metaverse, convey the potential of this new realm as well a
  
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• Institute announces Victorian election priorities

  23-09-2026 08:00 via architectureau.com
  
  Good design, sustainable growth and long-term planning are the three priority areas the Institute hopes to be considered for the next Victorian government.
  
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• Alba Apartment by Scott Weston Architecture and Design

  23-09-2026 04:05 via architectureau.com
  For their nightclub owner client, Scott Weston Architecture and Design has created a colour-saturated world of rich materials, secret doors and unexpected details.
  
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• Work underway for $800 million Melbourne Square skyscraper

  23-09-2026 03:54 via architectureau.com
  
  The “Japanese-inspired retreat” shaped by Cox Architecture, DKO and Oculus marks the third phase of the Melbourne Square precinct.
  
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• Vale Paul Couch 1938–2026

  23-09-2026 02:50 via architectureau.com
  
  Norman Day pays tribute to the Victorian architect Paul Couch, who he describes as an “architect [that] had paired down life’s needs to an almost abstract sense of a continuity in space.”
  
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• Lowland Farm House by Paul Couch

  23-09-2026 02:48 via architectureau.com
  
  In this extract from Paul Couch, Field Studies, architect James Mugavin reflects on one of Couch’s characteristically robust and layered homes in western Victoria.
  
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• Meet the owners of Half Light House

  23-09-2026 02:45 via architectureau.com
  
  A transparent addition to a Brisbane home that encircles a shaded pool was named Australian House of the Year at the 2026 Houses Awards. Here, the homeowners talk about what it’s like to live in this “adventurous” home – one that makes everyday life feel like being on holiday.
  
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• Meet the maker: Zachary Frankel

  23-09-2026 02:44 via architectureau.com
  
  Trained as a silversmith, this Melbourne-based designer now makes furniture and objects that are intuitive and tactile.
  
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• What's on in October 2026

  23-09-2026 02:43 via architectureau.com
  
  This month, hear from architects and designers at events in Melbourne, Adelaide and Brisbane as they discuss their first and last projects, their designs for adaptable spaces with long lifespans, and collaboration in the built environment.
  
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• Vale Cal Swann 1935–2026

  23-09-2026 00:08 via architectureau.com
  
  Cal Swann died on 19 July 2026 at the age of 91 in Western Australia. He was a typographer, author and design educator.
  
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• Sydney's George Street overhaul reaches final stage

  22-09-2026 04:55 via architectureau.com
  
  The City of Sydney has approached its concluding hurdle in George Street’s “beautification,” with the proposal of a boulevard focussed on activating pedestrian traffic.
  
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• Australian projects featured in Dezeen Awards 2026 shortlist and regional showcase

  22-09-2026 03:17 via architectureau.com
  
  Dezeen has released its shortlists for its 2026 awards program, along with its showcase of best projects in the Asia Pacific region.
  
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• Australia has a housing shortage – so why are Bathla and other home builders collapsing?

  22-09-2026 01:10 via architectureau.com
  
  There’s no shortage of demand for new homes. What we lack is a construction system capable of delivering them reliably, sustainably and at scale.
  
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• Who cares? On education as common ground in times of disruptive change

  21-09-2026 00:44 via architectureau.com
  
  Facing an urgent climate crisis and increasing professional demands, the profession can no longer afford the divide between classroom theory and real-world practice, Liz Brogden argues.
  
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• Who cares? On creating a common ground in times of disruptive change

  21-09-2026 00:44 via architectureau.com
  
  Facing an urgent climate crisis and increasing professional demands, the profession can no longer afford the divide between classroom theory and real-world practice, Liz Brogden argues.
  
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• Construction commences on Melbourne tower designed by Cox Architecture and Fender Katsalidis

  18-09-2026 07:47 via architectureau.com
  
  The project will see a 72-storey tower with over 850 new homes erected on La Trobe street in Melbourne’s CBD.
  
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• Adelaide Design Week returns in 2026

  18-09-2026 02:35 via architectureau.com
  
  Returning for its second year, Adelaide Design Week launches its program of more than 80 events and activations across the city.
  
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• Program announced for Sydney Open 2026

  18-09-2026 00:55 via architectureau.com
  
  This November, the annual one-day Sydney Open will offer access to rarely seen spaces, contemporary developments and historic landmarks.
  
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• Kenny House by John Kenny

  17-09-2026 02:17 via architectureau.com
  
  In this extract from the newly published book Riverside Modern, author Jake Taylor reflects on one of the last mid-century houses designed in Melbourne’s Studley Park, whose functional planning, richly textured materials and confident geometric arrangements make it still a wonderful example of a suburban family home.
  
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• Hislop Hill House by Clare Cousins Architects

  17-09-2026 01:34 via architectureau.com
  
  Harmonising discretion and openness, this Balwyn North home establishes itself as tranquil grounds for a family of four to gather together through its connection to landscape.
  
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• Masterplan for $3.2 billion Rhodes waterfront development revealed

  17-09-2026 01:17 via architectureau.com
  
  Architects SJB and Furtado Sullivan have envisioned over 1,700 new homes and further community infrastructure for Sydney’s inner west.
  
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• Gold Coast Open House 2026 program revealed

  16-09-2026 07:35 via architectureau.com
  
  Over two days in October, the city will open its doors to infrastructure, research and education facilities, and private homes.
  
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• Goons Brewing by Fabric Studio

  16-09-2026 02:11 via architectureau.com
  
  Part Aussie pub, part New York diner, part Latino bodega and part very well-put-together garage, Goons Brewing is a deliberately unpolished new brewery on the NSW Central Coast, designed by Fabric Studio to channel the brand’s irreverent personality into a warm, nostalgic space.
  
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• Concept design for new station and precinct at Sydney Olympic Park revealed

  16-09-2026 01:56 via architectureau.com
  Visions for the new Sydney Olympic Park metro station and surrounding precinct have been unveiled, with the development proposed to “boost passenger movements and vibrancy” at the entertainment site.
  
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• In conversation with Belqis Youssofzay, designer behind Migrating Modernism exhibition

  15-09-2026 23:58 via architectureau.com
  
  How do you translate the great Harry Seidler's architectural ideas into an exhibition environment? Youssofzay Hart's Belqis Youssofzay tells us how they did it.
  
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• Sydney Avenue Offices by BVN

  15-09-2026 01:44 via architectureau.com
  
  Working with an 100-metre frontage and five expansive 5,700-square-metre floorplates, BVN has employed clever massing, spatially-rich sequencing and a sense of civic scale and materiality to create a workplace that feels urban within its Canberra setting.
  
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• Clifton House by Matthew Crawford Architects

  14-09-2026 04:34 via architectureau.com
  
  A Perth home designed in 1951 by Marshall Clifton, compromised by gradual accretions made in subsequent decades, is reclaimed in a careful and coherent process of repair.
  
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• Influences, not influencers, take centre stage at upcoming architecture symposium

  14-09-2026 03:13 via architectureau.com
  
  At the Sydney edition of The Architecture Symposium this November, Australian architects and creatives will gather to discuss the books, music, art, films, places, people and experiences that have shaped their thinking and practice.
  
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• When to invest in sustainability credentials

  14-09-2026 02:56 via architectureau.com
  
  Jeremy McLeod, Nic Brunsdon and Lee Hillam unpack the value of gaining sustainability credentials, such as B Corp certification – weighing the benefits against the costs to businesses, and discussing the right timing for practices looking to get accredited.
  
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• 9,400 new homes proposed for inner Sydney under state-led rezoning proposal

  11-09-2026 09:05 via architectureau.com
  
  Under the draft vision, planning controls in Woollahra and Edgecliff would be overhauled to accommodate towers up to 34 storeys high, in a bid to increase housing growth in Sydney’s east.
  
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