The famously secret ballot has been drawn once again, and the acclaimed Wang Shu declared the winner of the Pritzker Prize. An Academy Award. The Nobel Peace Prize. The Man Booker Prize. All prestigious awards. All guaranteed to bring fame and fortune to their recipient. And alongside them in distinction is the Pritzker Prize – the most coveted and distinguished prize in Architecture world-wide.
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Serving both liturgical and secular purposes, the striking shapes which form the Oasis Pastoral Care Voestalpine rise from the hillside, serving as a metaphorical representation relating to the interaction between pastoral care and the surrounding steel community. The building, located in the diocese of Linz, on the site of the steel company Voestalpine is a built example of how religious and temporal worlds can co-exist.
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Established in 1932, the Tel Aviv Museum of Art’s history stretches back even prior to the foundation of Israel. The story of this building, in turn, tells us many other stories about the incredible city in which it was born. It all began in 1931, when the artist Marc Chagall gave the painting Jew with Torah to the city’s mayor. The work was installed in the museum’s original building – Mayor Meir Dizengoff’s house, which opened as a museum the next year. Since this humble beginning, the Tel Aviv Museum of Art has taken on many forms, in a variety of buildings. From its location at the very spot in which David Ben-Gurion founded the city in 1910, to its definitively Brutalist 1971 form, the Museum has always formed an important part of the cultural and historical fabric of Tel Aviv.
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Tropical is in. At least, that’s seems to be the current idea, one you could be forgiven for feeling if you were to glance at the winner of both the 2011 ‘National Award for Residential Architecture – Houses’ and the 2011 Robin Dods Award for Residential Architecture – Houses QLD’. That prestigious honour goes to Solis on Hamilton Island, a beautiful three bedroom home designed by the small, innovative team of Renato D’Ettorre Architects.
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38 Waterloo Street is an award- winning multi-use building recently completed by Sydney based practice, Candalepas Associates. While the predominately residential building is successful in meeting the demands of inner city living, it is equally successful in its relationship with the surrounding neighbourhood and community.
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Pennell Road Residence looks a lot like an oversized, albeit incredibly sophisticated, campervan. Looking at the house, it is hard not to be reminded of the caravan that sat abandoned in this self-same spot for years. Of course, this is deliberate, but it really does give you a sense of the incredibly chilled out vibe that radiates from the lime-washed walls of David Hartree’s latest design. It is a spot for a good old-fashioned backyard (or in this case frontyard) swim, utterly devoid of pretension and permeated with neighbourly good cheer.
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Ian Moore Architects’ award-winning conversion of a nineteenth century warehouse balances old with new by continuing rather than preserving the building’s history.
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Working with a site that backs onto a vast expanse of ocean presents endless possibilities for architects and designers. Coastlines all over the world are dotted with architectural monuments that reflect an enormous range of cultures and styles. Coogee House – the residence of a well- travelled family– combines some of the best-loved elements of antipodean waterfront design into a beautiful residence that is part-resort/part-house.
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