Musings
More and more in our cities – and online – individuals are getting together to share their collective voice. And although it is expressed in many ways, overwhelmingly, the shared sentiment is one of community and empathy.
The homes in this issue show that architecture can play a part in supporting the things we truly value – whether it be a connection to neighbourhood, exemplified by the generous terraced streetfront at Cantala Ave
House by ME (page 28); the desire to acknowledge culture and the historical complexities of a place, expressed by Studio Bright in its Ruckers Hill House (page 66); or the need to make flexible spaces that can support our ageing relatives, like those at Ballast Point House by Fox Johnston (cover, page 82).
These are more than residential buildings; they are civic gestures that embody our desire to live in a connected, socially and environmentally responsible way. Homes like this show that small efforts designed with a shared ethos can transform our suburbs in a way that reflects our common ambitions.
01 Get your tickets to The Architecture Symposium in Brisbane, including tours of four of the city’s most outstanding architect-designed homes. Held on the weekend of 27–28 June, the symposium, curated by Anita Panov and Andrew Scott, presents a day of robust discussion focusing on projects that provide inspirational examples of smallscale architecture. To complement the theme, The Architecture Symposium includes intimate tours of La Scala by Richards and Spence (pictured), New Farm Cottage by Vokes and Peters, Terrarium House by John Ellway and Z House by Donovan Hill. Photograph: Yaseera Moosa designspeaks.com.au
02 The 2020 Houses Awards shortlist will be announced on 8 April at Cult in Melbourne. Head to the website on 9 April for the full shortlist and don’t forget to mark the details for the awards gala presentation night in your diary: Friday 31 July at the Art Gallery of New South Wales in Sydney. Tickets on sale later this month. housesawards.com.au
03 Experience architecture in a new light at Rebecca Baumann: Radiant Flux. Spanning over 100 metres in length, this immersive, site-specific artwork sees Sydney’s iconic Carriageworks building transformed in technicolour.
Vivid hues of blue, magenta, yellow, gold, green and blue bathe the space in an everchanging wash of colour. Rebecca Baumann: Radiant Flux is on at Carriageworks until 14 June 2020.
Photograph: Zan Wimberley carriageworks.com.au
04 Enjoy the nostalgia of the 1950s and ‘60s through a photographic exhibition showcasing the work of Peter Wille, who amassed a collection of more than 6000 colour photographs of Melbourne’s architecture at the time. Peter Wille: Out Driving includes works by visionary architects Robin Boyd, Peter McIntyre, Kevin Borland, and John and Phyllis Murphy.
The exhibition is showing at State Library Victoria until 30 April 2020. Photograph: Peter Wille slv.vic.gov.au