People often make the mistake of thinking adventurous design is the realm of the young,but that’s certainly not the case for a senior living in a renovated 1920s apartment in Sydney’s Elizabeth Bay.
A glimpse inside the new-look space bringing people of all cultures together to share their backgrounds and stories.
Originally built in the 1890s as a combined butcher and green grocer store,complete with rear stables,the distinctive sandstone buildings are a city fringe landmark.
The idea of transforming an apartment into retail space is common in Paris,Hong Kong and Singapore,which are well known for their vertical-style of retailing in apartment buildings. But doing it in Melbourne is relatively new.
Nightingale Village,a collection of six neighbouring buildings,continues a vision for affordable,sustainable living in suburban Brunswick.
The transformation of the Moss Vale council building into an art hotel has won Balmain architect Luke Moloney a host of the state’s top architecture awards.
Tourists and locals can look up at the building’s highly decorative exterior,and see everything from giant medieval knights to koalas on the top of the façade.
Meet the Australian landscape architects moving away from “making beautiful things and scenery to being about change”.
The impressive Gothic-style Wesleyan church on the grounds of the Albert Park Primary School has been transformed into a new-look,multipurpose performance hub.
While Victorian-era buildings of this calibre are now handled with kid gloves,they could easily have been just placards on a wall had the Historic Buildings Act not been passed in 1974 to prevent their demise.
Since the early 20th century,the Royal Exhibition Building rooftop was accessible for maintenance only and not available to the public. However,that’s now all changed with the stunning upgrade of a new boardwalk,providing sweeping views across Melbourne.