Tag: Oceania | The Plan

From agar to plastic hotels: two innovative solutions to recycle the plastics that pollute our ocean

Margot Krasojević | Marco Caniato

Plastics made from finite resources have posed a growing threat to the environment since World War II. If they’re not recycled, many of the plastics that we use every day in our homes end up polluting the seas and oceans. In this article we’re looking at two solutions that architects and researchers have developed to address the problem of ocean pollution in an ecological and sustainable way.

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Luna Rossa Base

Promo S.p.A. - in its role as official supplier - has assisted the team of Luna Rossa in finding the perfect materials and technical and structural components for the team's base in Auckland.

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Ian Potter Southbank Centre (IPSC)

John Wardle Architects

John Wardle Architects has recently completed the Ian Potter Southbank Centre (IPSC) conservatorium in Melbourne, Australia.

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Geelong Library & Heritage Centre

ARM Architecture

Mapei adhesives were using in laying the cladding for the Geelong Library & Heritage Centre.

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The Hungry Fox

Bruce Henderson Architects

The café The Hungry Fox has been designed using natural materials from around the world and is the first project in Australia to use thermally-modified American tulipwood in exterior cladding. Selected for its rich colour and uniform texture, American tulipwood provided not only the aesthetic impact sought by Bruce Henderson Architects, but also the stability.

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Tanderrum Bridge

John Wardle Architects and Nadaa | Oculus

One of the most interesting challenges in today’s urban fabric is how to use pedestrian infrastructure to reconnect disconnected sections of a city. Very

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White in the city - Every shade of white

White in the City event that is the brainchild of Claudio Balestri, Chairman of Oikos materia e colore per l’architettura, at the Milano Design Week 2017.

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Victorian Comprehensive Cancer Centre

Silver Thomas Hanley | Design Inc | McBride Charles Ryan

Parkville, Melbourne’s biomedical precinct, is home to the Victorian Comprehensive Cancer Centre, Australia’s leading such facility and a top-class

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The Frank Bartlett Library and Service Centre

FJMT

Situated in a sweeping valley surrounded by prominent mountain ranges, the small regional town of Moe in Victoria’s Gippsland is viewed as the poor cousin of its neighbors.

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699 Bourke Street EN

Grimshaw Architects

699 Bourke Street

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Prima Pearl Tower

Disegno Australia

The Prima Pearl Tower rises in the South Bank district of Melbourne, one of the tallest apartment blocks in the city. The curving façade is clad in bronz

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Crackenback Stables

Casey Brown Architecture

High amongst bushland and snow grass in the beautiful Snowy Mountains reside these contemporary Australian sheds. Their undulating forms echoing the mountain ba

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