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UniMelb adds Swanston Street to their student accommodation portfolio

Wed, 25/10/2017 - 07:00 Mark Baljak
The University of Melbourne is once more chasing the right to create another significant student housing complex. Located at 625-631 Swanston Street, the project has been dubbed Lincoln Square South and finds itself in the middle of Melbourne's evolving student precinct centred around Carlton's Swanston Street stretch. Lincoln Square South is the latest development that will help support the 50,000 students that visit the institution's Parkville...

Two tertiary institutions line up new build projects

Tue, 15/11/2016 - 12:00 Mark Baljak
Melbourne University and Australian Catholic University are expected to host two new buildings that will further enhance their respective academic capabilities. With both projects at planning assessment, either build is still some time from fruition. In Carlton, The Graduate Union of the University of Melbourne is planning to expand their services provided by way of a new building accommodating 136 studio apartments. Gladstone Terraces which...

Arts West fits best for Melbourne University

Mon, 17/10/2016 - 12:00 Mark Baljak
One of the city's more significant design contributions has taken its place within the grounds of Melbourne University. In the heart of the Parkville campus, the new Arts West Redevelopment was unveiled at the turn of September and primarily consists of a new $66 million teaching and learning building. Arts West also shapes as a key placemaking project, allowing the immediate area to tie-in by way of a newly landscaped plaza which references...

Southbank street life flourishes under the new Melbourne Conservatorium of Music proposal

Wed, 05/10/2016 - 00:00 Mark Baljak
The proposed new Melbourne Conservatorium of Music (MCM) on Sturt Street is shaping to become much more than a cutting edge venue. While the project has been given coverage to date across a range of mediums, very little has been said regarding the project playing an integral part in the wider push to enliven the Arts Precinct and Southbank as a whole. With plans for the $105 million complex now on display, it's an apt time to explore the...

Red + Black Review: Melbourne School of Design

Fri, 16/01/2015 - 00:00 Michael Smith
One of the most significant additions to Melbourne’s world class Architecture in 2014 is a building full of expectation and promise. Some buildings have more expectations on them than others. When a new school of architecture such as the new Melbourne School of Design is built the design stakes are rarely higher. Every aspect of the building will be continually measured analysed, photographed, critiqued and criticized for the life of the...

Melbourne University's building program reloaded

Tue, 25/11/2014 - 12:00 Mark Baljak
Not all that long ago Urban Melbourne highlighted the impressive building infrastructure program that Melbourne University had and is undertaking, culminating with the Melbourne School of Design. A short few weeks later two additional projects have surfaced, each of which are set to make significant impacts upon their surrounds. Arts West Redevelopment Project Works are expected to begin prior to year's end on Melbourne University's Arts West...

Impressions of the Melbourne School of Design

Tue, 16/09/2014 - 08:00 Mark Baljak
University of Melbourne's new Faculty of Architecture, Building and Planning complex has recently been completed. Under the guise of the Melbourne School of Design, the new John Wardle and NADAAA designed building is located within the heart of the university's Carlton campus fronting Masson Road. Subject to an international design competition, 133 submissions from 15 countries were initially received for the landmark structure. Six competing...

Melbourne University's building infrastructure upgrade

Mon, 04/08/2014 - 12:00 Mark Baljak
The quality of the ‘Melbourne Experience’ is closely aligned with the level of amenity at all campuses of the University. Programs that upgrade teaching spaces, develop student facilities, increase the functionality of research infrastructure and improve the presentation of the external campus environments are a critical component of this experience for students, staff and visitors. UoM Enabler Strategy: Building Infrastructure Those are the...

    Development & Planning

    Southbank's Boyd Park moves a step closer
    Thursday, April 19, 2018 - 12:00
    The City of Melbourne's Boyd Park concept plan is a step closer to being realised with Melbourne City Council via its Future (Planning) Committee forum, endorsing the scheme and resolving to issue a Planning Permit.
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    Transport & Design

    MCG redevelopment, Jolimont railyards, Fed Square East, Jolimont rail corridor deck
    MCG's decking proposal could be the catalyst for Fed Square East?
    Friday, April 20, 2018 - 00:00
    A topic which rears its head at least once a year is the decking of the Jolimont railyards as a means of providing a stronger connection between the Melbourne CBD and the Yarra River, while adding to the city's open space network.
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