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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...
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    Development & Planning

    Urban Melbourne is tracking 1.3 million square metres of office space in development
    Tuesday, October 24, 2017 - 06:00
    1,284,577 square metres is the raw number. Urban Melbourne's Project Database is keeping tabs on close to 1.3 million square metres of office space at various stages of development across Melbourne. It is a phenomenal figure which shows just how bullish the office sector is across this city.
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    Policy, Culture & Opinion

    Victorian Government takes wrapping off its rental reforms
    Monday, October 9, 2017 - 12:00
    Spring Street on Sunday unveiled its package of rental reforms that will see a variety of changes to the Residential Tenancies Act (1997). The state government has branded the reforms 'Rent Fair Victoria' and set up a website outlining the changes.
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    Visual Melbourne

    Docklands Places and Spaces, part four: Batmans Hill and Stadium
    Friday, August 25, 2017 - 07:00
    The former site of John Batman's home, Batman's Hill is entering the final stages of its redevelopment. Collins Square's final tower has begun its skyward ascent, as has Lendlease's Melbourne Quarter Commercial and Residential precinct already. Melbourne Quarter's first stage is at construction and involves a new 12-storey home for consultancy firm Arup along with a skypark.
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    Transport & Design

    Walking, bikes and public transport the big focus in Fishermans Bend's integrated transport plan
    Monday, October 23, 2017 - 12:00
    The draft Fishermans Bend framework that was released on Saturday included an integrated transport plan that seeks to address targets such as 80% of all trips to be made by sustainable transport modes that were set out in the vision and now carried through to the draft framework.
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    Sustainability & Environment

    Cbus Property's 720 Bourke achieves WELL Certification with launch of Green by Design Brand
    Tuesday, October 24, 2017 - 12:00
    Cbus Property's office development for Medibank at 720 Bourke Street in Docklands recently became the first Australian existing property to receive a WELL Certification, Gold Shell and Core rating. The WELL rating goes beyond sustainable building features with a greater focus on the health and well-being of a building's occupants.
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