A public school in south-west Sydney has been delivered in less than 9 months, with its classrooms, commons, and building envelope built almost entirely from exposed laminated veneer lumber that doubles as both structure and finished surface. That is according…
Rising 33 storeys above South Brisbane, Upper House delivers 188 apartments beneath a sculptural timber pergola drawn from the buttress root system of the native Moreton Bay Fig. Designed by Koichi Takada Architects for Aria Property Group, the West End…
Applications are now open for the 2026 Australian Timber Design Awards. Established in 2000, this national design competition promotes and encourages outstanding timber design in the built environment. The Awards aim to enhance the Australian timber design ethos by encouraging…
When a Cheese Tree succumbed to storm damage mid-design, Sydney practice Anderson Architecture didn’t reach for a replacement planting strategy — they found a name. Sapling, a cross-laminated timber home for a growing family in Lilyfield, is one of the…
One of the architects behind Australia’s most iconic public building has reflected on how native timbers helped shape the identity of “the people’s house on a hill.” Harold (Hal) Guida, former Partner-in-Charge of Design Coordination at Mitchell/Giurgola & Thorp Architects,…
Plans for a bold new arts and cultural precinct in Cairns are gaining momentum, with sculpted timber columns inspired by the fig trees of Fogarty Park set to anchor the design. Revealed yesterday by Cairns Regional Council, the proposed gallery…
