Due to Victoria’s evolving COVID situation, G21’s annual stakeholder forum will pivot to a virtual,
video-streamed, free event on the same date, Friday 6 August (9.30 am – 12 noon).
The same stellar line-up of speakers will be taking part in a thought-provoking discussion on how the
G21 region can manage its fast-growing population while remaining one of Australia’s most liveable
regions.
The forum will also be live on 94.7 The Pulse with broadcast host Mitchell Dye.
Those who have already registered and paid to attend the face-to-face forum will receive a full
refund in coming days via Eventbrite.
Different format – same great event
Architecture news & editorial desk
Sustainable design addressing climate change, adaptive re-use, post-pandemic public spaces and collaborative projects were some of the highlights of the Australian Institute of Architects’ 2021 NSW Architecture Awards announced last week.
The winners were drawn from a total of 299 entries across 13 categories, with the most highly awarded projects sharing common attributes, according to NSW chair of juries, Peter Mould.
“Architects in NSW continue to address the challenges of climate change through sustainable and innovative design,” Mould said.
“Many of the awarded projects are existing buildings that have been adapted for new uses or had existing uses reinvigorated. This sustainably captures all the embodied energy and craft from the past as well as retaining their important contribution to local urban character.
The Frame Awards jury has crowned a hostel-cum-library in rural China as the winning project in the latest round of Interiors of the Month.
Our March Interior of the Month winner combines two unexpected typologies: a capsule hostel and community library. To get there, one must make their way through the deep forests of Tonglu, in China’s Zhejiang province. There they’ll encounter the village of Qinglongwu, where the Atelier Tao+C-designed space is located. The firm renovated a traditional old house constructed from wood and mud walls, transforming it into a 10-room lodge centred by an expansive library and bookstore open to the public. Submitted in the category of Hotel, the Capsule Hostel and Bookstore Qinglongwu achieved a total mark of 8.81, celebrated very highly in the creativity criteria, the end score of which was a remarkable 9.47.
The home is built to Passivhaus standards, is extremely air-tight with only 1.2 air changes per hour and uses passive solar design to maximise sun penetration in winter and shade the interiors in summer. It has a highly thermally efficient envelope, is cross-ventilated and harnesses the existing buildings thermal mass.