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SOYA 365

Soya is back, this year with a tweak to the name and concept. Soya 365 will be run as a year round initiative with each category closing every month; great news for those whose talents are spread across multiple disciplines!

The range of categories have also expanded, with eleven creative fields on the burner. There are some exciting destinations for the winners, including South by Southwest, Cannes Lions Awards, and London Design Festival.

The first category closes in 28 days, time to don those creative hats.

Melbourne Architecture Annual

Melbourne Architecture Annual starts 24th to 30th October. MA|A is a Melbourne-wide festival that explores your city, your home and your architecture. Have a look at their website for further details of events and how to get involved //

Sheargold

The Red Bull office in Sydney is definitely one of my favourite 'meeting' experiences to date. A visual overload of light, texture, humour and general sense of fun encapsulated perfectly by Matthew Sheargold - an award winning designer who fluctuates between interior, product and furniture design for the last 17 years. Beautiful products and projects to be explored.

World Architecture Day / Process Melbourne

Today is world architecture day // Process this evening with Andrew Maynard & Fiona Winzar 6.30pm at Loop, Melbourne

tape melbourne

 

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Installation by Numen/For Use commissioned by Federation Square as a part of their Creative Program focussing on experimental large-scale public art and its social and communal relevance.

The full 16 meters stretch of the Fed Square's Western Terrace is the greatest span traversed by a Tape Installation thus far.

It runs until 24th September / tape melbourne

/ these beautiful images were shot by our good friend Tony Gorsevski

Perth Architecture Week 2011

A unique constructed 'box city' for kids is amongst the wide range of acitivites and exhibitions coming up for Perth Architecture Week (most free of charge). It runs from 17th-23rd September. Download the full program here

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To kick off these postings its good to set the context by zooming out... with a  look at the work of 4 UK architects /themed around a concern for the art of making things // its interesting to see how a particular social climate is sometimes reflected in its physicality.

"Somewhere out there in a world slightly beyond my comprehension is an ever-growing legion of people involved in architecture and urban design who seem to have spent more time in front of computer screens than at work benches, quarries, sewing machines or with beginners’ toolboxes. Why? Because the lack of craft around us is becoming not just heart-breaking, but jaw-dropping." Jonathon Glancey (UK).

"If I was to put my finger on one thing, it was that my father was very interested in making things. He was a carpenter in his spare time and we made a lot of furniture together. I have always been very able at making things. My motivation was less intellectual than Adam's, more emotional and physical." St John (one half of Caruso St John).

/ 6a architects  /  Adjaye / Caruso St John / David Kohn

Koichi Takada Architects

Japanese-born, Sydney-based architect Koichi Takada does a great job of incorporating nature into his work. Walking into his "Cave Restaurant" (currently Sushi Train in Maroubra) is like walking into the mouth of a whale, which suits the sushi theme quite nicely! Be sure to check out "Mass Greening" too for some interesting process slides.

Andrew Maynard's Mash House

Melbourne Starchitect Andrew Maynard has done it again with the completion of his latest residential project, Mash House. 

McBride Charles Ryan

Amazing work by Melbourne based Architecture and Interior Design studio McBride Charles Ryan