Gilding the Lillipilli

Tree decorating was revived in Melbourne as part of the larger Treeproject. Looks at some of the issues faced with mounting such an event.

Published December 1991

Aleks Danko: Day In Day Out

Two recent shows in Melbourne of installations by Alex Danko have investigated issues indirectly referring to architecture and the private and social body within the Australian environment.

Published December 1991

Community Architecture: High on People Power, Low on Fossil Fuels

Gregory Burgess and Associates are a remarkable architectural practice which places high value on the collaborative design process with clients and users as well as low energy use now has three major community projects to its credit...

Published December 1991

Memories of Power

Placemaking in Newport, Geelong and North Carlton.

Published December 1991

Gateways Project

..the response to a site was very much tied up with the way humans had mediated the experience. Yes trees and forests were sacred but that didn't mean that you couldn't touch them. Our mediation of course must be sensitive - be fearless yet thoughtful... Series of black and white photographs accompany the article.

Published December 1991

Acoustic Futures. Sound Noise and Urban Design

Our town planners, our architects and we ourselves need to rethink the city. If downtown spaces, internal and external, are to become inhabitable, there needs to be a dramatic shift away from narrowly architectural conception of them and their functions towards an acoustic analysis.

Published December 1991

Earth-Sheltered Building using Timber

Earth sheltered housing is not new. The most common way of keeping the soils at bay has been with reinforced concrete and masonry walls and roofs.

Published December 1991

Architecture and Lyndall Milani's Installations

Lyndall Milani uses sculptural installations to question the place of architecture in the landscape and within human life.

Published December 1991

Working with Rules

We all use rules. By looking at them critically we will precipitate a dynamic evolution in our understanding and practice of designing 'with the environment'.

Published December 1991

Supporting Remote Places

Published December 1991

Mudflats: A Fertile Breeding Ground for Artists

Mudflat arts believes that the landscape is not there to be painted so much as to be protected. The role has changed from one of passive painter to active member of the community.

Published December 1991

Andy Goldsworthy: Everything in the City is Nature

British artist Andy Goldsworthy came to Australia for three weeks in July to work on site at Mount Victor Station east of the Flinders Ranges. During the 1992 Festival of Arts photographs of the works made at Mount Victor and an installation was shown at the Artspace at the Adelaide Festival Centre, a survey of past works was on show at Yarrabee and Goldsworthy produced a permanent work for the Adelaide Botanic Gardens.

Published December 1991