Architecture Australia

Ask architects which Australian magazine they choose to read or to publish their work and the answer is most likely Architecture Australia. If you want to be up to date with the best built works and the issues that matter, then Architecture Australia is for you. Its commissioned contributors are independent, highly respected practitioners, architectural thinkers and design commentators and each article is supported by images from leading architectural photographers. Provocative, informative and engaging – it is the national magazine of the Australian Institute of Architects.

What got us here will not get us there

Purpose, poetics and possibilities

Selected writers and photographers

Architecture Australia

More of us: What’s now and what’s next for Indigenous architectural practice • As two of the few female First Nations architects in Australia, Marni Reti and Tiana-Jane Furner are continuing the legacy of First Nations architectural leadership. Here they discuss the importance of being involved in all stages of a project.

Re-stor(y)ing Oceania • An exhibition comprising two poetic installations summons connection with the Pacific through materials, stories and songs.

Eva and Marc Besen Centre Kerstin Thompson Architects • The design of a new building at the Tarrawarra Museum of Art balances technical needs with layers of built and unbuilt history, demonstrating a fundamental understanding of what it means for architecture be a good companion.

Plant Futures Facility M3 Architecture • To support the pursuit of sustainable ecosystems and innovation in plant science, a new facility for the University of Queensland is designed to de-institutionalise a highly technical building through colour, texture and geographical references.

The Boot Factory Archer Office • A once-neglected piece of Sydney’s manufacturing history that had survived decades of development pressures is transformed into an active community hub through disciplined design interventions that value a fine-grained, human-scaled public domain.

443 Queen Street, Brisbane WOHA • In contrast to densely packed apartments that extend to the edge of the floor plate, the “baggy” design of this residential high-rise creates space for climate responsiveness and urban connectivity – and leaves a legacy that will shape local design governance and policy.

Gunnery Transformation Project Dunn Hillam Architecture and Urban Design • A surgical adaptation to a heritage-listed building along Sydney’s cultural ribbon in Woolloomooloo preserves and reveals the building’s history, resulting in a context-rich environment where the architecture is as present as the art on display.

Tower Hill Wildlife Reserve Lovell Chen Robin Boyd and Public Works Department • Against the backdrop of a landmark grassroots remediation project, a deliberately restrained restoration of a Robin Boyddesigned visitor centre honours the original building while making space for the site’s Eastern Maar heritage.

Australian Institute of Architects’ 2025

2025 Gold Medallist Timothy Hill • Prolific, challenging and profound, Timothy Hill’s work in architectural practice, education and discourse invites us to remember the power of architecture when it has a connective humanity.

A generative practice • From city scale to site, garden and room, Timothy Hill’s architecture prioritises the making of place over the expression of function, and embodies clear principles that can be applied to any design project.

‘Oh my god, it’s not that you’re cynical at all. It’s just that you’re analytic.’ • Kerstin Thompson sits down with Timothy Hill to discuss the distillation of ideas, the generation of technique, and the question of what an architect truly is – or, perhaps more importantly, is not.

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