The Melbourne School of Design is featured today on ArchDaily
Photo: Peter Bennetts
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MSD FEATURED ON ARCHDAILY
Posted on April 23rd, 2015 by Nicole Sakr
Posted under: _Melbourne School of Design, Press
A Hat Trick for SARANY
Posted on April 23rd, 2015 by Nicole Sakr
Posted under: _Melbourne School of Design, Awards
NADAAA has won three SARANY awards this year:
Gold, silver and bronze! New Hampshire, Toronto and Melbourne!
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WEARING THE MSD
Posted on April 22nd, 2015 by Nicole Sakr
Posted under: _Melbourne School of Design, Things We Like
The hanging studio has been re-imagined as wearable art by Shereen Amin and Amanda Luu, students of Monash University’s Art, Design and Architecture program (MADA). ‘After painstakingly developing a gradient panelization system, thick and massive on one end while thin and suspended on the other, the Beaux Arts Ball rectified this trope by a classical tri-partite rendition with a base, shaft, and top section strategically aligned with figural protrusions.’ – Nader Tehrani
Photograph: Matthew Stanton
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MSD in MARK
Posted on April 21st, 2015 by Nicole Sakr
Posted under: _Melbourne School of Design, Press
John Wardle, Stefan Mee and Nader discuss the Melbourne School of Design in issue 55 of MARK Magazine.
“I don’t think the building proclaims its pedagogical lessons in an overt form. The real lessons are to be learned in its intrinsic detail. It’s more about our hopes of inviting enough curiosity to have users examine the detail.” – John Wardle
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Model Home Gallery in Trama
Posted on April 17th, 2015 by Nicole Sakr
Posted under: _Raemian, Press
The Raemian Model Home Gallery is featured in the current issue of TRAMA.
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The MSD wins Architizer A+ People’s Choice Award!
Posted on April 14th, 2015 by Nicole Sakr
Posted under: _Melbourne School of Design, Awards
The Melbourne School of Design has won the People’s Choice Award in this year’s Architizer A+ Awards. The MSD will be featured in Architizer’s upcoming Phaidon compendium of all the A+ Award winners which will be released on May 15th.
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Conrad Bercah takes a look at the MSD for ‘The Plan’
Posted on April 13th, 2015 by Nicole Sakr
Posted under: _Melbourne School of Design, Press
The Melbourne School of Design is featured in Issue no.80 of The Plan. Available here.
“In this scenario of intensified extremisms, the recent inauguration of the Melbourne School of Design, the MSD, seems to offer an invigorating way forward.”
– conrad-bercah
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The MSD in AR
Posted on April 10th, 2015 by Nicole Sakr
Posted under: _Melbourne School of Design, Press
John de Manincor reviews the Melbourne School of Design in this issue of Architectural Review Asia Pacific on newsstands now or subsribe here.
“Like a much-loved novel, this building will become better with age; when the pages are dog-eared and stained with red wine and coffee, it is likely to be even more intriguing. Pick it up again in a few years – it will remain significant and represent an ever-evolving history.”
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Demolition Sublime 2
Posted on April 8th, 2015 by tberesford
Posted under: _Daniels Building, construction
Another dispatch from the 1 Spadina jobsite in Toronto: structural demolition work is now complete along the original north wall of the Knox College heritage structure (constructed 1875). At the time of our site visit, a few existing openings remain to be infilled with masonry; attachment of weather protection (see in bright orange) at recent Phase 1 concrete and block walls around the central stair block was ongoing. The site is now ready for shoring and excavation activities in preparation for Phase 2 construction.
Panoramic view of the north side of 1 Spadina: all additions to the original heritage building have been demolished.
View of the central stair block in the foreground, and heritage masonry work occuring in the background. The removal of existing additions has revealed original ruble foundations, as well as new concrete foundation walls completed as part of the Phase 1 renovation work.
Openings that will connect to the new Phase 2 addition have been hoarded with sheathing; existing openings have been infilled with block and occasionally support lintels for new openings, as seen at left. The dark exposed masonry at far left is the remaining wall of a former airwell that was formed by the demolished Connaught laboratory addition.
Sawcut rubble foundations and 2 to 3 wythe masonry walls have been exposed at the location of the demolished military hospital wing. Holes in the existing fabric will be filled at the time that access is enabled by the Phase 2 addition concrete slabs.
Formwork was being released at the Phase 1 concrete foundations formed to support new janitor, electrical and IT closets surrounding the central heritage stair block.
Existing interior finishes are now exposed on the exterior in several locations.
Weather protection has been installed along the roofline, in anticipation of the Phase 2 addition roof tie-in.
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MSD is building of the week on AMERICAN-ARCHITECTS.com
Posted on April 6th, 2015 by Nicole Sakr
Posted under: _Melbourne School of Design, Press
The Melbourne School of Design is building of the week on american-architects.com as part of their look at American architects working on projects abroad.
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