The Melbourne School of Design is featured on Broadsheet.
“A groundbreaking new design school at Melbourne University exudes both jaw-dropping drama and quiet ingenuity” – KATYA WACHTEL

Photography: Tim O’Connor
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The Melbourne School of Design is featured on Broadsheet.

Photography: Tim O’Connor
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The Daniels Faculty of Architecture, Landscape and Design project is featured on Azure.

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Dispatches from 1 Spadina: ongoing demolition work has almost completely exposed the original north wall of Knox College (constructed 1875), which has revealed the layers of nearly 150 years of alterations and retrofits to serve uses as varied as academic, hospital, military, research, and mechanical plant space.

A view of the central tower block, looking south-east from the third floor level of a 20th century addition in the process of being demolished. Existing gothic arches are evident in the right foreground, which were originally expressed on the exterior. The larger relieving arch had been truncated by the installation of a concrete slab, which is now visible as a saw-cut section (with some reinforcing steel remaining to be cut). The new DFALD addition will lap over this slab edge onto the heritage roof beyond. New concrete blocks are visible at left, which enclose a retrofitted elevator shaft. Beyond, new buff replacement brick are visible at the gable of the central block.

View of the west wall of the original east wing. A palimpsest of previous interior wall finishes and various cut slabs and masonry construction has appeared between new and existing opening hoarded temporarily with sheathing.

View of 20th century addition at the southeast corner of the original 1 Spadina courtyard. Over the course of demolition, access has become restricted; here, ongoing structural separation work beyond the masonry wall in the foreground is accessible only via ladder through an existing portal. A slab-chipping machine is visible beyond at upper left.

Brick wythes are visible at a section of wall to host an enlarged opening for a doorway. Outer wythes are often infilled with rubble in the original construction. A section of former wood lintel is evident.
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Sandra Kaji-O’Grady, Dean of Architecture and Head of School at the University of Queensland writes on the new MSD.
“a layered new school rich in ideas and meticulous in detail”
– AA

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The Raemian Model Home Gallery in Seoul has been shortlisted for the WAN Mixed Use Award. The Model Home Gallery is part of an emerging building typology that showcases model apartments for sale while also offering public amenities including auditoria, spaces for community gatherings, art galleries, and café space.
-Brian Honda, juror

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NADAAA and John Wardle Architects have teamed up again to design a new pedestrian bridge connecting two major parks in Melbourne. The new bridge is being created as part of the Melbourne and Olympic Parks Masterplan. Read more here.

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The Design Files’ Stuart Harrison writes on the new MSD.
“a buzzing creative hub for tomorrow’s brightest design stars”
– THE DESIGN FILES

PHOTOS: Eve Wilson for The Design Files
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Nader discusses Architecture & Pedagogy with John Wardle and Stefan Mee in the Melbourne School of Design’s new publication INFLECTION.
An edited extract can be found on ARCHITECTURE AU’s website here.

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Nolan Giles explores the new Melbourne School of Design in MONOCLE, on stands now.
“I would hope at least one revolution happens in this building”
– Nader Tehrani in MONOCLE Magaine

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