MSD on the 2015 World Architecture Festival Shortlist

Posted on June 24th, 2015 by Nicole Sakr

Posted under: _Melbourne School of Design, Awards

The Melbourne School of Design has been shortlisted to win an award at this year’s World Architecure Festival which will take place this November in Singapore.

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MSD wins AZ Award

Posted on June 22nd, 2015 by Nicole Sakr

Posted under: _Melbourne School of Design, Awards

Azure Magazine held their 2015 AZ Awards gala on Friday night at the Evergreen Brick Works in Toronto. The Melbourne School of Design picked up the award for best commercial/institutional building over 1000sm!

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photos by NADAAA’s Tom Beresford

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MSD wins 2015 World Environment Day Award

Posted on June 12th, 2015 by Nicole Sakr

Posted under: _Melbourne School of Design, Awards

The Melbourne School of Design has won the Hanson’s Green Building Award through the United Nations Association of Australia. See all the winners here.

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Japanese Room at the University of Melbourne FABP

Posted on June 5th, 2015 by achang

Posted under: _Melbourne School of Design, Things We Like

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The Japanese Room, tucked in the corner of the 1st floor of the original FABP Building, was commissioned in 1963 by then Chair in Architecture, Professor Brian Lewis to raise the profile of Asian architecture at the University of Melbourne. Architect Shigeru Yura, was invited along with a group of teaching staff to design one of three theme meeting rooms. The room was designed in the Shoin-Zukuri domestic style of the 17th century was thought to be suitable for educational purposes. The room is still one of the best examples of traditional Japanese architecture in Australia.

All of the components were fabricated in Tokyo and arrived in Melbourne in November 1965. The architect had negotiated that the Australian workmen installing were to wear white gloves on the left hand. The same care was taken in the dismantling of the Japanese Room before the FABP was demolished in 2013.  The relocation provided an opportunity to improve the Japanese room as many compromises to the design had been made over the years to accommodate its original location.

Now in its new home on the top floor in the North West corner of the FABP paired with the Japanese Garden, the Japanese Room sits in a privileged position overlooking the concrete lawn.  Recently a 3d laser scan was created of the space you can link to it here.

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photo: Nick Lavars

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MSD featured in Gizmag

Posted on May 29th, 2015 by Nicole Sakr

Posted under: _Melbourne School of Design, Press

Nick Lavars of gizmag tours the new Melbourne School of Design.

“weird, wonderful and award-winning”

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MSD to be featured in Archipendium 2016

Posted on May 28th, 2015 by Nicole Sakr

Posted under: _Melbourne School of Design

The Melbourne School of Design’s Studio Hall will be featured in the 2016 Archipendium Calendar. The 365 day countdown starts today!

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MSD in new Phaidon book

Posted on May 26th, 2015 by Nicole Sakr

Posted under: _Melbourne School of Design, Awards

The Melbourne School of Design is featured in Phaidon’s Architizer A+ Awards 2015 book. Available here.

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MSD wins Australian Interior Design Award

Posted on May 18th, 2015 by Nicole Sakr

Posted under: _Melbourne School of Design, Awards

The Melbourne School of Design has won the Australian IDA National Award for Public Interior Design.

See all the 2015 winners here.

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MSD short-listed for the Victorian Architecture Award

Posted on May 15th, 2015 by Nicole Sakr

Posted under: _Melbourne School of Design, Awards

The Melbourne School of Design has been short-listed for three Victorian Architecture Awards through the Australian Institute of Architects in the Urban Design, Interior Architecture, and Educational Architecture categories. View all the entries here.  Winners will be announced June 26th.

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Pasquarelli drops MSD

Posted on May 14th, 2015 by Nicole Sakr

Posted under: _Melbourne School of Design, Things We Like

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