Heritage

A chance visit to Reims Cathedral left a lasting impression on Iain Stewart, Senior Associate at Hames Sharley. He looks back on the experience and what it reveals about the role of the architect.

• Diversity
• Design
• Heritage
• Architecture

Open House opens doors to architectural icons in Perth

Members of the public will have the opportunity to tour a number of Hames Sharley-designed buildings this month as Open House returns to Perth for a weekend of architectural tours, talks and events.

• Culture
• Design
• Architecture
• Heritage
• Interior Design
• Urban Design

Celebrating NAIDOC Week through design

NAIDOC Week is a week for Australia to come together to celebrate the history, culture and achievements of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples. This year, it runs from the 4^th to the 17^th of July and can be observed through a number of activities and events across the country.

• Diversity
• Design
• Heritage
• Architecture

A means to remember

This ANZAC Day, tens of thousands of Australians will come together to visit a local war memorial. Be they simple plaques or thoughtfully designed architectural structures, these sites serve as focal points for the community in a way few other structures can hope to.

• Culture
• Heritage
• Design
• Architecture

Fancy an adventure exploring your city? Open House is an event in which buildings across a city throw open their doors to the public for one weekend each year, to enjoy the best architecture on offer.

• Architecture
• Culture
• Heritage

The architects of remembrance

War memorials are an essential part of the Australian landscape – their beauty, symbolism and the quality of materials and craftsmanship illustrates the respect that communities have towards those who have paid the ultimate price.

To mark the ANZAC day commemorations this month, we look at the story behind three examples from around the country.

• Heritage
• Architecture
• Wellbeing

The Café Phalanstère

An essay about creativity, architecture, cultural innovation and coffee.

• Culture
• Heritage
• Architecture

A (very brief) history of cities

Cities are centres of population, commerce and culture, yet it is not widely known how this way of life came about. Looking to the past, however, enables us not only to decipher how cities came to be but also how they are defined and what they mean for the future of our societies.

• Heritage
• Master Planning
• Design
• Architecture

Artificial constructs

In the 21^st century, automation is a fact of life, with robots having a metallic hand in the production of everything from cars to toys, but when it comes to the construction industry, the automated workforce is conspicuous by its absence. In a recent address to Consult Australia, Valentina Sansbury asked why construction has been so slow to build on automated assistance, and offered a vision of how robotics can be an asset to increase productivity within the industry.

• Residential
• Design
• Architecture
• Heritage
• Technology and Innovation

Save my soul: refurbishing a heritage listed building

Architectural character is created by the aesthetic components of the building, such as unity, composition, contract and scale. But what gives it soul? And how do buildings retain their soul throughout decades of use and multiple refurbishments?

• Heritage
• Architecture
• Culture
• Diversity

Retrofitting, refurbishing and repositioning: how older buildings can become relevant again

All buildings age and what was once an A grade building is eventually downgraded until its inevitable slide into obsolescence. That is unless it is retrofitted, refurbished and repositioned back to its former glory - and that’s where Building Upgrade Finance comes in…

• Heritage
• Design
• Architecture
• Culture