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The arena of sport and recreational architecture and urban design is a rapidly changing environment that involves a diverse range of facilities with people and the wider community at the heart of the design.

Whether designing a community sports and leisure facility or a world class stadium, the importance of connection to the community is fundamental to a facility’s performance. We understand that sporting and recreation facilities contribute to the vitality of the communities they serve, and we seek for all facilities to actively engage with their surroundings, creating a precinct-wide solution where social infrastructure underpins development and growth within the wider community.

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The shape of water

How regenerative design can save our public pools and improve water safety

Yaara Plaves, Madeleine Steele & Talia Uylaki

Australia is an urban coastal nation – we love the water and our well-known fascination with the beach and water is part of our cultural DNA. But despite the strong culture around water, recent figures reveal that drowning deaths are increasing. The infrastructure of public swimming pools is also fast approaching its use-by-date, meaning we’re falling short in meeting the contemporary and anticipated future needs of our communities. However, we believe design can help.

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An explosion of activity-based retail is about to hit our shopping centres

Harold Perks, Madeleine Steele, Yaara Plaves and Dr Emil Jonescu

As Australia ramps up to host the 2026 Commonwealth Games in Melbourne and the 2032 Olympics in Brisbane, new and existing multi-city sports infrastructure will cater for athletes competing and millions of spectators watching on the world stage. But what will happen to these spaces afterwards? And how can we learn from them to create healthy and thriving communities for the future?

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When mental health issues sneak up on you

Sometimes you don’t realise you’re not ok until someone asks

Madeleine Steele

Mental health issues can hit you out of nowhere. It could be an ordinary day, doing something you’ve done a million times before and then… WHAM. Out of nowhere, a panic attack comes and knocks the wind right out of you. Rendering you unable to move. Unable to breathe. And you have no idea what’s happening, let alone why.

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Surf Life Saving Clubs – the true spirit of Australia

We investigate why Surf Life Saving Clubs are surely among the greatest architectural symbols of Australian society.

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Naming rights (and wrongs)…

Michael Cooper

The Walt Disney Company made Australian headlines this month when it picked up the naming rights for The Etihad Stadium. But such naming rights are by no means a new thing; similar deals have been taking place for more than a century…

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Staging a comeback

Jacinta Houzer

Building infrastructure for global events can make or break a city – so what’s the best strategy for using these structures once the show’s over?