These shelter structures are beautifully sculptural.
This small community clinic in the Australian outback, built on a an extremely tight budget, is a point of pride for the local residents.
World Architecture Community News - Trace of Aboriginal History in Australian Architecture
Through a series of projects in the arid environment of Western Australia, predominantly built for Aboriginal communities, Kaunitz and Yeung Architecture has proposed a different approach to working with the beautiful, yet harsh, desert environment. Designing with, not for, remote Aboriginal communities, Kaunitz and Yeung are changing the narrative of remote regional architecture – creating a new vernacular for Australian desert architecture.
Explore the stunning visuals of Kaunitz Yeung Architecture - an Aboriginal health clinic that merges cutting-edge design with cultural sensitivity.
wukalina/Mt William National Park sits on the north-eastern tip of Tasmania, the island 240km south of Australia. Here, beyond the beach and amongst the banksias,...
These shelter structures are beautifully sculptural.
Culture can have a powerful influence on our approach to design so what happens when – as a fully matured adult – you find a whole other side to your family’s history?
The federal and South Australian governments have unveiled refined designs of the Aboriginal Art and Culture Centre, as the project is submitted for planning assessment.
Aboriginal designs and their aetshetics are familiar to many Australians - how can the A&D community learn from this culture and respect for design?
Bilya marlee 2021 National Architecture Awards shortlist Bilya Marlee | Kerry Hill Architects | Photographer: Nicholas Putrasia 2021 National Architecture Awards: INTERIOR Bilya marlee | Kerry Hill Architects Traditional Land […]
Completed in 2016 in Taitung City, Taiwan. Images by Lucas K. Doolan. Taiwan is the origin of Austronesian culture, and is located at the northern-most area of the cultural region. The unique Austronesian architectural...
home to the aboriginal giga people, iredale pedersen hook architects have worked closely with the community elders and staff to recreate and shape the new facility while understanding the needs of the people, their traditions and the dramatic landscape.
Foudned by Spanish designer Alvaro Catalán de Ocón, the PET Lamp Project in 2011 creates eco-friendly lamp designs using recycled plastic waste. Inspired by Aboriginal art, Catalán de Ocón recently traveled to Arnhem Land in Australia’s Northern Territory, to work with eight indigenous Yolngu weavers.
Eight Australian projects were named winners in the 2018 Architecture Masterprize.
The Aboriginal community have been actively involved with TCL during construction by collecting and making artefacts for display and as part of an employment program planting indigenous vegetation within the park.
Kimberley Rock Art is a fascinating sequence of artistic expressions left by Australian Aboriginal people over the last 40,000 years.
Paul Memmott has written the book Gunyah, Goondie & Wurley: The Aboriginal Architecture of Australia. He is from the Aboriginal Environments Research Centre (AERC) at The University of Queensland. Debunking the inaccurate popular notions of early Aboriginal architecture and settlement, this lavish volume explores the range and complexity of Aboriginal-designed structures, spaces, and territories, from minimalist shelters to permanent houses and villages. As a framework for ongoing debate and research on Aboriginal lifestyles and cultural heritage, the book additionally features a brief overview of post-1970 collaborative architecture between white Australian architects and Aboriginal clients, as well as an introduction to the work of the first Aboriginal graduates of university-based courses in architecture.
Through a series of projects in the arid environment of Western Australia, predominantly built for Aboriginal communities, Kaunitz and Yeung Architecture has proposed a different approach to working with the beautiful, yet harsh, desert environment. Designing with, not for, remote Aboriginal communities, Kaunitz and Yeung are changing the narrative of remote regional architecture – creating a new vernacular for Australian desert architecture.
“Sophisticated Aboriginal houses” are actually Torres Strait Huts with Melanesian and Polynesian influences
An Indigenous war memorial has taken out the top accolade at the 2020 ACT Architecture Awards.
The myth of a country devoid of indigenous architecture - "architecture nullius" - has long persisted.
An introduction to Aboriginal art
In Canberra’s centenary year, we revisit AA’s review of the NGA extension by PTW.
In North East Arnhem Land, the realization of a cultural centre – led by the Yolngu people – sets an important precedent for the creation of sacred Indigenous architecture.
home to the aboriginal giga people, iredale pedersen hook architects have worked closely with the community elders and staff to recreate and shape the new facility while understanding the needs of the people, their traditions and the dramatic landscape.
