Queen Collins News Today

Hospitality heavyweights Maurice Terzini and Joe Jones have teamed up on a cocktail bar where you’re welcome to drink Krug or Jack Daniel’s.

For Warren and Mahoney’s new Melbourne design studio, Lanes acoustic panels are a flexible, culturally appropriate and effective solution.

Brookfield Place was named the Rider Levett Bucknall Australian Development of the Year 2023 for its transformational mixed-use development combining heritage preservation with a rejuvenated transport hub, and next-generation commercial and retail space. This project also won the Hames Sharley Award for Best Mixed-Use Development, the Herron Todd White Award for Best Office Development, and the Procore Award for Development Innovation.

Former stock exchange’s ornate Cathedral Room is being transformed into a 150-seat French restaurant with an eight-seat secret bar.

Kerstin Thompson has been awarded Australian architecture’s highest honour, The Australian Institute of Architects 2023 Gold Medal.

Brisbane-based practice, BVN won The Emil Sodersten Award for Interior Architecture for their very own studio – BVN Brisbane Studio. Impressed with the work, the jury noted, “Visually and viscerally connected to place, the design caresses our senses and encourages a more nature-centred approach to life.” BVN also earned The Daryl Jackson Award for Educational Architecture for their work on the Brisbane South State Secondary College.

Kerstin Thompson Architects & BVN have integrated three heritage buildings and a 34-storey office tower to create Queen & Collins.

Commenting on the Grampians Peaks Trail Stage 2 project, Victorian Chapter president Bill Krotiris FRAIA said: “Demonstrating an extraordinary level of sensitivity, commitment and collaboration, the project serves as a catalyst for the sensitive exploration of the Gariwerd region and reflects the rich possibilities of architecture in the ongoing development of our collective understanding of Country.”

As a firm, we’d embraced activity based working and flexible work arrangements well before the pandemic. But what would this look like when we could return to the office? How would people want to work? For what reasons did they want to come to the office? How do we provide spaces that are conducive to learning while also accommodating a successful hybrid meeting or workshop experience? What will this mean for our graduates, our technical specialists and professionals, as well as our leaders?

The Victorian Chapter of the Australian Institute of Architects has announced the shortlisted projects for the 2022 Victorian Architecture Awards.