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(25 Feb 2021) TFE Hotels has opened the world's very first A by Adina-branded hotel. Located at Constitution Place, the new-build A by Adina Canberra represents the global debut of this new brand. The Bates Smart-designed apartment hotel is also the centrepiece of Capital Property Group’s much-anticipated $300m upscale Constitution Place precinct and will play a key role in the strategy to enliven Canberra’s central business district. TFE Hotels CEO, Antony Ritch, said, “We are of the belief that different stays shouldn’t need a different hotel each...

ArchiTALK talks to Karen Wong of Bates Smart about placemaking and unlocking potential in city development.

Architecture news & editorial desk Plans by the Investa Property Group to demolish the landmark MLC Building in North Sydney and build a modern office complex in its place may come to naught, following the recommendation by the Heritage Council of NSW to protect the building. Considered one of the most important mid-century modernist buildings in Australia, the MLC Building on Miller Street was designed by Bates Smart and McCutcheon in 1954. At the time of its opening in 1957, it was the largest office building in Australia with a gross area of almost 42,000 square metres and a frontage of 10...

Architecture news & editorial desk Five Australian architectural practices feature in the 2021 World Architecture 100 rankings released by UK magazine Building Design. These new rankings provide a snapshot of how the architecture profession has weathered the turbulence of 2020. The Australian practices on the 2021 World Architecture 100 list include Bates Smart (46), GHDWoodhead (48), Architectus (86), Hames Sharley (94) and Mode Design (95). Warren and Mahoney was the only New Zealand practice on the list at 99. GHDWoodhead climbs global rankings It was a good year for GHDWoodhead, with its ...

Australian architecture studio Durbach Block Jaggers has unveiled its design for the 6.4-metre-wide Pencil Tower Hotel skyscraper that is set to be built at 410 Pitt Street in Sydney. Described by the studio as a "sky scratcher" as it is "too thin to really qualify as a skyscraper", the building has been submitted to planning authorities. According to Durbach Block Jaggers, with a height-to-width ratio of 16:1, Pencil Tower Hotel will be Australia's skinniest skyscraper when it is complete. Pencil Tower Hotel will be a skinny skyscraper The 100-metre-high tower is set to be built in the dow...