Adair Winder

Melbourne

Journalist with the Riverine Herald in Echuca Moama. Radio presenter with Echuca Moama’s community radio station 104.7 EMFM.

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Articles

Composed in contrasts: 2025 Dulux Study Tour, Barcelona

2 weeks ago | architectureau.com | Adair Winder

“Barcelona is full of imperfections,” architect and CEO of Guiding Architects Barcelona Lorenzo Kárász told the winners of the 2025 Australian Institute of Architects Dulux Study Tour during a cycling tour of the city. Kárász was quick to emphasise that the city’s beauty lies not in perfection, symmetry nor stylistic harmony, but in the complex layering of styles, ideas and histories embedded within the built environment.
Stacking the city: 2025 Dulux Study Tour, Amsterdam and Rotterdam

2 weeks ago | architectureau.com | Adair Winder

Australia and the Netherlands are both facing housing crises, but for opposite reasons. In Australia, urban sprawl is a key challenge, while in the Netherlands, the issue comes down to a shortage of available land. Despite these contrasting conditions, both countries share a need for urban densification.
Pursuit of happiness: 2025 Dulux Study Tour, Copenhagen

3 weeks ago | architectureau.com | Adair Winder

When it comes to contemporary architecture in Copenhagen, everything starts and ends with the city as an instrument for a better quality of life. During the first leg of the Dulux Study Tour 2025, much of the discussion between the winners consistently circled back to the very Danish idea that architecture must return to the public what it takes, offering value in exchange for space and presence.
Rosebery Engine Yards by Group GSA

1 month ago | architectureau.com | Adair Winder

Projects like the Rosebery Engine Yards offer hope and optimism for neglected buildings during a time when the utilisation of space, particularly in urban settings, is constantly debated. The urban regeneration project involved the $60.3 million adaptive reuse and reactivation of a vacant 1.9-hectare industrial site at 115–151 Dunning Avenue into a retail and lifestyle precinct.
Feedback sought for stage one of UNSW Canberra City campus

1 month ago | architectureau.com | Adair Winder

The National Capital Authority is inviting feedback on the first stage of the University of New South Wales (UNSW) Canberra City Masterplan. The overarching masterplan, prepared by MGS Architects, Snøhetta and Turf Design Studio, proposes the staged development of a new UNSW campus in Canberra’s CBD – in what will be the tertiary institution’s second campus in the territory. The Australian Capital Territory government approved the masterplan for the campus in April 2023.
Hobart's vacant Conservatorium of Music approved for redevelopment

1 month ago | architectureau.com | Adair Winder

The Hobart City Council has approved a development application that proposes the redevelopment of the disused University of Tasmania Conservatorium of Music building on Sandy Bay Road into short-stay accommodation. The Conservatorium of Music building, located at 5–7 Sandy Bay Road, has remained unoccupied for several years after being acquired by the Fragrance Group from the University of Tasmania in 2017.
Second building approved for Sydney’s growing Bradfield City Centre

1 month ago | architectureau.com | Adair Winder

A new Advanced Manufacturing Research Facility (AMRF) has received approval for construction in Bradfield City Centre, making it the second building to be developed in the city. The approval follows the completion of the first building in Bradfield City Centre, an Advanced Manufacturing Readiness Facility, designed by Hassell. These two facilities will be situated adjacent to each other, separated by an open space called AMRF Park.
Data centre approved for development in growing North Sydney technology hub

1 month ago | architectureau.com | Adair Winder

A state significant development application for the establishment of an $845.85 million data facility in Sydney’s Artarmon has been approved. The proposed Lanceley Place Data Centre, designed by HDR, was greenlit for development across five individual allotments at 2–8 Lanceley Place and 14 Campbell Street, comprising a total site area of 14,024 square metres.
‘Finely resolved’ concept wins Sydney war memorial design competition

1 month ago | architectureau.com | Adair Winder

Billy Maynard Architects has been announced the winner of a design competition for a new war memorial in Sydney dedicated to honouring the service and sacrifice of recent veterans. The memorial will be located within the Domain, a large parkland that holds historical significance as the site of Sydney’s first Anzac Day service in 1916.
Little Brick Cottage by Perversi-Brooks Architects

1 month ago | architectureau.com | Adair Winder

An addition to the rear of an 1850s cottage in Nipaluna/Hobart demonstrates that architectural interventions do not always need to be grand to be impactful. A handful of modest gestures have introduced natural light, garden views and a crafted quality to the once-dim interiors, while the new built form responds aptly to its context. The project presented an opportunity to breathe new life into communal spaces in the cottage that were no longer conducive to contemporary living.