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Melbourne Architecture News in 2023

Melbourne Building News, chronological list:

5 Dec 2023
The Hütt 01 PassivHaus, Coburg
Architects: Melbourne Design Studios

photo : Marnie Hawson and Matt C Photography
The Hütt 01 PassivHaus, Coburg

4 Dec 2023
Banksia Bayside Townhouses, Beaumaris
Design: Robert Harwood Architects

photo : Robert Harwood Architects
Banksia Bayside Townhouses, Beaumaris

15 November 2023
MPavilion
Architect: Tadao Ando

photo : John Gollings courtesy of MPavilion
MPavilion 10 Melbourne
MPavilion opens Tadao Ando-designed pavilion, kicking off milestone tenth year. The Pavilion Creates an Oasis in the Heart of Melbourne, Australia, and Serves as dynamic site of a free five-month design festival offering more than 150 events inspired by Ando’s Iconic Pavilion – MPavilion, the flagship initiative of the Naomi Milgrom.

Hawthorn House

200 Vic Parade Workplace Building, East Melbourne

Melbourne Rebourne, Victoria, Australia

Bunbartha Homestead, Victoria, Australia

29 August 2023
Nudie Jeans Repair Store, Little Collins Street
Design: X+O Architects

photo : Alex Coppel Photography
Nudie Jeans Repair Store
Nudie Jeans Repair Store at Little Collins Street Melbourne is 31sqm store, designed as a physical manifestation of the brand. Sustainability is at the core of the brand and to reflect this, repurposed elements, sustainable finishes and a sewing machine is built into the shopfront offering customers forever repairs.

21 Aug 2023
Fenwick St, Kew
Architects: Edition Office

photo © Rory Gardiner
photos : Rory Gardiner, Lillie Thompson and Timothy Kaye
Fenwick St Residence Kew

New Street House, Brighton

Roofscape House, Carlton

Bike House, southeast Melbourne, Victoria

Nunawading Community Hub

Old Be-al House

Mjolner Restaurant

Sunny House, Melbourne, Victoria

15 March 2023
MPavilion 10, Queen Victoria Gardens, Southbank Arts Precinct

photo Courtesy of Tadao Ando Associates
MPavilion 10 design by Tadao Ando Architect
The Naomi Milgrom Foundation has announced it has awarded Pritzker Prize-winner Tadao Ando with the commission for MPavilion 10 in Queen Victoria Gardens, located in the heart of the city centre. Over the past decade, MPavilion has worked with the world’s most significant architectural thinkers to create a space for engagement with urgent urban, civic, and design concerns.

15 Mar 2023
388 Barkly Street, Brunswick
Design: DREAMER and Breathe Architecture

photo : Gavin Green
388 Barkly Street, Brunswick, Victoria
388 Barkly Street is a collection of 11 sustainable apartments led by DREAMER, in collaboration with Breathe Architecture. The project is an adaptive reuse of a c.1930 brick warehouse encouraging sustainable, small-footprint living.

20 Feb 2023
Victorian Heart Hospital, 631 Blackburn Rd, Monash University Clayton campus
Design: Conrad Gargett + Wardle

image courtesy of architects practice
Victorian Heart Hospital, Monash University Clayton campus
Conrad Gargett + Wardle have delivered Australia’s first dedicated heart hospital and the only of its kind in the Southern Hemisphere, setting a new international benchmark for cardiac hospital design. The $564 m state-of-the-art Victorian Heart Hospital, operated by Monash Health on the Monash University Clayton campus, is now complete and fully operational, providing a range of world-class clinical cardiology services, research and education.

Craftworks Office Building, Abbotsford

11 Feb 2023
Ivanhoe Grammar School’s Sports & Aquatic Centre, Ivanhoe, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Architects: McIldowie Partners

photo : Peter Bennetts
Ivanhoe Grammar Sports and Aquatic Centre
Located on a steeply sloping site along Ivanhoe’s iconic Boulevard, Ivanhoe Grammar School’s Sports & Aquatic Centre is a world-class sporting & education facility that manages a complex brief within strict planning controls and a sensitive residential & landscape context.

22 Jan 2023
Christmas House, Northcote, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Architecture: Taouk Architects

photo : Emily Bartlett
Christmas House, Northcote

19 Jan 2023
Little Miller and Nightingale, Brunswick East
Design: ClarkeHopkinsClarke and Breathe Architecture

photo : Tom Ross
Little Miller and Nightingale Brunswick East, Victoria
Little Miller and Nightingale Brunswick East (NGBE) is an aspirational, urban infill project delivered via a collaboration between an industry-leading consultant team: Lucent Capital (developer), ClarkeHopkinsClarke (architect), Breathe Architecture (interior design), Nightingale Housing, and Openwork (landscape design). It incorporates the first Nightingale project to be delivered under licence by a developer and is the first to be funded by a major Australian bank.

Melbourne Architectural News in 2022

Building News Melbourne for 2022, chronological list:

22 Dec 2022
Armadale Victorian Villa, Armadale, Victoria, Australia
Design: Kirby Architects
Armadale Victorian Villa

21 Dec 2022
CGS Teaching and Learning Building, Caulfield Grammar School, St Kilda East, Victoria, Australia
Architecture and Interiors: DesignInc + 3XN

render : DesignInc + 3XN
CGS Teaching and Learning Building, St Kilda East
Caulfield Grammar School’s Senior School Teaching and Learning Building, at their Caulfield Campus, received final approval to proceed in September 2022. The building is being designed in collaboration by Melbourne architects DesignInc and Denmark’s 3XN, to local and international best practice.

29 Nov 2022
Yellow Desk Coworking Space, South Yarra
Interior Architects: Left Field Studio

photo : Simon Shiff Says
Yellow Desk Coworking Space, South Yarra
Yellow Desk breaks the conventions of a traditional coworking space. As a space for creatives, entrepreneurs, and people who thrive on collaboration, Leftfield studio had the freedom to create a space where functionality and creativity collide.

25 Nov 2022
Clifton Hill Courtyard House
Design: studio mkn & Eliza Blair Architecture
Clifton Hill Courtyard House, Victoria

25 Nov 2022
Hampton House Extension, Hampton
Architects: Architecture Works
Hampton House Extension, Victoria

18 Oct 2022
Richardson St House, Middle Park
Architects: Chan Architecture Pty Ltd

photo : Tatjana Plitt
Richardson St House, Middle Park, Victoria

17 Oct 2022
Bournian, Strathmore, Melbourne, Victoria
Architects: FGR Architects

photo : Peter Bennetts
Bournian Court Yard Residence, Strathmore

27 Sep 2022
Wakanui Trail House, Northcote
Architecture: Ben Callery Architects

photo : Jack Lovel Photography
Wakanui Trail House, Northcote

25 Aug 2022
Sky Bar Melbourne
Architecture: CHT Architects

photo : Tom Blachford
Sky Bar Melbourne, Southbank
Sky Bar Melbourne crowns the Oakwood Premier Hotel at level 40, with unparalleled views across the Melbourne city skyline and out to Port Phillip Bay. The statement Sky Bar and terrace are complemented by two further bars in a VIP area and in the adjoining fine dining Strato restaurant.

22 Aug 2022
Viridi Apartments, 17-22 Grattan Street
Architects: Plus Architecture

photo : Tom Roe
Viridi Apartments, Prahran
In partnership with property developer Little Projects and builder Cobild, leading Australasian architecture practice Plus Architecture has delivered one of Australia’s most cutting-edge designs for a residential project – leveraging computational and engineering technology to realise the vision for a complex angular tiled façade.

14 Aug 2022
Washington Avenue House, East Malvern
Architecture: Chan Architecture Pty Ltd
Washington Avenue House, Malvern East Melbourne

10 Jun 2022
La Trobe Sports Park, Bundoora, Victoria, Australia
Design: Warren and Mahoney

photograph : Derek Swalwell
La Trobe University Sports Park, Bundoora
More than just an academic centre, the La Trobe Sports Park is a community destination that is active day and night, weekdays and weekends. It meets the demands of Community sport and contributes to the student experience addressing health and wellbeing and cohort experience through team sport.

23 May 2022
CreativeCubes.Co, Carlton
Design: Corso Interior Architecture

photograph : Saville Coble
CreativeCubes Co, Carlton
CreativeCubes.Co in Carlton is an inviting and alluring space that follows in the same essence as its sister coworking spaces in South Melbourne, Hawthorn and Cremorne VIC. It provides inspiring facilities in both private and collaborative work settings, and event spaces, providing coworking options for Melbourne based businesses and entrepreneurs.

23 Mar 2022
Melbourne Polytechnic Glasshouse, Epping, Victoria
Architecture: DS Architects

photograph : ZOA Studio
Melbourne Polytechnic Glasshouse, Epping
Deep within Melbourne Polytechnic’s Epping Campus is an empty green-field site, chosen by Melbourne Polytechnic as the location for a new Glasshouse facility capable of supporting their commitment to the growth of Victoria’s Food and Fibre Industry. Melbourne Polytechnic Glasshouse realises the TAFE’s commitment to respond to the needs, priorities and innovations within the sector, combining theory-based classroom learning with hands-on experience to facilitate a training and education centre.

2 Mar 2022
Hyatt Place Melbourne Caribbean Park, Scoresby
Architecture: Peter Ryan Architects

photos : Alex Reinders and John Gollings
Hyatt Place Caribbean Park, Scoresby
Located on a prominent site within the Caribbean Park Estate, Hyatt Place Melbourne Caribbean Park establishes a new benchmark for comfort and service offered by a business hotel. Capturing views of the Dandenong Ranges and surrounding parkland, the impressive silhouette of the hotel presents an inviting beacon to those travelling along Eastlink.

14 Feb 2022
Mt Eliza House

4 Feb 2022
Malvern House

1 Feb 2022
Brighton East House

25 Jan 2022
Station House, Hawthorn East

14 Jan 2022
Fishermans Bend, Port Melbourne
Design: Hames Sharley

photograph : Emma Cross
Woolworths Fishermans Bend, Port Melbourne
Internationally renowned, Melbourne is consistently being ranked as one of the world’s most liveable cities. Boasting some of the best fine dining restaurants and cafes in the country, a world-class art scene, and all the while located near beautiful beaches and pristine national parks, Melbourne is already one of the world’s most enviable places.