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Stacked design panel approves Trump’s ‘beautiful’ White House ballroom
2+ hour, 9+ min ago (811+ words) February 20, 2026 " 7:22am Washington: A design panel recently stacked with Donald Trump loyalists has approved the president's White House ballroom, taking it a step closer to reality despite overwhelming opposition from the public submissions. The Commission of Fine Arts voted 6-0, with one…...
Architect David Holm draws Victoria Cross Metro
1+ day, 18+ hour ago (46+ words) Cox architect David Holm sketches Victoria Cross Metro, North Sydney, highlighting the design behind its sunlit public spaces. Cox architect David Holm sketches Victoria Cross Metro, North Sydney, highlighting the design behind its sunlit public spaces. Updated February 18, 2026 " 3:17pm,first published…...
Restaurants and high-rise apartments? How Victoria Barracks could be redeveloped
2+ week, 6+ hour ago (651+ words) February 5, 2026 " 10:21pm The Victoria Barracks site could be developed into a new West Village-style hub with restaurants, retail space, offices and high-rise apartments, while its sale also reopens the possibility of a land bridge linking Petrie Terrace to the Roma Street…...
Why Lynne is fighting to heritage list her home before it hits the market
2+ week, 5+ day ago (867+ words) January 31, 2026 " 5:00am Many people fear heritage listing a home reduces its sale price, but artist and teacher Lynne Eastaway is willing to sacrifice a higher return on her north-western Sydney property to protect a slice of Australian cultural history. Eastaway, 77, hopes…...
Next to the Australian embassy in DC, a lesson in how to build more homes
3+ week, 5+ day ago (867+ words) January 25, 2026 " 5:00am Next door to the Australian embassy here, a construction project has been under way for the past year. A former office building " once home to the Air Line Pilots Association " is being converted into 157 residential apartments. It is one…...
Chatswood’s space-age tower from the 1970s faces the wrecking ball
4+ week, 2+ day ago (740+ words) The BMA Tower at 815 Pacific Hwy Chatswood. Credit: Oscar Colman Architect Peter Lonergan remembers riding the space-age external lift that rose 13 levels to a rooftop restaurant on the curved BMA Chatswood skyscraper designed by migrant architect Hugo Stossel. "I went…...
Why this Sydney office block should make you feel like dancing
1+ mon, 1+ week ago (1353+ words) John James, the architect behind the Reader's Digest building, visits the site that marked was both the peak and end of his career. "Imagine you are dancing in the space." That's the advice from John James, the 94-year-old mastermind of…...
Jarrod Bleijie reveals architects chosen to design Brisbane's new Olympic Stadium
1+ mon, 2+ week ago (25+ words) Queensland's Deputy Premier Jarrod Bleijie has unveiled the team chosen to design Brisbane's new Olympic Stadium at Victoria Park for 2032. The Sydney Morning Herald...
The small addition to the Opera House steps that has caused a big backlash
1+ mon, 3+ week ago (877+ words) A proposal to install handrails on the grand stairs of the Sydney Opera House has snowballed into a debate over how to preserve the city's heritage landmarks while ensuring they also comply with modern building standards. The Opera House is…...
Inside some of Sydney’s most inspiring homes
1+ mon, 3+ week ago (173+ words) From world-class harbour views to a deeply personal 1930s cottage on the coast, prepare to be enchanted. The owners, including an interior designer, converted the two-bedroom, one-bathroom space into a Parisian-inspired three bedder. The site in Sydney's Marrickville has a new…...