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"Public school in the making": the Department of Education building. Photo: Christopher Pearce
One of the two major public buildings on Sydney's Bridge Street should be converted into a much-needed city school, says a group of prominent Australian architects.
The Department of Education building and the adjacent Department of Lands building are being offloaded by the Baird government for "no longer meeting their requirements"after more than a century of civic use.
The architecturally prized landmarks, known as "the sandstones", are being sold on a 99-year lease through an international expressions of interest campaign closing on December 3. The marketing pitch describes it as a "rare" chance for a buyer to convert the two buildings into boutique luxury hotels.
But eight architects and academics are appealing to the Premier and Treasurer to keep the historically significantbuildings in public ownership by realising the Education building's potential as "a Sydney city public school in the making".
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Australian Institute of Architects' gold medallists Richard Leplastrier and Peter Myers, both of whom worked withJornUtzonon the Sydney OperaHouse, are among those who put their names to a letter sent on Saturday.
"Surely here is an unlikely to be repeated opportunity to make a very fine city-based school in a buildingthat belongs to the citizensand is currently under the custodianshipof the Department of Education," the letter says.
The group argues the building was "readily adaptable" for use as a public high school; a purpose that would require less intrusive changes to the historic structure than a hotel.
"Basically, you could call it Bridge Street High School, just write it in chalk on the wall and that's it; everything's there," said Mr Myers, who has designed plans that show how the building's internal courtyard could be converted into a 500-seat theatre.
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A' Design Award and Competition is delighted to share that the Installation Design by Cheungvogl Architects has been awarded with the coveted Golden A' Design Award in Interior Space and Exhibition Design Competition.
Insights on Aesop Installation Cheungvogl Architects, the creative team behind the award winning work "Aesop Installation" said: Cheungvogl created an installation for Aesop at I.T Hysan One in Causeway Bay, Hong Kong that builds on the reputation for architecturally remarkable spaces. Cheungvogl have imbued the exhibition space with a delicate luminosity. Eight hundred resin boxes are arranged atop steel rods of varying lengths, creating the sense that each box is ascending at its own pace, as if being drawn upward by an invisible thread. The installation explicitly focuses on the integration, interaction and communication. Learn more about the award winning design: https://competition.adesignaward.com/design.php?ID=30086
Team Members for Aesop I.T Installation, Hong Kong Aesop I.T Installation, Hong Kong was imagined by Judy Cheung, Christoph Vogl , K Nakamura and Kai Fischer.
The Golden A' Design Award The Golden A' Design Award is a prestigious award given to top 3% percentile designs that has exhibited an exemplary level of excellence in design. The designs are judged by a grand jury panel of designers, press members and academics who score entries based on their functionality, ergonomics, engineering, presentation, innovation, usability, fun details, technology, and any other specific points that could be considered. Laureates of the A' Design Award and Competition are granted a series of PR and marketing services such as an article feature at DZGN Design Blog, inclusion in World Design Rankings and World Design Index as well as physical exhibition of awarded projects in several countries.
About A' Design Award and Competition Endorsed by the DesignCompetition.com and many others, the A' Design Award and Competition aims to highlight the excellent qualifications of best designs, design concepts and design oriented products in all countries and in all creative disciplines. The ultimate aim of the A' Design Competition is to push designers, artists, architects and product manufacturers worldwide to create superior products or projects that benefit society. To learn more visit: http://www.whatisadesignaward.com
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Como, Italy (PRWEB) November 29, 2014
A' International Juried Design Award and Competition is pleased to announce that the Architectural Design Project - General Department of Information System by AGi Architects has been granted a Golden A' Design Award in the Architecture, Building and Structure Design Competition Category.
Regarding "General Department of Information System" Project
AGi Architects, the creative team behind the award winning architectural project "General Department of Information System" said, The design proposal for the General Department of Information System, GDIS, in Kuwait, developed by AGi architects in collaboration with Bonyan Design, is based on three principles: representativeness, security and functionality, turning the complex, with a total gross area of 135,482 sqm, into a strong civil icon representing Kuwaits Ministry of Interior Affairs. Building design aims for the clear transmission of a conceptual duality it derives from: technology, innovation and transparency versus strength, stability and security, which are inherent to the Ministry of Interior Affairs." Learn more about this design: https://competition.adesignaward.com/design.php?ID=29912
Design Team for General Department of Information System
General Department of Information System was co-designed by the AGi team which consists of: Joaqun Prez-Goicoechea, Nasser B. Abulhasan, Salvador Cejudo, Daniel Muoz, Carmen Sagredo, Daniel Bas, Adamira Herrero, Alfredo Carrato, Ana Lopez Cerrato, Lucia Azurmendi, Javier Alonso, Nicols Martn, Moyra Montoya, Maria lvarez labrador, Hanan Alkouh, Robert Varghese, Sarah Al Fraih and Bonyan Design.
The Golden A' Design Award The Golden A' Design Award in Architecture is a prestigious architectural design award given to top 3% percentile designs that have achieved an exemplary level of perfection in architectural design. Entries to the A' Architectural Design Awards are peer reviewed and anonymously voted by a grand jury panel of established academics, press members and design professionals following strict evaluation guidelines. Laureates of the A' Design Award & Competition are provided a series of PR and Publicity services, such as exhibition of their work in MOOD Museum of Design, to celebrate the status of winning the accolades. Award winners are further invited to join the World Design Consortium and are listed in designer rankings. Entry instructions, evaluation methodology and details on winner services and prizes are available at A' Design Awards website.
About A' Design Award and Competition A' Design Award and Competition is organized and awarded annually and internationally in all creative design, architecture and engineering categories to reach a wide, design-oriented audience. Award winning works are translated to all languages in order to create a global awareness for good design practices and principles. The ultimate aim of the A' Design Accolades is to create incentives for designers, artists, architects, brands and product manufacturers to come up with superior products and projects that benefit society. To learn more about the A' Design Awards please visit: http://www.whatisadesignaward.com
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The Nova Centre complex in downtown Halifax is delayed nearly a year, a major setback for the citys new convention centre.
The half-billion-dollar development, which includes the new Halifax Convention Centre, a hotel, financial towers and retail space, is now expected to be substantially completed by Sept. 30, 2016.
An official opening for the $164-million convention centre, cost-shared by the three levels of government, is planned for January 2017.
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Joe Ramia, head of Argyle Developments Inc., attributed the setback to design changes following public consultation, the approval process and a tough construction season last winter.
The delay is a major headache for Trade Centre Ltd., an arms-length provincial Crown corporation that oversees the World Trade and Convention Centre and its successor.
Trade Centre event promoters have spent months pursuing top national and international conferences and have already booked 30 events for the new convention centre, more than half of which are scheduled for 2016.
The Crown corporation issued a news release last January underscoring the conferences it had booked for that year.
The Canadian Library Association was cited as one key event it had secured, bringing hundreds of delegates in May 2016. Valoree McKay, the associations executive director, said she was informed Thursday of the construction delays.
Were aware, and were considering our options, McKay said.
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The artist who painted the interior and exterior of the Chesser-Williams House also painted this mural above the parlor fireplace. (Staff photo: Kristi Reed)
In just a few months, visitors to the Gwinnett Environmental and Heritage Center (GEHC) will be able to tour one of the oldest surviving homes in Gwinnett the Chesser-Williams House. The home is historically significant not only for its age, but also because it is decorated inside and out with rare folk art paintings.
One of the things that makes this house so valuable is the art, said GEHC Director Steve Cannon.
The art is believed to have been the work of an itinerant German artist who painted in exchange for room and board during his travels from North Carolina to Texas in the late 1800s. Only seven other structures are known to have intact examples of the artists work and none of his exterior paintings apart from those found on the Chesser-Williams House are known to have survived. All of the painting was done freehand which resulted in some characteristic marks which enabled historians to identify his work at homes and churches across the region.
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