Discipline: Architecture
In this issue of The Design Edit we spotlight the award-winning Scotts Crossing, Valentine Avenue Tower, a new riverfront residential development at Brisbane’s Bulimba Barracks and updated plans for the $3.75B ultra luxury, mixed-use Jam Factory. We also introduce our newly appointed Senior Associates and promotions. Subscribe to our quarterly update for the latest in people, […]
The design brief for the Australia Pavilion at World Expo 2025 Osaka centred on the narrative theme of ‘Chasing the Sun’, a response to the main World Expo theme, ‘Designing Future Society for Our Lives’. The design had to represent commonality across all the nation’s peoples and cultures, old and new. From the outset, the […]
It was a full house in our Tāmaki Makaurau Auckland studio this week as Buchan’s Arno Pieters led a Sketching Series workshop for the Aotearoa Festival of Architecture 2025. Delegates from across generations came together, pencils in hand, to explore the enduring art of drawing. “I love presenting these sessions – they reaffirm what I […]
The characterful fabrication shed, which dates to World War Two, will become the community heart and establish a strong identity for the precinct. The design respects the shed’s existing form, proportions and materials. The main entry faces north towards the river and accentuates the shed’s distinctive, stepped contour. Openings in the facade reveal the internal […]
Congratulations to our Buchan colleagues Hayden Djakic and Adrian Vocale on their recent promotions. Hayden has been promoted to Senior Associate and Adrian to Senior Architect, recognising their continued contribution to Buchan through design excellence, technical expertise, leadership and client service.
The transformation of Brisbane’s Bulimba Barracks has reached another milestone following Development Application approval for the Apollo Road Apartments, the first residential complex in the expansive new riverside precinct. The green light follows earlier approval for the adaptive reuse of Bulimba Barracks’ heritage Fabrication Shed and a new riverside pavilion, all designed by global architecture […]
The proposed development aims to transform underutilised space into a vibrant mixed-use precinct anchored by a new state-of-the-art stadium in an area behind Spark Arena and the old Auckland Railway Station building. This area has also been referred to as Quay Park, and borders Quay Street. Internationally renowned sports architects HKS is leading the stadium […]
Thank you to everyone who joined us in our Buchan Melbourne studio for a taste of The Market Pavilion at Chadstone. It was a privilege to welcome collaborators, clients and peers to share insights on how design, sustainability, leasing and technology are shaping The Market Pavilion – a truly unique mixed-use project. A special thank […]
The development includes 10 one bedroom, 38 two-bedroom and 21 three bedroom apartments across two buildings that are carefully scaled to respect the surrounding neighbourhood. The design draws on the site’s industrial legacy, with curved forms and brickwork referencing the former soap and candle factory dating back to the 1880s. A communal courtyard inspired by […]