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On the cultural implications of SANAA's latest Art Gallery of New South Wales expansion

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The Art Gallery of New South Wales, one of Australia’s most important art institutions, faces an especially acute cultural challenge. The Sydney Opera House was loathed before it was loved, and the Modern has traveled a rough road already.

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Tadao Ando unveils MPavilion based on "pure geometry"

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Pritzker Architecture Prize-winning architect Tadao Ando has designed an aluminium-disc-topped pavilion as the 10th MPavilion in Melbourne , Australia. Created as the Japanese architect's first-ever project in Australia, the concrete pavilion was designed as a space to reflect on the surrounding Queen Victoria Gardens.

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Retrofitted Sydney skyscraper named Best Tall Building Worldwide

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The Quay Quarter Tower in Sydney by Danish studio 3XN and Australian studio BVN has won the Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat's award for best new tall building. According to 3XN, 65 per cent of the original structure – beams, columns and slabs – was retained alongside 95 per cent of the original core.

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Sydney Opera House concert hall reopens after extensive renovation

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The concert hall at the iconic Sydney Opera House in Australia has reopened following the long-awaited renovation of its dated acoustics, functionality and accessibility. The Sydney Opera House's concert hall has reopened. "In Read: 10 key projects by Sydney Opera House architect Jørn Utzon.

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Euroa House, Kelvin View, Victoria

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After the design of Euroa House and documentation phase, the works commenced construction in 2015 and were completed in early 2019. This is truely a Grand Design, with works having been filmed along the way by Grand Designs Australia. This is truely a Grand Design, with works having been filmed along the way by Grand Designs Australia.

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Sydney architecture: How the most iconic buildings in Sydney’s cityscape came to be

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Sydney is the largest and oldest city in Australia. The architecture of Sydney has clear influences from Georgian revival, Expressionism, Baroque, Minimalism, Industrialism, Neoclassicalism, Stripped Classical, Art Deco, Modern Expressionism and many more design movements. History of architecture in Sydney.

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The Biennale of Sydney spotlights salient voices and perspectives under ‘Ten Thousand Suns’

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The Biennale of Sydney stands as Australia’s foremost (and largest scale) international contemporary art festival. Upon entrance at the Museum of Contemporary Art Australia, the foyer walls will be transformed with original artwork commissioned and created by Iraqi-Swedish-American artist of Kurdish descent Hayv Kahraman.

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