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A pine-cone-informed apartment block features in today's Dezeen Weekly newsletter
The latest edition of our Dezeen Weekly newsletter features a mixed-use apartment block on Queensland's Gold Coast. More
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Retractable screens shelter seafront apartment block in Australia by Koichi Takada Architects
Australian firm Koichi Takada Architects has completed a mixed-use apartment block on Queensland's Gold Coast featuring retractable slatted wooden screens and thin balconies that reference the form of a pine cone. More
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Contreras Earl Architecture designs "living ark" for coral conservation near Great Barrier Reef
Australian studio Contreras Earl Architecture has revealed its design for the Living Coral Biobank, which will have a sculptural concrete facade informed by coral. More
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Curved forms and beige tones pervade Penthouse M by CJH Studio
CJH Studio ditched gaudy 1980s fixtures to form the calming interiors of this penthouse apartment in Gold Coast, Australia. More
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B.E. Architecture builds Mermaid Beach Residence with a sense of "permanence"
Heavy concrete walls anchor this family home in Queensland, Australia, to its beachside setting, while hiding it from a busy road nearby. More
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Wedding chapel by Wilson Architects will slowly become overgrown with vines
Creeping plants will eventually overtake the hollow timber walls of this chapel by in Queensland by Wilson Architects, so it looks like a ruin amid a landscape of lavender fields. More
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Medals for Commonwealth Games 2018 based on Australia's Gold Coast
Athletes at this year's Commonwealth Games will be awarded medals designed by Australian artist Delevene Cockatoo-Collins, which each feature designs based on Queensland's Gold Coast shoreline. More
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Sliding eucalyptus-wood screens wrap house on Australia's Sunshine Coast
Timber screens can be pulled aside to provide uninterrupted views towards the ocean from this house near the Australian resort of Noosa. More
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Tato Architects and Phorm Architecture combine Japanese and Australian design for Brisbane house
This hillside house in Brisbane, designed by Japanese studio Tato Architects and Australian office Phorm Architecture, features outdoor living spaces raised up on stilts. More
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Mirrored ceilings reflect surroundings along walkway installed at Australian university campus
Australian firm Wilson Architects has added a meandering covered walkway to the campus of James Cook University in Townsville, which incorporates a polished aluminium soffit to reflect views of the landscape. More
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PHAB Architects transforms 1920s packing shed into a contemporary art gallery
Australian studio PHAB Architects has converted a former condensed-milk packing shed into an art gallery and workshop, without losing the building's industrial character and materiality (+ slideshow). More
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Cox Rayner's university health centre aims to reduce anxiety in patients
Inside Festival 2015: Casey Vallance of Cox Rayner Architects explains how the firm used natural materials to create a calming environment inside a dentist training facility in Brisbane, Australia, in this exclusive movie. More
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Queensland bungalow updated with contemporary interior and house-shaped extension
Architecture studio Vokes and Peters has created a new timber-panelled interior for a heritage property in Queensland, Australia, and built a new cottage-like extension at the rear (+ slideshow). More
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Vokes and Peters adds black timber extension to a cabin on Australia's Sunshine Coast
Brisbane studio Vokes and Peters has converted this timber holiday home in Queensland into a permanent residence for a semi-retired couple by adding an angular extension (+ slideshow). More
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Zaha Hadid proposes a pair of tapered towers for Australia's Gold Coast
Zaha Hadid has designed her second set of skyscrapers for Australia – a pair of sinuous towers that will be constructed beside the harbour in Gold Coast, Queensland. More
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3D-printed weapons found during Australian police raid
News: Australian police have seized weapons created on a 3D printer while raiding a property in Gold Coast, Queensland. More
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The University of Queensland opens engineering facility with a louvred terracotta facade
Hundreds of terracotta panels shade the sunny northern facade of this new engineering building at the University of Queensland in Australia, designed by architects Richard Kirk and Hassell (+ slideshow). More
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CRAB Studio creates cave-like meeting rooms at Bond University architecture faculty
Curving concrete walls frame secluded meeting rooms along the central thoroughfare of this architecture faculty building at Bond University in Queensland, Australia, by Peter Cook's architecture firm CRAB Studio (+ slideshow). More
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House in Kawanishi by Tato Architects with hipped roof and stilts
This house in Hyogo, Japan, was designed by Tato Architects with the same hipped roof, stilted structure and wide balcony that are common to residences in Queensland, Australia (+ slideshow). More
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Cairns Botanic Gardens Visitors Centre by Charles Wright Architects
This mirror-clad visitor centre by Australian firm Charles Wright Architects was designed to be invisible amongst the surrounding trees of the Cairns Botanic Gardens in Queensland. More
