resources
GIB
Gibraltar board for internal linings. PDF guides, CAD details, and calculators.
SIAL - RMIT
“The Spatial Information Architecture Laboratory (SIAL) is a facility for innovation in transdisciplinary design research and education.”
Robin Boyd tour 2004
A review by Norman Day of the National Trust’s day of Boyd open homes.
Monocle
“Edited by Wallpaper* founder and International Herald Tribune columnist Tyler Brûlé, Monocle offers a comprehensive global briefing under a single editorial brand.”
Digilib Architecture Image Library
700 odd photograhs of the work of contmporary Queensland architects.
Auckland Guide
This looks handy. This fine pile of PDF guides to the work of some of Auckland’s top architects originally appeared in NZIA’s BLOCK publication. They are rather well written by the likes of Andrew Barrie and Julia Gatley. The growing list includes tours for:
Marion Cultural Centre
Sean Pickersgill’s 2002 review of Ashton Raggat McDougall + Phillips/Pilkington’s Marion Cultural Centre in South Australia.
In The Mind Of The Architect
An ABC TV production in 2000 that surveyed contemporary architects and architecture. The site contains a few slideshows an illustrated transcipts.
Capitol Theatre
[113 Swanston Street]
Melbourne
CNN Architecture Down Under
an 2000 olympics-timed photo tour of contemporary australian architecture – with pictures from George Michell and John Gollings book “New Australian Style”.
ARC.PEACE
“The purpose of ARC•PEACE is to be the global network of architects, design and planners committed to building in a socially responsible way a peaceful, just and an environmentally sustainable future.”
Post Magazine
Zoomable scans of the first few issues of Post are free to view. Post reckons it’s an accessible student-intiated mag that’s definitely not your conventional archijournal.
Victoria's Planning Schemes
Government website containing all the state’s planning schemes and zoning maps (all PDF). Seems to work better in Internet Explorer.