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A new affordable housing and retail scheme situated above a metro station in East Hollywood, Los Angeles, has claimed the highest honour at the Australian Institute of Architects International Chapter Architecture Awards.

A primary school precinct on a former pineapple farm and an industrial-inspired adventure playground have taken out prizes at this year’s awards.

The prize for Building of the Year was awarded to a First Nations community hub designed to support gathering, education and connection.

The 40th Dulux Colour Awards have crowned a wide-ranging set of winners, with projects spanning housing, retail, hospitality, public art and student work across Australia and New Zealand.

Rising 56 and 51 storeys along the Brisbane River, the two residential towers will deliver approximately 1,100 dwellings.

Architect Andrew Benn discusses Birchgrove Husks, a residential project in Sydney's inner west and the kiln-dried timber product he wrapped around its facade.

The redeveloped St Kilda Pier, a 700-home apartment complex, Australia’s oldest kindergarten and the environmentally ambitious Port Phillip EcoCentre are among the winners of this year's awards.

In outer Brisbane, three suburban lots have been transformed into 14 new social dwellings, offering a demonstration of what housing can achieve when it is considered as infrastructure, where its outcomes are measured against health and wellbeing, innovation in construction and long-term sustainability, rather than cost alone.

A new home on the Mornington Peninsula sits quietly in its setting, offering a robust and refined evolution of the suburban house.

ArchitectureAu Asks the Melbourne architect, “Construction costs are rising again – will it get worse for architects before it gets better?”

This issue of Houses celebrates design that broadens your horizons.

From self-guided tours of exemplary architect Paul Couch-designed homes to personal reflections on practice, this month’s events explore how architectural ideas evolve over time.

Cuccini in Perth’s Victoria Park sees Ritz and Ghougassian transform an industrial shell into a tactile gelato store, where rich materials and sculptural forms evoke the indulgence and craft of gelato-making.

With more than 400 events in this year’s Melbourne Design Week program, Architecture Media’s editorial team shares some of their highlights.

Colour is often treated as a risk in design, yet Cox Architecture’s Brooke Lloyd says lessons from Copenhagen and Cox’s Intuit Sydney headquarters reveal that, handled with precision and context, colour can achieve the same effortless timelessness as any neutral palette.

Donald Trump wants federal architecture to be beautiful. But whose definition of beauty, and to what end?

Petitioners warn the absorption of the Architects Registration Board of Victoria into a broader Business and Professions Regulator could strip the profession of the independent, specialist oversight that protects both practitioners and the public.

The models and artworks that fill the office of Neil Durbach, Camilla Block and David Jaggers, offer a curatorial vision of architecture – visiting it, writes fellow Gold Medallist John Wardle, is not unlike stepping into another world.

The work of Neil Durbach, Camilla Block and David Jaggers has studded Sydney with moments of surprise and intellectual delight that speak to architecture’s true purpose, writes Elizabeth Farrelly.

Neil Durbach, Camilla Block and David Jaggers have a partnership that can be gladiatorial in the pursuit of excellence. But there is something deeper at the core of their collaboration, writes author Markus Zusack, that speaks to the true nature of creativity.