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Public lounge: the Great Hall of the National Gallery of Victoria

[caption id="attachment_347484" align="alignnone" width="1600"] Standing on delicate legs, the stained-glass ceiling of the Great Hall was made b...

Atelier Chen Hung’s Mapleton House in Australia. Seen from the road at dusk with shutters open, letting out light from inside and showing the deep blue sky and the view to the valley below

Mapleton House by Atelier Chen Hung in Mapleton, Australia

A house in the mountains near Brisbane by Atelier Chen Hung is a contemporary and generous take on the picturesque

Competition site: German embassy, Canberra

Competition: German embassy in Canberra
The competition aims to promote traditional terraced type houses such as these historic homes in Campbell Street,Sydney

Competition: Pattern Book Design Competition, New South Wales
Nick Mitzevich

Competition insights: Nick Mitzevich on National Gallery of Australia’s Sculpture Garden contest
Clement Meadmore, Virginia, 1970 at the National Sculpture Garden at the National Gallery of Australia in Canberra

Competition: National Gallery of Australia Sculpture Garden
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Nuclear colonialism in Maralinga
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Bill of health: PAMS clinic in Newman, Australia by Kaunitz Yeung Architecture
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Commit to memory: Melbourne Holocaust Museum in Melbourne, Australia by Kerstin Thompson Architects
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Live Work Share House in Queensland, Australia by Bligh Graham Architects
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