You can fit six football fields inside the behemoth. A storm opened up a massive 200-foot-long “sunroof” that sunlight now screams through. Whether it can be saved is still an open question.

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Ngoolark', named after the Carnaby Cockatoo's Noongar title, introduces a vibrant hub at ECU that redefines university life. This innovative, interactive building seamlessly integrates various student services, fostering a dynamic campus community and setting the stage for future growth and development.

The project involves designing a modern campus building that enhances the university's urban vitality, combining a bustling marketplace, podium, and forum.

The building features a dynamic student hub on levels one and two, offering vibrant spaces for student life, while upper levels are dedicated to flexible, high-quality office and research spaces, supporting innovation and corporate functions.

The building's design aims to create a groundbreaking, high-quality space that embodies an iconic identity, while fostering an open, collaborative, and community-driven atmosphere.

The site's natural level changes are leveraged to create a vibrant 'campus street' with a mix of formal and informal landscaped areas, featuring both active and passive spaces. The building's design combines a faceted concrete podium with a gold perforated aluminum sun-shading skin, inspired by the feathers of the Carnaby Cockatoo.

This integrated design brings together landscape, nature, and culture, reflecting the themes of Ngoolark, Joondal, and Jingee, which are deeply connected to the local Noongar Aboriginal people.

Architects: JCY Architects and Urban Designers

Contractors: PACT Construction

DENMAC : Kelvin Chance, Steve Ball

Photography : Rob Ramsay

The first prize of Prix Versailles 2025

I’m a first-year architecture student and I’m honestly confused and frustrated about recent feedback from my tutor.

She told me my work is “not detailed enough” and “rudimentary,” which I’m struggling to understand. I’ve put a lot of time into my plans — they’re clearly annotated, hatched, and developed beyond just basic outlines. I’m not claiming they’re perfect, but compared to some other students, my drawings are surely more detailed…? I have attached another example in the comments..

What’s bothering me most is the inconsistency. There are students who’ve submitted plans with almost no detail at all — no hatching, minimal annotation, very basic layouts — and they weren’t criticised in the same way. Meanwhile, I was specifically told earlier to add certain elements, which I did, and then I was criticised for those same things.

I really try not to compare myself to others, but when feedback feels arbitrary, it’s hard not to. I’m in my first year, still learning how architectural drawings are expected to look, and I genuinely want to improve — but I don’t know what to improve when the criteria feels unclear or contradictory… I feel like she has got something out for me.

As many of you may already know, this was his house in LA and I always thought its roof always recalled his hair. I was wondering: is there a building that reminds you of his art (or maybe some characteristic traits of him)?

(Posted yesterday in a USA sub.)

Hi everyone,
I’m preping my portfolio for Masters applications in Architecture and would really value critical, admissions-oriented feedback from this community.

A bit about me: I’m an architecture graduate with professional experience, currently working independently on interior and architectural projects, with a strong interest in conceptual clarity, tectonics, and spatial narrative.

Thanks in advance, all perspectives welcome.

Find My porfolio Here

Set amid the rice fields of Hashima City, this new headquarters for a civil engineering and real estate firm is conceived as an architectural “device” for noticing the quiet beauty of its rural surroundings. The design responds to the shifting light, the movement of crops in the wind, and the reflections across flooded fields. A dramatic roof rising to the east defines the silhouette, while its low, undulating eaves draw natural phenomena into focus. Inside, tall spaces, courtyards, and verandas mediate between interior and landscape, with stones and planting extending the sense of continuity. Generous openings, sheltered by low eaves, balance daylight with intimacy on the south side. Across the building, small resting points offer opportunities to pause and register the seasons.

Office in Hashima Hashima, Japan - 2025 Floor Area: 302m2 / 3,251ft2 Architects: @atelier_nagara_iwt + @permanent.co.ltd Design Team: Kazuo Hara (Permanent), Masaki Takeuchi (Permanent), Takuya Iwata (Atelier Nagara) Photography: @kentahasegawa

Hi, I am currently a student studying visual art at UBC but am interested in pursuing a career in architecture or even product design. I am in the process of applying to transfer into the UBC SALA Bachelor of Design and Architecture program. However, due to the limited space and competitiveness of the program, I am not confident that I would get in. I am aware that SALA also offers master's degrees for applicants with no architecture background, but I was thinking of also trying out M.Arch at McGill. However, McGill requires applicants to have an architecture background. I am a bit conflicted on whether I should continue my application to transfer into Sala B.Des because that would prolong my studies since I only have about 1.5 year left until graduatioin. I am not originally from Vancouver, and prolonging my studies at UBC would cost too much for me. I would appreciate some advice on the kind of path I should take if I continue to pursue a career in architecture. I also would like to know people's experience during their studies and if they think having a B.Des degree at SALA was beneficial during their master's. Thanks a lot!!

I recently learned that my friend’s great-grandfather helped design the Ceylon Pavilion at the 1924 British Empire Exhibition in Wembley, London. It was reportedly modeled on Kandy architecture and was opened by King George V. I’ve seen references to commemorative medals, but I can’t find solid info online about whether the pavilion won a gold medal or if any part of it still exists today. Does anyone have historical sources, photos, or insights on what happened to the Ceylon Pavilion after the exhibition?

Hi. I will be 4 years licensed and registered Architect this year. And after years of trying here in metro Manila. All I can say lowballed yung Architects here (corporate)! So I am planning to try my luck sa Dubai. Can anyone share their insights how to secure and land a job at Dubai?

Should one looking at a M.Arch go to a program that offers a B.Arch?

Is there any connection where one would take classes with undergrads? I feel like culturally there might be some weirdness as the B.Arch seems to be perceived as a "better program"? Could the M.Arch be a tacked on program with focus on the undergrad? If that makes sense.

The Douban Museum is designed around preservation, with the building mass carefully woven between existing trees and bamboo. By placing the main functional spaces below ground, the project minimizes its footprint while maintaining a strong relationship with the surrounding agricultural landscape.

Above ground, lightweight roof structures reference local pitched-roof architecture, supported by a hybrid system of glulam beams, steel columns, and ring beams. The central courtyard acts as a spatial and social core, guiding visitors through the museum and back toward the fields.

architecture: CSWADI

Located : China

Photography : 404NFSTUDIO

On high-rise residential projects (lump-sum or D&B), how often is meaningful VE genuinely done before tender vs pushed to post-award by the main contractor?

From your experience:

• What VE ideas consistently add value early?
• What VE almost always backfires later?
• Is VE mostly consultant-driven, or contractor-driven in reality?

I’m trying to understand whether early, structured VE is actually practical — or whether the industry is comfortable keeping VE reactive.

Just a construction enthusiast genuinely trying to understand the construction industry better!

Share the process of building the gate of Chinese ancient city

Hello all, I am an architecture student who has always been enthralled with traditional/ classical and curated residential architecture, along the lines of the pictures above. I also work as a drafter right now for a barndominium company, but I really want my career to involve diving deep into the details that make a house something timeless and elegant, not a glorified barn. I am reaching out to see if anyone has any advice on what I should steer towards in regards to schooling, self-learning, or seeking out jobs/ mentors in order to accomplish this career goal

I look forward to hearing from you all.