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Prahran Arcade
Dan Murphy’s recent return to the Prahran Arcade at 282 Chapel Street involved a strong conservation effort in the fit-out of their new flag ship…
Railway News
Malmsbury & Carlsruhe Railway Viaducts RBA are researching and documenting works for the refurbishment and repointing of two basalt railway viaducts on the Bendigo railway…
Tallangatta – Victoria’s second ‘Notable Town’
The National Trust of Australia (Victoria) has named the town of Tallangatta as its second ‘Notable Town’. In the 1950s the town was relocated 8km…
Mount Alexander Shire Council Exhibition in Castlemaine
Last week the Mount Alexander Shire council hosted a launch function at the Castlemaine Market for the recently completed and endorsed Thematic History prepared over…
Prahran Arcade
RBA are currently assisting with several projects at the VHR listed (H1960) Prahran Arcade at 282-284 Chapel Street Prahran, including adaptive reuse and some conservation…
Former Tarpaulin Shop Newport Railway workshops
Mallee Stations
Conservation works were completed in December 2015 as part of the VicTrack 2014/15 Heritage Program at four heritage listed Railway Stations in the Mallee region: Kaniva,…
Majorca Building
RBA recently completed a Conservation Management Plan and a Building Fabric Condition Assessment for the Majorca Building, located at Flinders Lane, Melbourne, in preparation for…
Heritage Award for Footscray Railway Station
RBA are delighted to have been awarded the Heritage Property Award (Victoria) for 2015 by the Australian Property Institute for adaptation and conservation works at…
Footscray Railway Station works listed in 2015 Victorian Architecture Awards
The adaptation and conservation works at Footscray Railway Station have been listed in the 2015 Victorian Architecture Awards. The works focused on the four key buildings of heritage value; the centrally situated Main Station Building; flanked by the lesser platform station buildings to the north and one to the south plus a Signal Box to the north east. In addition to researching, designing and overseeing the implementation of the program of conservation works, working in…
Railway stations of the Mallee
As part of VicTrack’s 2014/15 Architectural Design Works Heritage Program, RBA were commissioned to assess and document repair works to four state listed heritage railway…
Essay: Facadism
Inter-office discussion has been enlivened by a recent piecein the architect’s journal (uk) [vol 241, issue 07] by Gillian Darley. She provides a comment on current trend of facadism in London, another City undergoing significant transformation of its inner-city heritage places. The article can be perused at this link
Bamiyan Cultural Centre Design Competition
RBA have recently contributed to the UNESCO Bamiyan Cultural Centre Design Competition. The competition looked to provide a cultural and learning space in the UNESCO…
RBA Director involved in landmark Kolkata (India) restoration
Roger Beeston, RBA Director and deputy chair of AusHeritage, recently attended a workshop at Jadavpur University for the restoration of the 230-year-old Writers’ Buildings, the…
VERSUS 2014
RBA are preparing to make a presentation at the upcoming International Conference on Vernacular Heritage, Sustainability and Earthen Architecture (VerSus 2014) in València, Spain. Our…
PLANNING SCHEME AMENDMENT C198 UPDATE
The Planning Panel Report for Planning Scheme Amendment C198 is now publicly available. Most of the Heritage Overlays proposed in the City North Heritage Review…