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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…
Rare French Tiles Discovered At Footscray Railway Station
What is believed to be a rare Australian example of the use (or surviving example) of Marseilles terracotta tiles manufactured by the French company of…
Culture Industry Contributes Australian GDP – Article
According to a recent article published in the Sydney Morning Herald, Australia’s creative and cultural industries contribute more than $86 billion annually to the national economy – more than the transport industry or welfare sector – the first research of its kind by the Australian Bureau of Statistics has revealed. Read the full article: http://www.smh.com.au/entertainment/culture-industry-contributes-86-billion-a-year-to-australian-gdp-20140212-32i92.html#ixzz2teSprA9T
Conservation project earns UNESCO Award
We are proud to announce that the Maryborough Railway Station conservation project has been recognised internationally, earning an award of merit at the prestigious UNESCO…
Flinders Street Station Design Competition
In 1899, Fawcett and Ashworth won the international architectural design competition for a new train station beside Princes Bridge on Flinders Street. This week, 114…