June 2010
2010 Venice Architecture Biennale
16.06.2010| Plus Architecture is a proud sponsor of the 2010 Venice Architecture Biennale.
Organised by the Australian Institute of Architects, 17 proposals will be exhibited in the Australian Pavilion at Venice, with the theme ‘NOW + WHEN Australian Urbanism’. The latest 3D stereoscopic imaging will form the basis of this exhibition. The ‘NOW’ element will highlight six of Australia’s most interesting urban and anti-urban regions as they are, before dramatically representing the recently selected, futuristic urban environments from the competition imagining ‘WHEN’ we reach 2050 and beyond. |
Melbourne ‘now’ by John Gollings |
09/06/10 ‘Custom-designed plus the cool factor’, The Age
10.06.2010| ‘”When you are an expert in a small market, it’s volatile,” said Craig Yelland, a director of Plus Architecture. “When the market goes pear-shaped, you’re in real trouble”.Now, Plus Architecture is back in business, its staff level is back to 50.The company has more than 800 apartments, 8000 square metres of office space and 4000sqm of retail under construction in locations ranging from Port Melbourne, Tooronga, and St Kilda, to NewQuay and South Yarra.
Mr Yelland makes jobs work financially, while the other directors, Ian Briggs looks after design and Rainer Strunz runs the documentation team. One recently completed project, Society in South Yarra, is the first larger building to have small, custom-designed units. This is the first time the banks would finance projects where the minimum unit was 40 sqm…The Plus directors are adamant that good design sells.’ |
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