Sue Rosen Associates

23/01/2022

We knew it would be good when we saw the plans...but the finished product is truly magazine-worthy! Another successful project, Archisoul Architects!

SRA: Heritage Impact Statement & Photographic Archival Record.

20/01/2020

Bushfires reveal previously unknown section of World Heritage listed Budj Bim Cultural Landscape - an ancient aquaculture system that predates the Pyramids.

New survey of site due to take place in light of discovery

13/01/2020

Two heritage buildings (Willow Grove, a 1870s heritage villa that was once a maternity hospital, and St George's Terraces) to be demolished to make way for the new Powerhouse Museum in Parramatta.

Some have branded the winning design a monstrosity on stilts with the government suggesting that it'll all be worth it.

The design for the Powerhouse Museum's new home at Parramatta is revealed, and criticised, particularly as two heritage buildings will need to be demolished to make way for monstrosity on stilts.

09/01/2020

The new Museum of Western Australia in Perth is a glass and steel structure that incorporates several 19th century buildings including the Old Perth Gaol.

What do you think of the design?

Link: http://www.globalconstructionreview.com/news/hassell-and-omas-new-museum-western-australia-comp/

08/01/2020

Fuel for the debate? We've got a recommendation for your reading list.

For those who would like to arm themselves for the debates and enquiries that will inevitably occur in the months following this catastrophe, I strongly recommend Stephen J. Pyne’s Burning Bush: A Fire History of Australia - extracts are available here (https://www.amazon.com.au/Burning-Bush-Fire-...

07/01/2020

Two hundred heritage listed huts at risk as fires sweep through Victoria's high country. This includes the recently restored Wallace's Hut, a heritage-listed bush hut built in 1889.

There are fears for some of the 200 heritage-listed huts sprinkled across Victorias high country, after fire swept through the region.

05/01/2020

George Tourvas talks about growing up in Paddington in this video from our fascinating series of oral
from .

George was born in 1957 and grew up on the border of Paddington and Darlinghurst. He can remember living at Five Ways and then on the corner of Lawson Street and Neild Avenue. His parents owned a corner shop.In those days, the early sixties, it was a lot different to what it is now. It was a lot mor...

26/11/2019

Historic cottage earmarked for demolition.
"This cottage is probably one of the most painted and photographed cottages in the , perhaps "

Tuesday night will seal the fate of one of the country's most historically significant sites located at Woodville.

24/11/2019

Developer boasted about bribing Indigenous leaders to waive claims.

A secret recording reveals developer John Woodman discussing paying off local Indigenous leaders. “They’re not interested in the land ... they couldn’t give a rat’s arse about their ancestors."

24/11/2019

The tragic demolition of the Art Deco Greyhound Hotel in St. Kilda highlights the importance of taking into account a site's social history and significance, in this case for the local LGBT community. We question the assessment of “no architectural merit” that was stamped on the place.

The sale of the site of the former Greyhound Hotel in St Kilda has reignited debated about the difficulty of protecting places with 'intangible' heritage value.

23/11/2019

Despite a sharp increase in demand for building restoration, skilled workers with the heritage techniques needed for this kind of work are just not available.

There is a growing market in historic building restoration across the country, but very few people know the heritage techniques needed to do the work — and those who have the skills are retiring.

20/11/2019

The wreckage of World War II hero's RAAF Spitfire has been discovered in Litchfield National Park, NT. In a remote and inaccessible area, the plan is to preserve the wreckage at its final resting place.

The terrifying air battles over Darwin during World War II are sometimes forgotten in Australia's wartime memory. But new discoveries from these battles are still being made 76 years on.