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The Sydney Morning Herald has published Peter John’s 2001 Newtown House alteration on the front page of Domain real estate liftout on 29th July 2008.

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Victorian Eco Innovation Laboratory

VEIL

Antarctica Directors Graham Crist and Simon Whibley are active members of VEIL, a sustainable design organisation run by a multi-university partnership consisting of the University of Melbourne, Swinburne, RMIT and Monash Universities.

Through the School of Architecture and Design at RMIT, Antarctica directors Graham Crist and Brendan Jones collaborated with the Royal Australian College of General Practitioners to produce the design workbook Rebirth of the Clinic, which is intended for General Practitioners and Architects to share ideas on designing primary health care facilities.

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RACGP

Antarctica was awarded a 3rd Place Honourable Mention for this competition entry. The scheme planned to allow flexibility of use, and proposes to provide residents some opportunity to adapt the houses according to household structure.

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Antarctica Group were awarded an Honourable Mention in the Architecture Australia Unbuilt competition, for our Warburton Rail Trail Shared Bridge. This bridge was designed for VicRoads in early 2007. Of 92 entries from around Australia, Antarctica’s was one of five awarded projects.
The january/february issue of Architecture Australia features this project and the prizes, where the jury described the project as `a bridge so good it should have been built.’

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AA Unbuilt 2007

East Gippsland Mayor, Cr Mandy Urie, announced on Monday that Antarctica Group Pty Ltd had won the design competition for a footbridge over the Cunninghame Arm in Lakes Entrance.

The new bridge uses the same rhythms, and forms as the existing bridge. This memory of the existing bridge is then combined with an open ‘bowl’ at its centre, an accessible place for mooring, fishing, and swimming – or simply a place to sit and dip one’s toes in the water. The bowl’s curved surface cradles the new activities that take place upon it. Parts of the platform submerge and emerge from the water with the changing of the tides.

The mayor said, “it is a bold and innovative design that will emerge as a structure that will encourage visitors to Lakes Entrance just to see it… The ability to interact with the bridge by using its plate for a variety of activities will be a great drawcard.”

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