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Scotts Crossing has received the top Urban Design honour at the 2025 ACT Architecture Awards, which celebrate design excellence in architecture across the state. Buchan with Mather Architecture have transformed Scotts Crossing into a vibrant, pedestrian-focused public realm, prioritising social connection and community engagement. AIA ACT 2025 Urban Design award “Buchan and Mather Architecture have […]

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The design brief for the Australia Pavilion at World Expo 2025 Osaka centred on the narrative theme of ‘Chasing the Sun’, a response to the main World Expo theme, ‘Designing Future Society for Our Lives’. The design had to represent commonality across all the nation’s peoples and cultures, old and new. From the outset, the […]

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This week GURNER™ Group in partnership with Qualitas, revealed new plans for the $3.75B ultra luxury, mixed-use Jam Factory development in Melbourne. As lead consultant, Buchan is proud to be collaborating with SOM and GURNER™ Design House on this bold evolution of the iconic site’s masterplan. The updated plans will redefine the project to deliver […]

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Sydney’s heritage-listed South Eveleigh Locomotive Workshop has been transformed from an Industrial-era building into a captivating multi-use commercial and community precinct that honours the site’s rich history. The revitalisation includes large public and exhibition spaces, a specialty grocer, eateries, gym and education facilities, and the original blacksmith forge, in full working order. The inner-Sydney Workshop […]

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The long-awaited transformation of Brisbane’s Bulimba Barracks site is set to kick off with Development Applications approved for the adaptive reuse of a heritage fabrication shed and a riverside pavilion. Designed by Buchan, the buildings are the first stage of a master planned community that will evolve on the expansive 21-hectare site, purchased from the […]

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Jam Factory

An ultra-luxury precinct, GURNER™ has partnered with renowned architects and designers to reinvigorate the 1.9-hectare site in South Yarra, and deliver an iconic, premium experience for both residents and visitors alike. This ambitious $2.75 billion mixed-use development will seamlessly blend commercial, retail, hospitality, and residential spaces, including two hotels, ultra-luxury residential towers, and a reimagined […]

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The Australia Pavilion at World Expo 2025 Osaka, designed by global architecture and design practice Buchan, is now open and welcoming visitors. Themed ‘Chasing the Sun’, the Pavilion takes its design cue from the ubiquitous eucalyptus tree and its gumnut. The eucalypt’s many shapes and colours symbolise the diversity and dynamism of the Australian people, […]

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Bulimba Barracks Precinct

The characterful fabrication shed, which dates to World War Two, will become the community heart and establish a strong identity for the precinct. The design respects the shed’s existing form, proportions and materials. The main entry faces north towards the river and accentuates the shed’s distinctive, stepped contour. Openings in the facade reveal the internal […]

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