Speaking at From Sketch to Solid, RMIT, 30th July
This student curated lecture series convened by Elke Howard, RMIT Architecture Student SSCC, aims to expose the development of an architect's design process, from idea to built form, discussing how a project maintains its coherence & integrity through the development process.
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Speaking at Affirmative Architecture Symposium, RMIT 20th - 21st August
Affirmative Architecture is a two day symposium convened by Dr Martyn Hook of the Design Research Institute at RMIT University, Melbourne. The event seeks to define an emergent trend amongst young architects to re-engage with the ability of architecture to make life better.
The symposium draws together international & ...
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Published in Container Atlas: A Practical Guide to Container Architecture
Containers are modular, affordable, & internationally available. More & more often they are being used to build temporary structures such as pavilions, galleries & bars as well as sophisticated housing & office spaces. Container Atlas presents a wide range of container architecture projects along with an in-depth investigation into the ...
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Published in Atlas: Architectures of the 21st Century
Australia & Pacific: Geographic isolation was not enough to prevent the arrival to Australia of international trends, whose influence was already very present in the 19th century. Despite the current cultural homogenization, the architecture of each province has managed to find its own expression, generating several schools whose common denominator ...
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Winner of Department of Transport Bicycle Parking Design Competition
I want to ride my bicycle ... to the train station. Train stations around Victoria will receive new bicycle facilities where 26 bicycles will be accomodated in open & secure enclosed shelters. Recently won in an invited design competition, the shelters are pre- fabricated components & assembled using all the ...
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Published in Melbourne Architecture
This is a tiny project with a tiny budget but it harbours a big idea & a great social ambition: the reuse of four shipping containers to create a children's play & activity centre for the City of Port Phillip that is full of spatial interest, fun spaces for kids ...
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Mayor's Award at the 10th City of Port Phillip Design & Development Awards
Skinner's Reserve in South Melbourne by PHOOEY Architects picked up the Mayor's Award for its architectural excellence in sustainability "from cradle to grave" & for its contribution in engaging with the local community.
Mayor Cr Frank O'Connor told the packed crowd of developers, builders, planners & architects Skinners Children's ...
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Published in Green Magazine
Designed & constructed by husband & wife team, Emma Young & Peter Ho from PHOOEY Architects, this small central powder room is a gem! Crafted from totally recycled materials it is a demonstration of thrifty ingenuity. Walls are clad in leftover pieces of plywood from earlier renovations to the house. ...
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Exhibition at Virserums Konsthall, Sweden 9th May - 19th September
Architecture is today facing challenges of a magnitude that modernism faced at the beginning of the twentieth century. The thinking human being sees the necessity in taking these challenges seriously. Globalisation offers new solutions, just as the Architecture of Necessity creates new possibilities. Architecture of Necessity will showcase at Virserum ...
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National Speaker at Extra/Ordinary: Australian Institute of Architects National Conference 22nd - 24th April in Sydney
There is an increasing demand for architects to adjust to new modes of operating: enforcing or stimulating collaborations with others, and demanding real action at the very tangible face of societal change. A bewildering acceleration in the sophistication of information systems and manufacturing processes has evolved specialisations - of processes, ...
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Speaking at Pecha Kucha 23rd April in Sydney
Pecha Kucha Night was devised in Tokyo in February 2003 as an event for young designers to meet, network, and show their work in public. It has turned into a massive celebration, with events happening in hundreds of cities around the world, inspiring creatives worldwide. Drawing its name from the ...
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Speaking at Space Furniture 23rd March in Sydney, 24th March in Brisbane & 25th March in Melbourne
The theme of More Space Talks in 2010, & beyond, focuses on designers in architecture, textiles, landscape, interiors, furniture, & jewellery, who are reinventing what they do & how they work - whether it is a new way of making things, or an old one refreshed, an artful approach to ...
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Peter Ho gives Monument Magazine a piece of his mind
Inside the mind of Peter Ho: PHOOEY Architects' Design Principal gives us an insight into what makes him tick. We asked him to spill his brain & he did ...
My work respons to questiosn like: Can waste be salvaged & become beautiful? Can our stuff find value beyond ...
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Parkhill Primary School commences construction
Funded by Round 3 of the federal government's Building the Education Revolution for the Department of Education and Early Childhood Development. This project includes alterations and additions to Parkhill Primary School in Ashwood, Victoria. The design scheme is inspired by Victoria's majestic rivers including the Murray, Goulburn, Latrobe and Yarra. ...
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Award for 2009 AA Prize for Unbuilt Work
Producing architecture for government schools is difficult, despite the best intentions of all involved. Budgets are extremely tight, timing is short and government processes can be mystifying. In this highly constrained context PHOOEY has developed a scheme that insists that wit and ambition have a role to play in educational ...
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Templestowe Reserve Sporting Pavilion almost practical completion
Construction continues with three months to go. The recycled brickwork run thru facade is being laid in readiness for first centre bounce of the football season. This building will be a carbon neutral and water neutral community sporting facility.
Is climate change unstoppable?
Melbourne University Alumni in Conversation: Olivia Davis asked author Tanya Ha, botanist Dr Brendan Wintle, architect Peter Ho & environmental consultant Arron Wood, how we can all create a sustainable future ...