Architectural Review Asia Pacific
From 2011 to 2012, I was the managing editor of Architectural Review Asia Pacific. AR is one of Australia’s top two architecture publications, the other… Read More »Architectural Review Asia Pacific
Architecture & urbanism
Red-dirt Voodoo: Rebuilding Australia’s Northwest
Originally published in Architectural Review Asia-Pacific magazine #128: New Civic Realms. All photography by Simon Sellars unless stated otherwise. In my time as AR editor, I never… Read More »Red-dirt Voodoo: Rebuilding Australia’s Northwest
AR 128: New Civic Realms (Summer 2012/2013)
Editorial by Simon Sellars: While composing this, my final editor’s letter, Federation Square’s 10-year anniversary rolled around. As Scott McQuire and Nikos Papastergiadis recall (p92),… Read More »AR 128: New Civic Realms (Summer 2012/2013)
AR 127: The Residential Issue (October/November 2012)
Editorial by Simon Sellars: AR’s annual Residential issue is always a favourite with readers, no surprise as the temper of the times in Australia can… Read More »AR 127: The Residential Issue (October/November 2012)
Visualising the City: Ash Keating and Dorian Farr on Speculative Art and Architecture in Christchurch
Ash Keating in Christchurch. Photo courtesy SCAPE. In 2010, Melbourne artist Ash Keating produced Gardensity, an installation for the SCAPE Biennial of Art in Public… Read More »Visualising the City: Ash Keating and Dorian Farr on Speculative Art and Architecture in Christchurch
AR 126: Architecture and Infrastructure (August/September 2012)
Editorial by Simon Sellars: At the New Zealand Institute of Architects’ national conference in February (AR 125), rebuilding Christchurch was a hot topic. Post-quake, the… Read More »AR 126: Architecture and Infrastructure (August/September 2012)
If You Want Blood, You’ve Got It: or, What’s the Point of Architecture Criticism?
This is the transcript of a talk I gave for Refuel Victoria’s Monday Night Talks. I was on a panel of four responding to the topic ‘Blood-Sport or… Read More »If You Want Blood, You’ve Got It: or, What’s the Point of Architecture Criticism?
AR 125: Architecture and the Arts (June/July 2012)
Editorial by Simon Sellars: My first exposure to serious architectural discourse came from the novels of J.G. Ballard, which feature a series of failed architects.… Read More »AR 125: Architecture and the Arts (June/July 2012)
AR 124: Architecture and the Body (March/April 2012)
Editorial by Simon Sellars: From Greek antiquity on, the physical and psychological properties of the body have both influenced and reacted against architecture. As Joseph… Read More »AR 124: Architecture and the Body (March/April 2012)
Vertical Movement: An Interview with Sir Miles Warren
Sir Miles Warren is probably New Zealand’s most famous architect. He speaks to Simon Sellars about the Christchurch earthquakes and the challenges the city faces to rebuild.