Heritage
The twin projects that will transform Sydney’s Bondi Beach
Plans to overhaul the heritage-listed Bondi Surf Bathers Life Saving Club have been approved as work forges ahead to restore the beach’s famed pavilion.
- by Megan Gorrey
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‘It’s ridiculous’: Heritage home owner ordered to remove solar panels
A home owner must remove the solar panels he had installed on the roof of his Canterbury home because of the heritage restrictions in his neighbourhood.
- by Cara Waters
They paved the pub inside, put up an office block
Built during Victoria’s gold rush, the former Great Western Hotel, now Hotel Animal, is closing its doors after 158 years to make way for offices.
- by Carolyn Webb
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Architecture
Two-hour prefab kit from the ’50s transformed into modern home
Originally built as temporary housing, Nissen huts ended up as permanent homes for migrants and miners living in communities dubbed silver cities and pommy towns.
- by Julie Power
Dough will rise: High-rise planned for old Brisbane bread factory
Developers have lodged plans for a 15-storey residential tower over heritage-listed brick buildings in Fortitude Valley.
- by Sean Parnell
‘Time for renewal’: The plan to turn the Powerhouse Museum into a late-night destination
An ambitious plan to transform the Powerhouse Museum in Ultimo into a late-night precinct has provoked concern from Labor.
- by Andrew Taylor
‘Tsunami of cultural change’: The battle over Australia’s museums
A culture war has enveloped the world’s museum directors, but inside Australia’s cultural institutions the debate seems to have been won .
- by Andrew Taylor
Last night at the museum: End of a toy story
The Leuralla Toy and Railway Museum’s collection goes back more than 100 years, from Buck Rogers to royalty and even propaganda. But they’re closing after years of flood, fire and pandemic, and their collection is going to auction.
- by Tim Barlass
‘Terrible decision’: Decaying heritage house to be bulldozed after council overruled
The “bulldozers are waiting” to knock down an uninhabitable Edwardian home a local council repeatedly tried to save from being levelled because the demolition has been approved by a tribunal.
- by Tom Cowie
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Arts
Sandstone Sydney landmark becomes temporary home for flood-damaged artworks
A valuable Margaret Olley still life is among 600-plus artworks that have been evacuated to the Old Registrar General’s Building on Macquarie Street for restoration.
- by Linda Morris
Powerbroker pushes to save Sydney’s iconic art deco theatres
The fate of the Roxy Theatre at Parramatta and Metro at Potts Point lies with NSW Treasurer Matt Kean after powerbroker Alex Greenwich threw his support behind their restoration.
- by Linda Morris