Adelaide’s Central Market Arcade will open next year with a $400 million redevelopment by Woods Bagot, which will expand and restore the existing Central Market, bringing back a number of arches that were partially demolished in the 1960s. The precinct will also feature an elevated garden terrace, Market Hall atrium, and a 35-storey tower that will house a hotel, office spaces, residences and retail spaces.
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Moreau Kusunoki and Genton’s latticed design for the new Powerhouse Parramatta in Western Sydney is inching towards completion, six years after the architects won an international design competition. With a landscape design led by McGregor Coxall, the project includes 18,000 square metres of exhibition space, a rooftop pavilion and an extensive interface with riverfront parkland. When the building opens in late 2026, it will feature an exhibition titled Task Eternal, exploring aerospace and Australians’ involvement in outer space discovery.
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Also borne of a 2019 international design competition won by Snøhetta and Blight Rayner Architecture, the Glasshouse Theatre will open at the Queensland Performing Arts Centre next year, with the first performances scheduled for late March. True to its name, the building features a rippled glass facade and transparent foyer spaces that speak to a conceptual approach inspired by the nearby Brisbane River as an important cultural meeting place.
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Construction of Darwin’s Larrakia Cultural Centre, designed by Rossi Architects and Susan Dugdale and Associates, is edging closer, with the building’s striking roof – inspired by an ancestral bird in flight – now complete. When it opens next year, the museum and gallery will store and exhibit cultural objects, artefacts and artworks originally from Larrakia and repatriated from other museums. The centre will also accommodate educational rooms.
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When it opens for semester one next year, Edith Cowan University (ECU)’s new Perth CBD campus will accommodate more than 10,000 staff in creative industries, arts and humanities, and business and law faculties. The design for the contemporary campus, first unveiled in 2021, features a dynamic digital facade, activated streetscapes and laneways, and an “immersive entrance” that will transform the city centre. Inside, the building will host next-generation learning, engagement and performance spaces, including six publicly accessible venues.
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Designed by Woods Bagot, Nyaal Banyul occupies a 1.6-hectare site of Geelong’s waterfront and is the premier project in a partnership between local, state and federal government to revitalise the city’s economy. The project will comprise a 1000-seat venue, two large exhibition spaces, meeting rooms, convention facilities, event spaces, retail and hospitality spaces, a 200-room hotel and a large public plaza.
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A new conservatory in the Australian National Botanic Gardens in Canberra, whose design was won by Chrofi, McGregor Coxall, Atelier Ten, Inhabit, SDA and Toko, will be unveiled in the first half of next year following a ten-year project. The concept for the new facility consists of a “hovering cube” framed by a void to the sky, with a layered, translucent skin that will use solar energy to heat the air inside.
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Opening early next year, Hobart’s historic domed Forestry building, now owned by the University of Tasmania, will become an inner-city hub for learning, research and collaboration. The $131 million restoration project, designed by Woods Bagot, emphasises sustainability and innovation. It features a mass timber building framework, low-carbon, recycled, and repurposed materials, and the replanting of 3,200 native plants beneath the heritage dome.
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