image courtesy of GMB and Fuksas

Guida Moseley Brown and Massimiliano Fuksas’ futuristic designs for the new convention centre are in limbo as the costs of the ambitious project are weighed up.

Canberra-based architects Guida Moseley Brown and Italy’s Massimiliano Fuksas have been unanimously judged as competition winners with their designs for Canberra’s new convention centre, set to be built on the shores of Lake Burley Griffin.Dubbed as ‘futuristic’ and ‘UFO like’, the designs beat six other submissions under a nine-member jury, including ACT Government architect Alastair Swayne and Australian Institute of Architects gold medallist John Denton.

The artist’s impressions of Fuksas and GMB’s designs reveal a light-filled, slowly undulating structure, with an aerodynamic form set to introduce a hyper modern element to Canberra’s architectural landscape......Continue Reading

> via Australian Design Review