Elder House under construction. Photo courtesy

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Time and place: Elder House

In this week’s installment in our series on significant South Australian places, people and things, we look at the history of Elder House – the Currie Street building that once headquartered the Elder business empire.

Arts & Culture

Shipping containers full of architectural possibility

Adelaide architect Damien Chwalisz does a kind of alchemy with his shipping container refurbishments, in which he takes something on its way to rubbish status and infuses it with new, custom-designed life.

Arts & Culture

Demolition by design drives architect's vision

Adelaide architect Damien Chwalisz invites CityMag into his idiosyncratic Bowden home, which recently featured on new Foxtel Lifestyle series ‘I Own Australia’s Best Home’.

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Why Adelaide needs more outstanding public buildings

Better education and a landmark new prize could cement Adelaide’s reputation for “dangerous creativity” in architecture, writes Terry Plane in the first of a new series on urban design and architecture in South Australia.

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SA virtual reality tech could spell end for display homes

New virtual reality software designed in Adelaide could be the death knell for display homes, the construction of which costs the development industry millions of dollars each year.