MEDIA + PRESS
Design of National Aboriginal Art Gallery COMMENCES
“Award-winning global architectural practice BVN Architecture and Alice Springs architecture firm Susan Dugdale & Associates have been awarded the $7.175 million tender to design the National Aboriginal Art Gallery in Alice Springs, Northern Territory.
… the Gallery will share the stories of the world’s oldest continuous culture, brought together under one roof in the heart of the nation and the birthplace of contemporary Aboriginal art.”
MARCH 2022
CONSTRUCTION UNDERWAY OF THE Arrernte Living Culture Centre
“The Arrernte ‘Living Culture’ Centre, currently under construction at Stuart Terrace, will help Akeyulerre to welcome visitors and share Arrernte culture. The new facilities will enable visitors and school groups to participate in cultural workshops, activities and learning. Akeyulerre’s location in the heart of the Alice Springs tourist precinct is ideal for this development…”
JANUARY 2022
DESIGN IN PROGRESS FOR THE LARRAKIA CULTURAL CENTRE IN DARWIN
“Darwin’s Larrakia Cultural Centre is taking shape, with local Northern Territory firms Rossi Architects and Susan Dugdale and Associates unveiling their design for the centre.
The architects said the building form will represent an ancestral bird flying over the land, protecting Country and its people.”
AUGUST 2021
SDA features in the 2021 Venice Biennale - in between
“Showcasing projects from remote, regional, and metropolitan locations – every drawing, photograph or snippet of footage collated in the film offers insight into how architects are creating new protocols for better design outcomes through meaningful co-design processes. “Architects understand the value of engaging with deeper connections to Country..…”
May 2021
ACA PRACTICE PROFILE - INTERVIEW WITH SUSAN DUGDALE
“The small, busy team at Susan Dugdale and Associates have found that reputation and relationships are key when working in a remote regional location like Alice Springs. Over 20 years the practice has developed a reputation for practical in-depth knowledge of the local building industry, good processes and good design, which in turn has attracted smart young architects to join the practice.…”
MARCH 2021
aFFORDABLE LIFESTYLE HOUSE + LAND PACKAGES
“The Stage 2 Lifestyle House and Land Packages provide a new housing option for Kilgariff Estate. There are 7 new Lifestyle Lots available which are 595m2. These lots provide additional housing choice plus a low maintenance alternative to the Traditional Lots. The proposed packages include 3 bedroom 2 bathroom designs created by local award winning architect, Sue Dugdale and Associates…”
FEBRUARY 2021
SDA Joins Architects declare
“For everyone working in the construction industry, meeting the needs of our society without breaching the earth’s ecological boundaries will demand a paradigm shift in our behaviour. Together with our clients, we will need to commission and design buildings, cities and infrastructures as indivisible components of a larger, constantly regenerating…”
September 2020
Arquitectura y Empresa- MPH HQ feature
“MPH HQ is the new headquarters for Central Australia's leading construction company in Alice Springs, designed by Susan Dugdale & Associates, committed to aesthetics and sustainability. The project includes a large construction warehouse and an office space and spaces for workers that guarantee their convenience and comfort. For this, the design of…”
September 2020
NT ARCHITEcture awards - COMMENDATION FOR acacia hill school
The new buildings and campus at Acacia Hill School reflect and honour the school’s ethos of excellence in the provision of an intensive and inclusive educational program for students requiring specialist programs. The new entry celebrates and welcomes students and staff to the school. The bright façade colours are drawn from the colours of central Australian art…”
JULY 2020
architecture au - Alice Springs: On edge in the centre
“I live and work in Mparntwe, or Alice Springs, in the Northern Territory, which is a town with edges. The edges I have in mind are not spatial constructs but rather the multiple levels and types of anxiety that operate in the social fabric of the town. Town residents not born and bred in Alice Springs are essentially an expatriate community. They come for six months, twelve …”
MAY 2019
CENTRAL LAND COUNCIL NEWSLETTER - indigenous employment
“Willowra community has a new centre for education and training, built with $625,000 of mine royalties, $2.6 million of ABA funding, an Aboriginal building company and 1,400 hours of hard work by Willowra men. This type of local employment is so important because we to want to rely on Kardiya. We want our own people working”…
WINTER 2013
Letter to the editor - centralian advocate
“For the ‘Fence’ that disguises the harshness of the railway yards - I am stunned by the result. Near perfection from design to construct. Not sure who to thank but love your work ” - Randle Walker, Alice Springs