Commonwealth

How the Commonwealth Games could save Adelaide: Part Four

Over three instalments, architect David Cooke has told us why and how the Commonwealth Games could create a better future for Adelaide. In the final part of the series, he turn his thoughts toward the biggest question of all - how much will it cost, and how much will it be worth?

How the Commonwealth Games could save Adelaide: Part Three

In part three of his series on how the Commonwealth Games could create a better future for Adelaide, architect David Cooke gives a detailed breakdown of what would need to be done to hold the event in the city, and what legacy those choices would create.

How the Commonwealth Games could save Adelaide: Part Two

Last week, architect David Cooke outlined Adelaide's challenges and presented hosting the Commonwealth Games as an inventive solution to our woes. In the second part of this series, he explains how other cities have used the Games as a lever for change, and what we can learn from their examples.

How the Commonwealth Games could save Adelaide: Part One

The problems that plague Adelaide have become normal to us, but that doesn't mean normal solutions are going to work. While undertaking his Masters at The University of California, Berkeley, architect David Cooke came up with a radical plan for the city, which he unpacks in this four-part series.

Lion Arts Factory and Five Four Entertainment are fighting for a future

The co-owners of award-winning North Terrace live music venue Lion Arts Factory and music events company Five Four Entertainment need a combined $500,000 lifeline and property lease extension from the State Government to keep their businesses from collapsing.

New hospital and arena may affect park lands heritage listing

Adelaide City Council administration has warned councillors proposed developments along the Riverbank “may affect” the park lands' National Heritage Listing. Councillors voted not to oppose the projects but to work with State Government to “inform [their] delivery”.

‘We will bounce back’: Simon Hou on Chinatown’s COVID-19 recovery

Adelaide City councillor Simon Hou says businesses in Chinatown are still feeling the effects of the pandemic, but he’s optimistic the CBD’s south-east will recover from the tumultuous 2020.

Confronting racism through art with Carly Tarkari Dodd

As part of ACE Open's 2020 South Australian Artist Survey, Indigenous artist Carly Tarkari Dodd has created a work that aims to dismantle damaging assumptions about Aboriginality.