ARCHITECTS who redesigned Crown Casinos eating area to design Mount Buffalo chalet's $7.5 million revamp.

Mount Buffalo Chalet is set to undergo major changes with two Melbourne firms given the task of revamping the historic accommodation house. The chalet has been closed since 2007.

ARCHITECTS who redesigned Crown Casinos eating area and steered university projects will design a $7.5million revamp of the Mount Buffalo Chalet.

MGS Architects will combine with a fellow Melbourne company, project manager Accuraco, to bring the grand old building back to life, Victorian Environment Minister Ryan Smith announced yesterday.

MGS has worked on the Crown foodcourt, the redevelopment of Bendigo library and masterplans for Monash and Victoria universities.

Accuraco has been involved in managing works at Melbourne Zoo and the Shrine of Remembrance.

The member for Benalla, Bill Sykes, backed the involvement of two well-credentialled companies.

Dr Sykes said he expected well-priced expert North East subcontractors to win work on the mountain.

He also expected the bulk of work to begin in spring with the project not expected to be completed for up to two years.

Approval has been given to demolishing basic accommodation, a staff recreation hall and a woodshed, while the facade, ballroom, dining room, main lounge and billiard room will be restored.

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A DORSET-based architect studio is starring in a 15-part BBC documentary about dream homes.

Rbstudio, managed by architects Paul Robinson and Laurence Bowen featured on the programme Building Dream Homes with the cameras following the architects as they designed and built homes in Dorset.

It was filmed during the autumn and winter, with Mr Robinson and Mr Bowen taking the cameras behind-the-scenes in the designing process, and showed how they juggle the needs of client, planner and builder.

The documentary started last week and is shown every night at 6.30pm on BBC 2. It is scheduled to finish on Friday, June 20.

In tomorrows episode, Paul and Laurence are filmed nervously awaiting the delivery of a factory-built home as the south coast is battered by the severe winter storms.

Mr Robinson said: Rbstudio is about making a positive difference to the way people live.

Our goal is to create innovative, functional and aesthetically pleasing buildings and spaces which enhance the environment and the lifestyle of the people who inhabit them.

Well designed spaces have a positive impact on our lifestyle.

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LAKEMOOR A village hall that will fit the look of the town is what Lakemoor officials are thinking after their first workshop with a recently hired architecture firm, its village president said.

The Lakemoor Village Board approved an agreement with FGM Architects of Oak Brook at its meeting Thursday evening.

Village President Todd Weihofen said he's pleased with the pick, adding the firm is one of the top municipal architect firms in the Chicago area.

The new building would include village offices and the police department, and would be about 12,000 to 13,500 square feet in size, according to village documents.

The village would either sell the current police department at 27901 W. Concrete Drive or figure out if there's another use for it, Weihofen said.

The new campus also would incorporate the ideas laid out in the village's comprehensive plan, mainly villagewide walkability.

The designs for the new village hall should be ready in five to six months, and officials plan on going out to bid on the project this year so work can start in the spring.

Weihofen said they saw no reason to rush the process because the village is already renting offices and starting work in the winter could rack up unforeseen costs because of the weather.

The total project is estimated to cost $5.4 million with total construction costs estimated at $4.5 to $4.9 million, according to village documents.

FGM Architects is to be paid $445,500 plus expenses, according to the proposal provided by the village.

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A new library and research facilities are at the center of refurbishment plans for the London Science Museum. The commission to refurbish around 400 square meters (4305 sq ft) of space on the ground floor and mezzanine levels was recently awarded to Coffey Architects. As well as providing space for research and study, the new facility will allow access to more than half a million sources contained in the Wroughton Library, including archives and original materials.

The project for the new Science Museum Research Center will be carried out in the Wellcome Wolfson Building, part of the Wellcome Wing extension to the museum that was completed in 2003. Its focus is a large main reading room, which will act as the central core of activity.

From here a stair leads up to the more enclosed spaces of the mezzanine. According to the architects, the scheme is defined by two main elements: the bookcase and the light-filtering canopy. Made of pale timber, the bookcases, desks and floor create a continuous material landscape for students and researchers, as well as serving the practical storage and display functions. The continuity of material also has the effect of a sort of warm embrace at the lower, functional, portion of the rooms.

Above this timber section, the overall interior atmosphere will be enhanced by the addition of a double-height, translucent canopy, which also controls acoustics. Punched through with thousands of oculi, the canopy will attenuate the natural light flowing into the space and is meant to "give the feeling of reading a book while sitting under a tree."

In one area, the canopy will cover the large section of glazing that runs along the upper portion of the main wall and wraps over the lip of the roof. In another it is used to create a soft tunnel of light all along a high, narrow space.

In addition to the library and reading room, the scheme will include a number of different areas for research, and a "research bar" (perhaps inspired by the Eagle pub in Cambridge, where Watson and Crick made the famous declaration of their discovery of the secret of life).

There will be private study areas among the book stacks on the ground floor, as well as offices and separate research rooms for resident scholars on the upper floor. The project is set for completion in 2015.

London's Science Museum was founded in 1857 under the patronage of Prince Albert. It moved to its current premises in the 1860s and was launched as a center of scientific enquiry with an exhibition of an international collection of scientific instruments in 1867.

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