With Australians embracing electric vehicles at an unprecedented rate, Everything Electric AUSTRALIA is set to return to Sydney, running over three days from September 18th to 20th, 2026 at Sydney Showground. With this year’s event shaping up to be the biggest global show to date, Everything Electric Sydney will offer…
Small projects often carry the greatest responsibility. When Nelson + Koo was commissioned to create new rehearsal spaces for Theatre Works within the heritage-listed Christ Church Complex in St Kilda, the brief appeared straightforward. The completed project demonstrates how thoughtful design can extend beyond a building to strengthen cultural institutions,…
Issue 111 comes out September 7. Order on its own or as part of a subscription. Cover photography by Ben Hosking. Featuring architecture by studio Smith and Carmody Our first architecture feature, ‘Memory Box’; on Victoria’s Surf Coast, an architect and builder starting their family eschew the usual ‘think big’…
Thought-Provoking Outdoor Exhibition Activates Royal Botanic Gardens Melbourne as a Living Gallery. This spring, a thought-provoking outdoor exhibition Design X Nature will activate the Australian Drylands Precinct at Royal Botanic Gardens Melbourne. From 25 September to 18 October Design X Nature turns the Gardens into a living gallery, inviting audiences…
Yorta Yorta Country/Shepparton, Australia: Kaiela Arts, an Aboriginal art centre located on Yorta Yorta Country in Shepparton, Victoria, has announced respected Kwat Kwat artist Norm Yakaduna Stewart as the artist for its 2026 Kaiela Arts Editions release, created in collaboration with Melbourne studio Spacecraft. Kaiela Arts Editions expands creative and commercial opportunities for First Nations artists, building on…
A partnership between MINI and green magazine presents a video series on residential architecture that is at the cutting edge in terms of energy usage and adaptability. Future-proofing and adaptability were key considerations when Chris Botterill of JCB Architects designed Sweetwater house. The home needed to accommodate transitions, not fight…
A partnership between MINI and green magazine presents a video series on residential architecture that is at the cutting edge in terms of energy usage and adaptability. Laneway House provides an excellent model for densification of inner city suburbs and how this could be achieved through our laneway sites. This…
The Ian Potter Centre: NGV Australia | 28 August 2026 – 7 February 2027 | FREE The NGV’s world-premiere exhibition, Plant Life: The Nature of Design, looks to the future of plant-based materials as a vital alternative to plastics, synthetic and non-renewable materials. From leather grown from fungi, to light…
Powerhouse Parramatta has announced details of the full opening exhibition program to be unveiled to the public when the new museum opens on Saturday, 7 November 2026. From engineering feats, spectacular spaces for children, cutting-edge artistic commissions and scientific stories, to a First Nations-led exhibition grounded in the living principles…
DATES: 17-19 September 2026 WHERE: Cobar NSW on Ngiyampaa Wangaaypuwan Country A RAA event exploring the journeys that define architectural practice—from the road to Cobar to the lifelong evolution of architects as designers, thinkers and leaders within their communities. RELEASE DATE – 30 JULY 2026 The Regional Architecture Association (RAA)…
Wurundjeri Country MELBOURNE, AUSTRALIA — Studio 55, the new Melbourne workplace for international design firm Hassell, is designed as a living laboratory for regenerative design. Located within I. M. Pei’s landmark 55 Collins Street, the office is conceived as a ‘worklab’ — a live, ongoing experiment in how workplace design…
What does it mean to make a city with care? Australia’s flagship forum for urban designers, thinkers and placemakers returns this August. Melbourne and Sydney, 2 June 2026 — The Naomi Milgrom Foundation has unveiled the international keynote speakers for Living Cities Forum 2026, with award-winning architect Anupama Kundoo (Germany/India),…
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