Issue 108 comes out on March 2. Order on its own or as part of a subscription. Cover photography by Prue Ruscoe. Featuring architecture by Luigi Rosselli. In this issue, our feature looks at five multi-residential buildings centering good design and community in inner city locations, and putting residents at…
The globally renowned, award-winning Younghusband redevelopment – a $400 million-plus adaptive reuse investment in Kensington – has secured a run of multi-year leases across its Stage 1 Station Building, with all Level 1 spec suites now fully leased, signalling continued leasing momentum in a cautious office market. The latest leasing…
Powerhouse Parramatta has announced a landmark partnership with the internationally recognised Stephanie Alexander Kitchen Garden Foundation, a dynamic new space for food education, sustainability and community. Each year the Stephanie Alexander Kitchen Garden Program will provide up to 10,000 regional NSW and Western Sydney primary school students with hands-on learning across…
Architecture practice Breathe has launched the Breathe Palette, a new architect-designed paint range developed in collaboration with Haymes Paint. Manufactured in Australia, the range brings together sustainability, material science and design excellence while reducing transport emissions through local production. Designed for both interior and exterior use, the range is defined…
Tract will present Loose Leaf, a new archival exhibition examining the origins and evolution of the practice, at the Robin Boyd Foundation’s Walsh Street residence in South Yarra from 12 – 22 March. Sketching out the early cultivation of professional practice in Australia, Loose Leaf explores landmark and little known…
Henning Larsen, EK – Business Academy Copenhagen, and CHEVRANT have launched OpenDetail, an open-source platform for biogenic construction details. The construction industry remains one of the largest sources of global carbon emissions, and the tools used to design and build have not kept pace with the urgent need for low-carbon…
Wendy Hubert, Yindjibarndi Elder and acclaimed artist, travels from Ngurrawaana in the Pilbara, Western Australia to Lewers: Penrith Regional Gallery on Dharug Country, western Sydney to create a special garden for the 25th Biennale of Sydney: Rememory. In collaboration with Juluwarlu Art Group from her community at Ngurrawaana on Yindjibarndi Country…
The Regional Architecture Association (RAA) announces its first event for 2026 – POWER OF COMMUNITY in Yarrayne / Guildford — its first in the state of Victoria – focused on deeper discussions around community strength, environmental systems scalability and the potential for collective achievement and real-world improvements. Established in 2021,…
Otetto and Other Architects have developed a modestly scaled, off-the-plan prefabricated hempcrete house – Lomandra – to address the embodied carbon risk of the Australian government’s plan to build 1.2 million new homes by 2029. The government’s housing plan sits uneasily alongside the nation’s emissions target of a 62-70 per…
Heide Museum of Modern Art has announced Always Modern: Radical Nurture, guest curated by Lily Mora, granddaughter of Heide Circle artist Mirka Mora. On view from 10 February – 9 August 2026 in the Heide Cottage, the exhibition explores the early decades of Heide, when art and life were deeply…
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