New York–based architects Aleksa Milojevic and Matthew W Wilde have been awarded first prize in the Kingspan-funded MICROHOME #10 competition for Living on Groundwater, a prefabricated housing proposal addressing global housing and ecological challenges through a compact, water-resilient design. The MICROHOME #10 competition, organised by Buildner in partnership with Kingspan,…
After working across material libraries all over the world, global sustainability and circular economy consultancy Hyloh has brought the concept home with the launch of a pop-up Melbourne Material Library. The library offers designers, architects and sustainability professionals a hands-on way to explore material innovation. From New York to Paris,…
TarraWarra Museum of Art has announced the return of its TarraWarra International series – paused during and after the pandemic – with TarraWarra International 2026: System Release, curated by Dr Emily Cormack (Aotearoa/New Zealand and Naarm/Melbourne), who was appointed Head of Exhibitions and Programs at TarraWarra in April 2025. TarraWarra…
A major exhibition by Berlin-based Icelandic-Danish artist Olafur Eliasson – Olafur Eliasson: Presence – has opened exclusively at Brisbane’s Gallery of Modern Art (GOMA), where it occupies the entire ground floor and remains on display until 12 July 2026. Globally renowned for installations that challenge how we perceive ourselves and…
Re-editions, a collaboration between the American Hardwood Export Council (AHEC), the leading international trade association for the American hardwood industry, and Bangalore based furniture manufacturer Phantom Hands (PH), has been unveiled at the second edition of Design Mumbai in November. The collection features eight pieces of furniture (tables and seating)…
Building on their success of award winning apartments Parklife, Terrace House and Slate House, Austin Maynard Architects have a new multi-residential project coming soon to Thornbury. Renowned for their sustainable and community-focused design approach, Austin Maynard creates thoughtful architecture that balances creativity and practicality, embraces environmental responsibility, challenges convention to…
green magazine and V-ZUG invited Cam Hines from Southern Seagreens and chef Emily Salkheld to talk about and demonstrate the harvesting and cooking of seaweed at V-ZUG Studio Melbourne. Cam presented an engrossing overview of how three friends have grown a business on Victoria’s Mornington Peninsula to propagate golden kelp…
Snøhetta, in collaboration with A49 Architects, has completed Cloud 11 in Bangkok — a 250,000 m² mixed-use urban regeneration project featuring Thailand’s largest elevated creative park and setting a new benchmark for ecological and community-led citymaking in Southeast Asia. Cloud 11 is Snøhetta’s most extensive urban regeneration project in Asia,…
The new Sydney Children’s Hospital, Randwick building, designed by global paediatric design experts Billard Leece Partnership (BLP) and incorporating Australia’s first Children’s Comprehensive Cancer Centre, has welcomed its first patients, marking a transformative step forward in children’s healthcare. The state-of-the-art facility, developed in partnership with Sydney Children’s Hospitals Network, Children’s…
Potter Museum of Art Announces Ambitious New Exhibition: A Velvet Ant, a Flower and a Bird The Potter Museum of Art has unveiled A velvet ant, a flower and a bird, an ambitious exhibition curated by internationally renowned curator Chus Martínez. Opening on 19 February and running until 6 June…
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