Events

Cleveland Rooftop wins jury vote at Frame Awards

26 Feb, 2019

SJB’s Cleveland Rooftop has scooped the jury vote in the Large Apartment of the Year category in the second edition of the prestigious global interior architecture design Frame Awards. At the live judging event hosted at De Kromhouthal in Amsterdam, SJB director and principal architect for the project, Adam Haddow,…

ART+CLIMATE=CHANGE 2019

25 Feb, 2019

CLIMARTE announces the return of ART+CLIMATE=CHANGE 2019 from 23 April – 19 May, a socially engaged festival of ideas, exhibitions, theatre works and events featuring 30 visual arts exhibitions across Melbourne and regional Victoria. This is a festival showcasing thought-provoking climate change issues and ideas through the arts, science and…

Ice Box Challenge Melbourne

21 Feb, 2019

The Australian Passive House Association (APHA) and Passive Place invite the media to the launch of Australia’s first-ever Ice Box Challenge. Between 22nd February and 3rd March, Melbourne residents and visitors are invited to learn about the Passive House Standard— the world’s most energy-efficient building design standard that requires almost…

MIFGS headlining designs revealed

21 Feb, 2019

The formidable line-up of landscape gardeners headlining The Melbourne International Flower & Garden Show Presented by Lawn Solutions Australia has been unveiled, giving a taste of the outdoor spectacle taking place at the Royal Exhibition Building, from March 27 – 31. Initial 2019 garden plans illustrate a shared environmental awareness…

Our picks for Sydney Design Festival 2019

20 Feb, 2019

Sydney Design Festival will run from 1 – 10 March 2019 across Sydney. This year’s theme – Accessing Design – is a challenge to designers to expand upon and experiment with their creative practice through cross-disciplinary and cross-cultural collaboration. Curated and produced by the Museum of Applied Arts and Sciences (MAAS), this year’s…

Inside Art and Architecture: Julian Brenchley

19 Feb, 2019

Architect Julian Brenchley, designer behind the popular television series, The Block, will be speaking at Melbourne’s Gasworks Arts Park Thursday 7 March as part of the venue’s Inside Art and Architecture series of monthly talks. Involved with The Block since its inception, Julian’s most recent transformation was The Gatwick Hotel…

Australian school finalist in global international sustainability prize

14 Feb, 2019

Lowanna College in Victoria has been named a Global High School finalist in the prestigious global sustainability award, the Zayed Sustainability Prize. The prize for the regional winner, Muntinlupa High School in the Philippines, is US$100 000. Lowanna had proposed a broad student leadership program for sustainability through projects that…

First lecture in Utzon Lecture Series delivered for 2019

13 Feb, 2019

“The Discipline of the Existing” is the title that architects Flores & Prats chose for their lecture that kicked off the Utzon Lecture Series for 2019, at UNSW Faculty of Built Environment in Sydney, on Wednesday January 23, 2019. The lecture focused on the design process of the Sala Beckett…

National Sustainable Living Festival 2019

7 Feb, 2019

Australia’s longest running and largest sustainability festival hits the streets in 2019 for its 20th year. This iconic, national platform showcases sustainability leaders and innovators with cutting edge solutions to an ever-growing audience. Disruptions for sustainability are happening right now all around the world – whether it’s the explosion in…

Open House: Tamworth Textile Triennial

2 Feb, 2019

The third Tamworth Textile Triennial, curated by Glenn Barkley, will open at artisan (Queensland’s home of craft and design) on Saturday 23 February at 2pm. The Tamworth Textile Triennial, held every three years, show-cases the best of textile art from across the country, attracting artist participation from all states in Australia and…