The preservation of a 2000-year-old Chinese forest for a hotel celebrating Chinese culture, a sustainable open-air university building shielded by a ‘verandah’ in the tropics of Singapore, and a tiny thoughtful chapel in Venice are among the projects awarded in the Australian Institute of Architects’ 2019 International Chapter Architecture Awards….

Melbourne is our city and it’s set to open once again for the 12th annual Open House Melbourne 2019 Weekend on Saturday 27th and Sunday 28th July. The full Weekend program of over 200 tours and events is now live online here. The program was launched last night at The…

Koskela, one of Australia’s leading furniture, design and lifestyle brands, will present Ngalya, celebrating the 10 year anniversary of Koskela’s social impact projects working with Australia’s First Nation Peoples. Koskela will present an exhibition including a new collection of lighting designs in collaboration with six Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander…

The winners of the Australian Institute of Architects’ Queensland State Architecture Awards have been announced at the annual awards night on Friday 14 June. Following an extensive Regional Architecture Awards program, 62 unique projects were shortlisted for state honours, some in multiple categories. The highlight from this year’s judging was…

For the Australian Centre for Photography (ACP)’s annual ‘In dialogue’, two Indigenous artists – one Australian and the other Canadian – communicate their histories of European colonisation. James Tylor (Possum) explores Australian cultural representations through his multi-cultural heritage, which comprises Nunga (Kaurna), Māori (Te Arawa) and European (English, Scottish, Irish,…

The Australian Institute of Landscape Architects (AILA) has announced the winners of the 2019 Queensland Landscape Architecture Awards. AILA recognised 20 winners across 12 categories, including five Awards of Excellence and four Regional Achievement Awards, highlighting projects that celebrated environmental and historic landmark preservation, the restoration of neglected urban nodes…

Friends & Associates’ annual exhibition has returned for 2019 with renewed vigour. Bringing together works from more than sixty of the best makers and minds in the Australian design industry, the exhibition is larger and more diverse than ever. Under a single roof (that of The Stables in the Melbourne…

Australia’s longest running design competition, VIVID, will return to Decor + Design this year to celebrate the very best of Australia’s emerging design talent. This year marks the 16th edition of this career-making industry platform, which shines a spotlight on our up-and-coming furniture, lighting and object designers from across the…

This year’s iteration of Denfair is based around the theme of ‘LIFE WORK’ – bringing attention to designs that address the integration of our personal and working lives. As always, we’ve taken a tour of the exhibition and have rounded up a few highlights. OAK REDefined – American Hardwood Export…

Groundbreaking architecture leaders and boundary-testing practitioners will deliver fresh perspectives and challenge the status quo at Collective Agency, the Australian Institute of Architects’ 2019 National Architecture Conference. The conference will feature a line-up of global architects, thinkers and designers including University of Johannesburg Director of Research, Lesley Lokko; Het Nieuwe…