Events

WORKSHOPPED18 showcase to open

15 Jun, 2018

What do we covet, keep and reference as contemporary examples of great design? WORKSHOPPED18 showcases the very best in new Australian design by emerging and established designers opens at Australian Design Centre (ADC) on Thursday 21 June. A selection of 47 pieces follow the work through concept, meaning, materiality, manufacture…

Bunjil Place wins at International Design Awards

15 Jun, 2018

Bunjil Place is thrilled to announce it has received the top prize ‘Architecture of the Year’ for the International Design Awards 2017. Bunjil Place also received gold awards for two architectural design disciplines: ‘Institutional’ and ‘Landmarks, symbolic structures, memorials, public’. Designed by multi-award winning architectural studio Francis-Jones Morehen Thorp (fjmt),…

MINI LIVING Urban Cabin presented at LA Design Festival

14 Jun, 2018

At the LA Design Festival from 7 – 10 June 2018, MINI presented the MINI LIVING Urban Cabin in Los Angeles. The micro-apartment concept was developed in an unused attic space in downtown LA in collaboration with local architect duo FreelandBuck. The Urban Cabin in LA is now the third…

Friends & Associates presents Annual General Meeting

12 Jun, 2018

Friends & Associates focuses on camaraderie in the Australian contemporary design discipline. With an interest in the possibilities of new knowledge, new design methods and approaches through collaboration, Friends & Associates looks to solidarity as the cornerstone in contemporary production. Realised as a series of exhibitions and collaborative production outcomes,…

Winners of 2018 Queensland Architecture Awards announced

12 Jun, 2018

The winners of the Australian Institute of Architects’ Queensland State Architecture Awards have been announced at the annual Awards night on Friday 8 June. Following an extensive Regional Architecture Awards program, 174 entries have been judged with 78 unique projects shortlisted for the state honours, some in multiple categories. The…

Open House Melbourne Weekend announced

11 Jun, 2018

The 11th annual Open House Melbourne Weekend will be the largest program ever presented. A total of 224 buildings will open their doors to the public this year on Saturday 28 and Sunday 29 July. There are 87 new buildings in the program, as well as 23 residential properties, and…

Speakers join international lineup for Living Cities Forum 2018

7 Jun, 2018

The Naomi Milgrom Foundation has announced three more international speakers listed to attend the Living Cities Forum 2018. Jane Hall and Audrey Thomas-Hayes of London-based creative collective Assemble, winners of the 2015 Turner Prize, and renowned Dutch-American sociologist Saskia Sassen are the latest esteemed speakers to be revealed. With more…

NSW Architecture Awards shortlist announced

31 May, 2018

This year’s juries for the 2018 NSW Architecture Awards have revealed their shortlist of 92 entries. The shortlist was developed following an intensive schedule of presentations followed by site visits to consider 206 entries received across 10 categories, with a notable increase in entries in the Residential and Interior Architecture…