The National Trust of Australia (Victoria) is excited to announce voting is officially open for the 2019 Victorian Tree of the Year, with 10 significant trees shortlisted for the coveted title. The Victorian Tree of the Year contest aims to raise awareness of the conservation of the state’s natural heritage…

Great design doesn’t just look good – it adds value to the lives of the people who interact with it. Great architecture improves neighbourhoods, expands the public realm and can change our experience of entire towns and cities. Sustainable design practices are literally changing the world, conjuring up new solutions…

With the theme of “Cultivating New Agencies” and an impressive line-up of local and international speakers, this year’s edition of the Landscape Australia Conference will examine the dynamic role of landscape in shaping our future through the design, planning and management of green space, cities and regions. The conference will…

The Think Brick Awards, Australia’s richest design awards, has announced its jury members for 2019 with internationally recognised and highly acclaimed industry leaders. This year’s Think Brick Awards winners will be announced at a gala dinner on 15 August 2019, and will be judged on the craftsmanship and innovative ways…

Victoria’s top architecture projects have been announced in the 2019 Victorian Architecture Awards shortlist highlighting the state’s diverse architectural character. The awards program, run by the Victorian Chapter of the Australian Institute of Architects, features a shortlist of 89 projects across 14 categories celebrating public, residential, heritage and regional architecture….

Museum of Brisbane presents BRISBANE ART DESIGN (BAD) 2019, a celebration of visual art and design to reveal the city’s creative talent in an exciting 17-day program of exhibitions, installations, artist talks, workshops, studio visits and tours across the city’s parks, laneways, galleries, artist spaces and design studios from 10…

The Australian Future Foods Lab invites guests on a dizzying and delicious journey through deep geological time to the present, in the hope of inspiring a revolution in food culture. Of This Earth is a one-night-only, roaming theatrical eight-course degustation adventure limited to one hundred guests and set within the visionary…

The Australian Institute of Landscape Architects (AILA) has launched an ideas competition exploring the issues of climate change through remaking ‘lost connections’ in Canberra’s cultural, natural and built environments. With $15 000 in prize money, the competition is a partnership with the National Capital Authority (NCA), ACT Environment Planning and Sustainable Development…

Presenting over 30 curated thought-provoking exhibitions at leading museums and galleries in Victoria, ART+CLIMATE=CHANGE 2019 will kick off in three weeks, as artists, curators, scientists and policy experts envisage a world where we protect and care for our earth. Bruised: Art Action & Ecology in Asia at RMIT Gallery (April 12…

The Melbourne International Flower and Garden Show (MIFGS) is back for 2019 from 27 – 31 March. It’s positive to see sustainability being made a point of discussion this year through the work of AKAS Landscape Architecture, whose garden Anthropogenic Future has repurposed waste and building materials including, perhaps most strikingly,…