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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
“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…
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…
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…
The function and purpose of workplaces is changing – what was once simply a place to conduct one’s job now faces great demands. These environments are now expected to provide social connectivity; feature sustainable, peoplecentred design; and address millennial churn. A panel being held at MPavilion on Wednesday 23 January…
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