Warren and Mahoney, in partnership with Woods Bagot, Boffa Miskell and LabWorks, has been recognised at the annual World Architecture Festival with the Best in Category Award for Education – Future Project. Held in Amsterdam this year, the WAF festival is dedicated to celebrating, sharing and inspiring outstanding architecture and…

Escher X nendo | Between Two Worlds is the first exhibition in the world to feature the extraordinary work of Dutch graphic artist M. C. Escher in dialogue with the work of acclaimed Japanese design studio nendo, led by designer Oki Sato. Seamlessly presenting the worlds of one of the…

Photographs of Melbourne’s mid-century architecture will be on display for the first time in a free exhibition opening on 1 December 2018 at State Library Victoria. Peter Wille: Out Driving will feature small and large scale reproductions from the Library’s collection of more than 6000 colour slides by architectural draughtsman,…

A Belarusian Memorial Chapel, a Japanese nursery school and a student residence in India are among the award category winners announced on the second day of the World Architecture Festival in Amsterdam. The festival’s judges today recognised a diverse array of completed and unbuilt projects across 16 categories, with practices…

Are plants conscious? If we now know that plants use sound to sense their surroundings, does it follow that plants also, somehow, ‘speak’? Plants and their companions may be quiet protagonists in a noisy world, but at a time when our environment is in crisis, can we take a leaf…

Australian Design Centre is proud to present, in partnership with UNSW Art & Design, the exhibition Designing Bright Futures opening on Thursday 22 November. Designing Bright Futures presents exciting new work by 12 emerging design practitioners. Spanning jewellery, textiles, graphics, object, interactive and spatial design these new designers consider social and environmental impacts…

MPavilion today announced its December program of free cultural events to take place in the Queen Victoria Gardens under the celebrated pavilion designed by Carme Pinós of Barcelona’s Estudio Carme Pinós. Highlighting women in leadership and digital technologies, international guests include Dr Elizabeth Churchill, director of User Experience at Google USA; Gabi…

No piece of furniture has attracted the attention of designers, architects and artists alike as has the chair. The chair is closely related to the shape of the human body, it is the depiction of our body and has arms, legs, feet and a back. The chair has assumed a…

From the rugged Tasmanian coast to the soaring skyscrapers of Spring Street, the winners of this year’s Australian Institute of Architects’ National Architecture Awards have shown how a defined sense of place, commitment to sustainability and professional ingenuity continue to drive innovation and transformation in Australian architectural practice. The winners…