The Sydney Opera House has today announced experimental visual artist Francesca Pasquali will transform 15 000 unused plastic straws from its on-site restaurants and bars into an art piece, realised live on 2 September at ANTIDOTE 2018 – a weekend of ideas, action and change. On 1 August 2018 all…

The Think Brick Award winners were announced last night at The Crown Palladium Melbourne, showcasing unprecedented quality in innovation and creative use of clay bricks, concrete masonry and roof tiles in Australian contemporary architecture. As Australia’s richest design awards, The Think Brick Awards handed out a record $70 000 in…

MPavilion, Australia’s leading annual architecture commission and cultural laboratory, has been extended a further two seasons to 2020/21 and 2021/22, the Naomi Milgrom Foundation announced today in partnership with the City of Melbourne. The extension signifies the enduring success of the Foundation’s MPavilion initiative in engaging public-private collaborations and welcoming…

A provocative work by Pop Architecture + Hotham Street Ladies – Chaos and Fertility has been awarded first prize in the Tapestry Design Prize for Architects 2018. The winners were announced by MONA Founder, David Walsh AO at the Australian Tapestry Workshop on Thursday 15 August 2018. Second Prize has…

The Sydney Opera House today announced that four of Denmark’s most renowned and innovative architects will come together in October to discuss Jørn Utzon’s global legacy as part of the 100th anniversary of Utzon’s birth. Developed in collaboration with the Utzon Center Denmark, this anniversary event is part of the…

Victoria’s best landscape architecture projects have been recognised at the Australian Institute of Landscape Architects’ (AILA) 2018 Victorian Landscape Architecture Awards. The jury reviewed projects from across Melbourne and regional Victoria across 13 categories, with a total of 29 projects gaining recognition. The award winners were announced at an event…

The 12th annual Sydney Architecture Festival returns to the heart of the city this September, with events unfolding over four days from Friday 28 September until Monday 1 October 2018. The Festival presents a program of talks, tours and exhibits exploring ‘what makes a building truly great’ from Saturday 29…

The spectacular sweeping views from Sydney’s Lavender Bay have inspired generations of artists but none more influential than the bohemian community drawn to the bay during the 70s and 80s. Opening at the Museum of Sydney on 1 September, Bohemian Harbour – artists of Lavender Bay exhibition focuses on the harbourside haven which became the home…

Founder, Executive and Artistic Director of the Sherman Centre for Culture and Ideas (SCCI), Dr Gene Sherman AM has announced the inaugural SCCI Architecture Hub 2018 with a notable line up of international and local guests. Dr Sherman says, “After thirty-one years of exhibition making, first at Sherman Galleries (1986–2007)…

BRISBANE will take ‘One Eco Step’ this September, as it plays host to Australia’s largest consumer sustainability expo in a move to help save the world. Running from September 14 to 16, the inaugural Brisbane Eco Expo will join the global fight against climate change and increased health concerns to…