Events

Sydney Open House 2015

10 Sep, 2015

Australia’s premier open building event, Sydney Open, returns for its 11th year on Sunday 1 November 2015, unlocking the doors to more than 50 of the city’s most historic and architecturally inspiring buildings. Presented by Sydney Living Museums, this signature event will now be held annually, giving Sydneysiders and visitors…

This Public Life Festival of Landscape Architecture

8 Sep, 2015

This Public Life Festival of Landscape Architecture brings together international and local thinkers and practitioners from the arts and sciences to explore public life through the lenses of Life + Death, Love + Longing and Participation + Spectacle. With a provocative and inspiring program of Melbourne-wide industry and public fringe events, city tours,…

Parallels: Journey into Contemporary Making

8 Sep, 2015

In September, Melbourne will host some of the world’s leading thinkers and practitioners in contemporary craft and design. This two-day event will see more than 10 international and 20 Australian speakers explore the future of contemporary craft and design – sharing their stories, presenting new mindsets and considering opportunities to…

Green Skills Hub Sustainable House Day event

7 Sep, 2015

How do you bring down your energy bills and make your home more sustainable, comfortable and liveable? We’re all looking for ways to bring down our energy bills and house maintenance costs but where do we find the savings? Making your air conditioning more effective and efficient will be the…

Fringe Furniture 2015

7 Sep, 2015

Fringe Furniture, the longest-running event in the annual Melbourne Fringe Festival, invites this year’s audiences to look Between the Lines. This theme, central to the festival as a whole, asks audiences to look closely at design, to discover meanings beyond the practical, and to interpret messages implied in the work of some of…

Open House Brisbane 2015

3 Sep, 2015

Old to new, grand to small, gothic to modernist, subterranean to sublime… Brisbane Open House lures urban explorers and inquisitive minds. Brisbane’s architectural wonders are being showcased at the sixth annual Brisbane Open House, when the city extends an open invitation to explorers keen to sample an extraordinary line-up of…

Sydney Design 2015

31 Aug, 2015

2015 sees Sydney Design return for its 19th year, making it one of the world’s longest running design festivals. This year’s program brings together an exciting array of design disciplines which we’ve coupled into Architecture & Interior, Product & Maker, Fashion & Jewellery and Digital & Graphic. The program includes…

Barangaroo Celebrations

27 Aug, 2015

Sydney’s extraordinary new six-hectare foreshore park, Barangaroo Reserve, will come to life in September for the first instalment of the Barangaroo Welcome Celebration, a three-month program of free music, art, talks, family events, and giant picnics overlooking Sydney Harbour. The Barangaroo Delivery Authority, on behalf of the NSW Government, with…

prefabAus Conference 2015

21 Aug, 2015

The second annual prefabAUS conference is fast approaching, with this year’s event less than four weeks away. Focusing on the theme of ‘industry transformation’, prefabAUS has assembled industry experts from around the world to discuss how prefab is changing the design, building and manufacturing industries. CEO of prefabAUS, Warren McGregor,…

Future Nature

19 Aug, 2015

The Australian Design Centre’s exhibition Future Nature is presented in partnership with the Australian Museum. Future Nature explores possible futures posed by artists, designers and architects inspired by biology and the natural world. Mapping the collisions of art, science, and design, Future Nature explores the roots of scientific curiosity and…