Otetto and Other Architects have developed a modestly scaled, off-the-plan prefabricated hempcrete house – Lomandra – to address the embodied carbon risk of the Australian government’s plan to build 1.2 million new homes by 2029. The government’s housing plan sits uneasily alongside the nation’s emissions target of a 62-70 per…
The Robin Boyd Foundation has launched four new 3D Tours; Gillison House (Robin Boyd, 1952), Ctesiphon Concrete Supermarket and House (Robin Boyd,1950s), McClune House (Robin Boyd, 1965) and Urambi Village (Michael Dysart and Peter Bell 1976). Developed by the Robin Boyd Foundation Digital Team, the 3D Tours the new tours span domestic, experimental and community-based projects, extending public…
Emilia Galatis Projects will present the first Melbourne solo exhibition by Corban Clause Williams at Melbourne Art Fair 2026 (19–22 February), debuting 15 new paintings alongside design works extending Williams’ Manyjilyjarra Country, culture and contemporary practice into sculptural and textile forms. Emilia Galatis Projects is a Whadjuk Boodja/Perth-based gallery dedicated…
UNSW engineers and photovoltaic researchers have made a major step forward in the development of a new type of solar cell known as antimony chalcogenide, which could help make future solar panels cheaper, more efficient and more durable. The research team has improved the performance of solar cells made from…
Celebrate the continuing creative culture and traditions of the Wurundjeri Woi-wurrung people – Heide’s Traditional Owners – at the annual Yaluk Langa Community Day being held at Heide Museum of Modern Art on Saturday 7 February. Held in the Yaluk Langa Gathering Space by the Birrarung at Heide, this free…
Treading Lightly, a major fashion and textiles exhibition, opens at the Koorie Heritage Trust (KHT) this March, showcasing more than 38 garments, textile works and beautifully crafted accessories by seven First Peoples artists and designers based in Victoria. The exhibition marks the fifth iteration of KHT’s ground-breaking Blak Design program….
Multidisciplinary design practice FK has released new national research that reveals a strong employee appetite for adapting and reusing workplaces and identifies ‘renewable real estate’ as a key opportunity for creating attractive, sustainable and future-ready cities. FK defines ‘renewable real estate’ as the continual reuse, adaptation and extension of existing…
Stockroom Kyneton’s next exhibition Plant Life – curated by Rhett D’Costa, Magali Gentric, and Jason Waterhouse – brings together twenty-three artists who draw on the vegetal world to explore a range of ideas, including human–plant relationships, storytelling, beauty, fragility, ecologies and the environment. Running from 24 January until 1 March,…
Grained, a cross-cultural group exhibition curated by Playte in partnership with Blak Dot Gallery and Nongkrong Festival, will open in Brunswick this summer, stitching together teachings of intergenerational and collective cultural practices, using rice as both nourishment and a vessel of shared cultural histories across the Global South. Running from…
Bundanon will present a major exhibition of works by acclaimed Australian artist Rosalie Gascoigne (1917–1999), alongside significant new commissions by leading contemporary First Nations women artists Lorraine Connelly-Northey, Janet Fieldhouse and Glenda Nicholls, from 7 March – 14 June 2026. Rosalie Gascoigne: Sky, Earth, Water will showcase Gascoigne’s poetic assemblages…
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