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Living on Groundwater Wins Kingspan-Funded MICROHOME Competition

13 Dec, 2025

New York–based architects Aleksa Milojevic and Matthew W Wilde have been awarded first prize in the Kingspan-funded MICROHOME #10 competition for Living on Groundwater, a prefabricated housing proposal addressing global housing and ecological challenges through a compact, water-resilient design. The MICROHOME #10 competition, organised by Buildner in partnership with Kingspan,…

Why Doesn’t Melbourne Have a Material Library?

12 Dec, 2025

After working across material libraries all over the world, global sustainability and circular economy consultancy Hyloh has brought the concept home with the launch of a pop-up Melbourne Material Library. The library offers designers, architects and sustainability professionals a hands-on way to explore material innovation. From New York to Paris,…

AHEC & Phantom Hands Unveil ‘Re-editions’ at Design Mumbai

10 Dec, 2025

Re-editions, a collaboration between the American Hardwood Export Council (AHEC), the leading international trade association for the American hardwood industry, and Bangalore based furniture manufacturer Phantom Hands (PH), has been unveiled at the second edition of Design Mumbai in November. The collection features eight pieces of furniture (tables and seating)…

Snøhetta Completes Cloud 11 in Bangkok, Featuring Thailand’s Largest Elevated Creative Park

3 Dec, 2025

Snøhetta, in collaboration with A49 Architects, has completed Cloud 11 in Bangkok — a 250,000 m² mixed-use urban regeneration project featuring Thailand’s largest elevated creative park and setting a new benchmark for ecological and community-led citymaking in Southeast Asia. Cloud 11 is Snøhetta’s most extensive urban regeneration project in Asia,…

New Sydney Children’s Hospital Welcomes First Patients, With Australia’s First Children’s Comprehensive Cancer Centre

3 Dec, 2025

The new Sydney Children’s Hospital, Randwick building, designed by global paediatric design experts Billard Leece Partnership (BLP) and incorporating Australia’s first Children’s Comprehensive Cancer Centre, has welcomed its first patients, marking a transformative step forward in children’s healthcare. The state-of-the-art facility, developed in partnership with Sydney Children’s Hospitals Network, Children’s…

Savers® to Bring Secondhand Style to the Runway

22 Nov, 2025

Savers® is hitting the runway this February as an official partner of the 2026 PayPal Melbourne Fashion Festival, unveiling a bold new fashion showcase that reimagines pre-loved garments on Australia’s biggest style stage. The partnership will see Savers® present the NEW AGAIN: METAMORPHOSIS RUNWAY x Savers® – a visionary runway…

Kevin McCloud and Tim Ross – Live in Interesting Places Tour

16 Nov, 2025

Join the UK’s Grand Designs presenter and Australia’s favourite architecture advocate when they reunite for intimate shows in architecturally significant venues After years of friendship and a shared obsession with architecture and design, Kevin McCloud and Tim Ross are taking their banter and big ideas on the road – and,…