Buildings designed to the Passivhaus Standard provide healthier environments for us to live, work, learn and connect within – offering improved air quality, year-round comfort, cheaper bills and the ability to withstand our adapting climate. TOUR BOOKINGS: Registrations close 9 November. Certified Passivhaus projects in Australia have grown from 48…
City of Sydney Oxford Street is set to become Sydney’s biggest outdoor arts stage with the legendary strip hosting a 3-day weekend of art, culture and creativity. Free events will take over Oxford Street for 40 hours, from disco and drag to light installations and art. It all kicks off…
Town Hall Gallery will present The Uncomfortable Truth: Maree Clarke and megan evans, a major new exhibition bringing two formidable artists into dialogue to unpack the impact of colonisation in a contemporary context. Opening 4 November 2026, the exhibition presents more than 50 works, including new commissions, examining colonisation from…
Applications are now open for the eleventh edition of Australia’s largest and leading annual design festival, Melbourne Design Week, which will enliven Melbourne with an exciting program of imaginative design events from 20-30 May 2027. Since it launched ten years ago in 2017, Melbourne Design Week has transformed the Australian…
More than 80 galleries, Indigenous-owned art centres and design studios will gather at Melbourne Convention and Exhibition Centre from 18–21 February 2027. Since 2003, the not-for-profit Melbourne Art Foundation has facilitated an estimated $96.4 million in art sales and invested more than $1.6 million in artist fees and grants, cementing…
From an abandoned zoo that once housed Tasmania’s last captive thylacine to an extraordinary underground library beneath MONA, Open House Hobart is inviting Tasmanians to step inside some of the state’s most fascinating buildings, places and spaces when the event returns on 7 and 8 November. The Australian Institute of…
After a standout 2026 exhibition debut, Object Massive looks ahead to 2027, collaborating with Adriana Hanna Of ice to open a call for new chess sets at Melbourne Design Week 2027. Object Massive and Adriana Hanna Office are inviting designers and artists to submit expressions of interest for a group…
Global design practice Hassell has thrown its weight behind a new push to solve one of Australia’s most urgent national challenges: how to build enough good, affordable homes — and build them fast enough to matter. Officially launching this month, the ThriveInspiration™ International Design Lab is a collaboration bringing together…
The American Hardwood Export Council (AHEC) have launched Community, a new project following five of Australia and New Zealand’s most exciting design talents as they each create an original piece of furniture in American hardwoods. Fine furniture is widely admired, but the process and skill behind its creation, and the…
A remarkable collection of more than 150 Tasmanian maps, globes and objects assembled by Melbourne collector and dealer Philip Graham will be presented in MAP TAS at bruny NORTH – 18 Bruny Island Main Rd, Dennes Point. It began with a map in a shed. In the first week after…
X Keulemans26 September 2026 – 10 January 2027 JamFactory is proud to present X Keulemans. X Keulemans is the third in the biennial series of exhibitions presented by JamFactory in partnership with Adelaide University which seeks to highlight research outcomes of key members of the creative faculty. This year’s exhibition offers a focus on the collaborative…
Geelong Design Week unveils biggest program yet, headlined by inaugural Victorian Regional Design Fair Geelong Design Week will return from 1-11 October 2026 with its biggest program yet, presenting more than 100 exhibitions, workshops, talks, tours, performances and public activations. Staged across Australia’s only UNESCO City of Design, the biennial…
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