The Melbourne International Flower and Garden Show (MIFGS) is back for 2019 from 27 – 31 March. It’s positive to see sustainability being made a point of discussion this year through the work of AKAS Landscape Architecture, whose garden Anthropogenic Future has repurposed waste and building materials including, perhaps most strikingly,…

Finalists for the 2019 Dulux Colour Awards have been announced following a record-breaking 435 entries from Australian and New Zealand design professionals. A panel of colour experts selected 114 finalists who displayed exceptional and inventive use of colour in built environments across both commercial and residential spaces. Finalists for the…

The Australian Pavilion, curated by a team of UTS architecture and design academics has won the inaugural Golden Bee Award at one of the most significant international events for design and architecture. The project was selected for the official Australian Pavilion in this year’s XXII International Exhibition of La Triennale…

The City of Sydney is calling for new ideas to boost the diversity of housing across the city, with a focus on identifying and developing new models to increase affordable housing supply. The Alternative Housing Ideas Challenge encourages new ways of thinking about housing across financing, management and design. The…

The Think Brick Awards, Australia’s richest design awards, have opened for 2019. After handing out a record $70 000 in prize money in 2018, this year’s awards are set to be the biggest in the country. Now in its 13th year, the Think Brick Awards celebrates the innovative and contemporary use…

CRÈME / Jun Aizaki Architecture & Design is proud to receive honorable mention in the Starbucks NextGen Cup Challenge for their submission of Nature’s Cup. A completely organic and biodegradable vessel carved from a gourd, these vessels were designed to replace the single-use plastic cup. The NextGen Cup Challenge is…

The Naomi Milgrom Foundation today announced the first four international speakers for LIVING CITIES FORUM 2019, which this year, after its unprecedented success in Melbourne, has expanded to Sydney. The third annual gathering of leading global architects and urban design thinkers will be held on 23 May 2019 in Melbourne and 28 May…

A revolutionary display house and urban pop-up farm, demonstrating how the use of sustainable technology can slash energy bills and outperform the average Australian home. Taking a sustainable, low-cost approach to living is quickly becoming imperative for Australians. So, how can families adopt better environmental practices while cutting household costs?…

Presented by the NGV, Foreground and The New York Times, Toxic City? Symposium will be held on Tuesday 19 March and will bring together local and international experts to evaluate our cities and the systems that sustain them – food, water, and energy – and how these are major factors…