David Holmgren shares his wisdom on the future of urban permaculture from his country Victorian farm. David Holmgren is a passionate activist committed to shaking up the status quo. To his devoted followers – as witnessed at this year’s Sustainable Living Festival in Melbourne – he is the oracle from…
A table inlaid with a map of the stars at the moment man first stood on the moon. A sideboard that speaks of the dark history of European settlement and the hope of cross-cultural exchange. A drinks cabinet that echoes the misery of addiction… This is not furniture that happens…
A comprehensive effort to protect, and in some cases re-establish, some of the world’s rare and endangered species, has won the top prize in the prestigious Banksia Sustainability Awards. The Lord Howe Island Board’s project, Protecting Paradise, won the 2018 Banksia Gold Award, which recognises the “best of the best”…
The annual cultural celebration Sydney Festival returns to transform the city from 9–27 January 2019, delivering the highest quality art and big ideas. January’s blockbuster program features 18 world premieres, five Australian premieres and eight Australian exclusives alongside a variety of new Australian co-commissions. Roslyn Packer Theatre becomes the home of two…
A new Bush Heritage Australia field station in the Fitz-Stirling global biodiversity hotspot has officially ushered in the next phase of conservation science in south west WA. The $1.1 million Michael Tichbon Field Station was officially opened today at Bush Heritage’s Red Moort Reserve, 130 kilometres by road north east…
The winner’s of the 2018 Interior Design Excellence Awards (IDEA) were revealed at a gala event in Sydney. Held at the Centennial Homestead, over 500 guests gathered for the annual awards, which is Australia’s largest and most successful independent design awards program. Launched by inside magazine in 2003, IDEA celebrates…
City of Melbourne councillors will consider a plan to invest $232 million in revitalising almost an entire central-city block, creating a public commons precinct of connected laneways and community spaces. City of Melbourne Lord Mayor Sally Capp said the proposed redevelopment between Bourke Street and Little Collins Street would revitalise…
The fruits of a collaboration that took place 46 years ago are the subject of this very special exhibition, In These Hands (Mara nyangangka) Celebrating 70 years of Ernabella Arts. Showing at JamFactory at Seppeltsfield from 30 November 2018 – 11 February 2019, In These Hands is about Australia’s two oldest…
Warren and Mahoney, in partnership with Woods Bagot, Boffa Miskell and LabWorks, has been recognised at the annual World Architecture Festival with the Best in Category Award for Education – Future Project. Held in Amsterdam this year, the WAF festival is dedicated to celebrating, sharing and inspiring outstanding architecture and…
Escher X nendo | Between Two Worlds is the first exhibition in the world to feature the extraordinary work of Dutch graphic artist M. C. Escher in dialogue with the work of acclaimed Japanese design studio nendo, led by designer Oki Sato. Seamlessly presenting the worlds of one of the…
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