The annual Open House Melbourne Weekend 2017 Program was launched on June 15 at the RMIT New Academic Street precinct, celebrating the organisation’s 10th Anniversary. On Saturday 29 and Sunday 30 July, over 200 buildings around Melbourne will open their doors to the public. 84 new buildings have been added to the…
A bold new City of Sydney plan to ‘Leave Nothing to Waste’ will introduce nation leading new residential waste collection streams to increase recycling and set a path to zero waste. Lord Mayor Clover Moore said the game changing plan would redefine waste as a valuable resource, instead of landfill….
Brisbane-based Conrad Gargett received international recognition at the European Healthcare Design Awards held in London this week. After being shortlisted for ‘Design Research’, the Queensland firm was highly commended for a research paper on its Lady Cilento Children’s Hospital project. A project Conrad Gargett was commissioned for the architecture, landscape…
South Australia is fairly synonymous with wine, so it’s no surprise that wineries were some of the biggest winners at the Australian Institute of Architects’ 2017 South Australian Architecture Awards, held at the Adelaide Oval on Saturday 10 June. Denton Corker Marshall’s Penfolds Magill Estate received the Keith Neighbour Award for…
The annual Good Design Awards is Australia’s most prestigious Awards for design and innovation with a proud history dating back to 1958. The Awards celebrate the best new products and services on the Australian market, excellence in architectural design, digital and communication design and reward emerging areas of design including…
Craft ACT has announced the DESIGN Canberra Festival dates and theme for 2017. DESIGN Canberra 2017 will be inspired by the spirit of modernism, a celebration of the creativity, experimentation and optimism for which Canberra’s mid-century architecture is acclaimed. DESIGN Canberra offers an insight into the talent pool of makers…
Hassett Park in Campbell, ACT has been awarded the 202020 Vision Green Design Award at the Good Design Awards Ceremony held in Sydney last week. Jane Irwin Landscape Architecture and Hill Thalis Architecture + Urban Projects designed the grassy oasis; taking home the stand-alone award, which recognises and celebrates the…
Castlemaine is the home of a new eco village that is set to create new standards for sustainable living in Australia. Even before the official launch, Melbournians have been travelling up to Castlemaine to the informal Coffee Q&A sessions to learn more about this path-breaking new development. The Paddock Eco…
Dowel Jones’ largest presentation to date, Clubhouse, has opened. Clubhouse is set within the large 450 square metre space of The Stables in North Melbourne. Open from the 7-12 June, the exhibition will see Dowel Jones present a multitude of new pieces set alongside their current products, as well as an interactive…
Denfair 2017 has officially begun. The eclectic showcase brings together designers from all industries, representing the zenith of creativity and innovation. Read on for a roundup of our favourite products and designers at Denfair this year. Tait has invited Adam Goodrum to create their new outdoor collection, Trace. The culmination…
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