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Designing Affordability presentation

1 Oct, 2016

An international exhibition and presentation on challenges and opportunities in solving housing affordability will be presented at this year’s annual prefabAUS 2016 Conference, at University of Sydney’s Department of Architecture, Planning and Design. Professor Marc Norman from the Harvard University Graduate School of Design is Director of UPSTATE, a Centre…

The Moving Garden

30 Sep, 2016

Tens of thousands of flowers will be gifted between strangers as part of Taiwanese-American artist Lee Mingwei’s The Moving Garden, opening at the National Gallery of Victoria on 15 October 2016. Lee is internationally recognised as one of the leading creators of art which invites audience participation, and this acclaimed…

The Cape continues to expand

28 Sep, 2016

Australia’s premium sustainable housing project, The Cape, in Cape Paterson, has opened its doors to its newest 8.2-star edition, Cutlers. This carbon neutral, energy and water efficient coastal home sits within the top 1% of sustainable homes in Australia. The home features state of the art energy efficient design, construction…

Design Tasmania Camp

26 Sep, 2016

Design Tasmania has announced their 2016 camp, which will run from Friday Oct 28th – Monday 31st 2016. This year’s camp has partnered with Spring Bay Mill at Triabunna. Tickets are now available to participate in this year’s event on the East Coast of Tasmania. Over three days the camp…

Shortlist for Australia’s highest architecture honours unveiled

23 Sep, 2016

Australia’s international reputation for innovative architecture has been reinforced with this year’s Australian Institute of Architects’ National Architecture Awards receiving more than 890 entries across 14 categories. From a diverse and hugely competitive field, the 2016 jury has shortlisted 79 projects out of 209 entries deemed eligible following the extensive…

Pholiota Unlocked

23 Sep, 2016

A full-scale replica of Walter Burley Griffin and Marian Mahony Griffin’s cutting edge home is being constructed by students from the Melbourne School of Design as part of the Melbourne Festival’s Cultural Collisions precinct at the University of Melbourne. Pholiota, named after a type of mushroom for having ‘sprung up…

Supermodels: Architects of Tomorrow

22 Sep, 2016

Children between the ages of 8-12 years are being given the opportunity to build a model house, which they can keep, as part of “Supermodels: Architects of Tomorrow” — a Sydney Architecture Festival event being held on Sunday 2 October 2016 from 10am to 12pm at The Brewery Yards Market,…

This Well Made home goes global at APSDA 2016

21 Sep, 2016

Bringing the creative talent of South Australia to global and local audiences, Guildhouse presents its new exhibition, home at the 2016 Asia Pacific Space Designers Alliance Conference (APSDA) in Adelaide, (Adelaide Convention Centre) September 24- 25. An alliance of design organisations across 13 different Asian countries, APSDA builds robust dialogue…

Kaldor Public Art Projects unveils most ambitious project to date

20 Sep, 2016

Kaldor Public Art Project’s most ambitious project to date and the first to be created by an Australian Aboriginal artist was unveiled in Sydney’s Royal Botanic Garden last week in advance of its 17-day, free-to-the-public presentation from 17 September until 3 October 2016. Sydney-based Wiradjuri/Kamilaroi artist Jonathan Jones created barrangal…