Design Tasmania, the state’s leading centre for design, will present Unsettling Queenstown in August and September, 2024. Created by Julian Worrall, Anthony Coupe, Ali Gumillya Baker, Emily Paech and Sarah Rhodes, Unsettling Queenstown was selected as Australia’s representation at the 2023 Venice Architecture Biennale. The exhibition at Design Tasmania in…
Software company PlanRadar is calling for greater use of Lifecycle Assessment (LCA) to achieve carbon neutrality in the construction industry. Carbon-neutral construction aims to reduce the environmental impact of the construction industry by addressing carbon emissions and resource efficiency throughout a building’s lifecycle. This comprehensive approach, known as the lifecycle…
500 Bourke Street, a robust modern brutalist building in the heart of Melbourne’s CBD has undergone a $160 million transformation thanks to an extensive retrofit project led by multidisciplinary design practice FK. The iconic 1970’s building has been revitalised around the theme of an Australian design story to celebrate its…
Reimagining Birrarung: Design Concepts for 2070 invites eight leading Australian landscape architecture and design firms to reimagine the lands and waters of Birrarung (the Yarra River) and create an exciting vision for how communities can better access, engage with, and care for this important living ecosystem. Presented by the National…
In collaboration with the National Indigenous Art Fair, the Australian Design Centre presents Vessels: Transcending Tradition, a celebration of the rich tapestry of Indigenous object-based artistry. This exhibition, curated by ADC First Nations Programs Coordinator and proud Bundjalung woman Miah Madden, honours the vibrant and profound creative practices of some of…
The Thomas Dixon Centre, a transformative adaptive reuse project by Architectus Conrad Gargett, has achieved WELL Certification™ at the Platinum level—representing a world first for a performing arts organisation and heritage-listed arts facility. The WELL Building Standard recognises spaces that advance human health and wellbeing with a people-first approach to buildings, organisations, and…
An initiative of the Australian Design Centre (ADC) launched last year, MAKE AWARD: Biennial Prize for Innovation in Australian Craft and Design is the richest non-acquisitive prize for craft and design in Australia. Geelong Gallery and ADC will present this major new award celebrating innovation in contemporary craft and design…
Bundanon has unveiled WILDER TIMES: Arthur Boyd and the mid-1980s landscape, a major new exhibition and live program of 80s-inspired events, on now until 13 October 2024. WILDER TIMES provides a snapshot into a period of cultural dynamism in Australia, when ideas of landscape, land ownership and environmental protection were…
In its 60th anniversary year, Australian Design Centre (ADC) is delighted to present re/JOY from 21 November 2024 to 29 January 2025, a major exhibition by Thai-born Australian artist Vipoo Srivilasa. re/JOY honours and celebrates the multi-layered personal migration stories of people from all over the world who, like Vipoo,…
Australia’s premier interior design trade event, Decor + Design, is back! It celebrates its 20th anniversary in 2024 at Melbourne Exhibition Centre, making it the region’s longest running design trade event. This year’s theme is Evolution, with the launch of a crucial new Green Design Show. The trade event has…
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