Shortlisted entries for the 2017 Victorian Architecture Awards speak directly to the importance of design, place, culture and community. The annual program, run by the Australian Institute of Architects’ Victorian Chapter, showcases the role of architects in delivering ‘Places for People’, ensuring livability, making a positive contribution to the built…
For the eighth consecutive year, the Intergrain Timber Vision Awards is running again and entries are now open. Following the success of previous years, the Awards program is designed to celebrate innovative use of timber in the built environment and to award high calibre projects that showcase timber in inspiring…
The Australian Pavilion at the Biennale Arte 2017 presents MY HORIZON, a solo exhibition by the Brisbane-born, internationally acclaimed artist Tracey Moffatt. Evoking tantalising, open-ended narratives, MY HORIZON comprises two new series of large-scale photographs, Body Remembers and Passage, and two new video works, Vigil and The White Ghosts Sailed…
Construction of Australia’s first, and currently the world’s tallest engineered timber commercial building, International House Sydney, is now complete at Barangaroo South in Sydney and the building is preparing to welcome its new commercial and retail tenants. Designed by Tzannes architects for Lendlease, International House Sydney is a distinctive new…
In the 31st anniversary year of the iconic Dulux Colour Awards, limitless imagination and bold execution combined to define the winning projects across nine individual categories. Announced at a gala dinner on Wednesday 10 May, held in the Touring Hall at the Melbourne Museum, the 2017 winners included standout architectural…
Melbourne’s DENFAIR event is a proverbial melting pot of contemporary design that brings together leading and emerging figures in the industry. This year, there’s a promising new addition to the program by the name of Front | Centre. The initiative invites five representing entities from across Australia to feature the…
Celebrated artist and sculptor of nature, Tracey Deep, thrills us yet again with her latest body of work entitled ‘Under the Sea’. This work is a celebration of the beauty of the underwater world that we all take for granted – paying homage to the incredible patterns, shapes, textures and…
The Naomi Milgrom Foundation today announced a new initiative LIVING CITIES FORUM 2017 bringing together leading international architects and design thinkers to investigate the definition of liveability and attempts to illustrate the image of a truly liveable city as viewed through a design lens. Taking place on 27 July influential…
Resolved: Journeys in Australian Design is presented by Australian Design Centre in collaboration with Workshopped, a design organisation nurturing and supporting designers in bringing their products to the marketplace. This major design exhibition showcases the winning designs of the past 12 annual ‘Workshopped’ exhibitions. Resolved: Journeys in Australian Design goes…
A large heritage office and a small sustainable workplace have taken home awards for sustainability at the 2017 Property Council of Australia / Rider Levett Bucknall Innovation and Excellence Awards. The spectacular refurbishment of one of Sydney’s most loved sandstone buildings, 5 Martin Place, has been rewarded with the Clean…
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