From iconic chair design to high-density apartment architecture, the inaugural Melbourne Design Week will explore the value of good design and showcase local and international innovators in a city-wide program from 16–26 March 2017. An initiative of the Victorian Government in collaboration with the National Gallery of Victoria, the eclectic…
Award-winning Sydney designer Trent Jansen has launched his latest series of works through Melbourne design centre, Broached Commissions. Anyone familiar with Jansen’s work expects each new collection to deliver highly refined products, steeped in history and created using sustainable technologies and materials. Jansen is also well-known for collaborating with Australian…
BMW, the world’s most sustainable car manufacturer, has partnered with multi-award winning pop-up home The New Joneses for the second year in a row. The all-electric BMW i3 is displayed alongside one of Australia’s most sustainable ‘tiny’ homes at Federation Square in Melbourne, as part of the Sustainable Living Festival…
An affordable 10-star sustainable home designed for the Adelaide climate and costing less than $390,000 to build has won the prestigious 10-Star Sustainable Design Challenge for 2017. Designed by Sustainability House, Paradigm Shift was considered to be more than just a 10-Star home, with generous proportions, integrated indoor and outdoor…
Marking the architect’s first Australian project, Shigeru Ban has designed two architectural installations to be presented at Sherman Contemporary Art Foundation (SCAF) Courtyard Garden and Gallery Space from 25 March until 1 July 2017. Shigeru Ban’s installations also represent the final project to be presented by SCAF before the Foundation…
The Nightingale housing developments have won another VCAT approval, for Nightingale 2.0, a major stepping-stone for the project. The proposed five-storey building will house three retail tenancies and 20 apartments including four one-bedrooms, 12 two-bedrooms and four three-bedrooms. The apartments will feature high ceilings, northerly aspects, cross-ventilation and natural light to…
A winner has been chosen from the 45 designs submitted for a unique international design competition to masterplan and design a new eco-village for orphaned and abandoned children in Kenya. Launched in October, the One Heart Foundation international design competition offered architects the life-changing opportunity to design a children’s village…
Cities depend on natural ecosystems both within and beyond the urban environment for a wide range of goods and services that are essential for the well-being of their residents, including food, water, air quality, climate regulation, protection from natural hazards, and the delivery of measurable health benefits. For example, parks,…
A coffee cup for astronauts, the David Bowie Blackstar album cover and a sexual health testing kit, the Design Museum in London announce the contenders for the ninth annual Designs of the Year. The annual exhibition and awards has this year acquired a new title sponsor, specialist insurer Beazley, as…
A major artwork, the size of an Olympic-sized swimming pool was revealed during the announcement of a new public art museum – the Lyon Housemuseum galleries. The extraordinary 44 x 20 metre artwork – VISIBILE INVISIBLE, 2017 – by Australian contemporary artist Reko Rennie, was created to form the foundation…
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