New York City’s annual citywide celebration of design kicked off this week and runs from May 3 to May 17, 2016. Now in its fourth year, NYCxDESIGN highlights New York City’s diverse design community and its contributions to the vitality and economy of the five boroughs. “NYCxDESIGN has strengthened NYC’s image as…

The Australian Institute of Architects welcomes the Department of Prime Minister and Cabinet’s Smart Cities Plan released at the Cities Summit in Melbourne on Friday 29 April. Professor Ken Maher, President Elect of the Institute congratulates the Hon Malcolm Turnbull MP and Assistant Minister for Cities and Digital Transformation, the…

The Australian Institute of Architects’ highest honour, the Gold Medal, has been awarded to the founding directors of ARM Architecture at the Australian Achievement in Architecture Awards. ARM, based in Melbourne and Perth, are known for their contemporary, often daring, sometimes controversial designs. As Australian Institute of Architects National President…

Leaders of the profession have been honoured at the 2016 Australian Achievement in Architecture Awards announced at a special ceremony at the Adelaide Oval on Friday 29 April. The recipients, from students to stalwarts, were rewarded for their ongoing dedication to architecture across a range of activities including education, sustainability…

Projects ranging from a brightly coloured bike path built from a bit of old motorway to a temporary installation at an inner-city church, from reworked heritage buildings to a new and already much-loved library, and from idyllic houses to a small mausoleum are among this year’s recipients of Auckland Architecture…

A new benchmark for colour usage has been set by the 2016 Dulux Colour Awards winners, announced on Thursday 28 April at Melbourne’s Myer Mural Hall. Boundaries were pushed across all categories, with colour used in daring yet cleverly considered ways to transform spaces. Judges were unanimously impressed by the…

Streetlights in the centre of Adelaide are being fitted with smart technology as it moves closer to its goal of becoming the world’s first carbon neutral city. Adelaide City Council has partnered with tech giant Cisco and lighting specialist Sensity to modify more than 60 lights along Pirie Street and…

Built using leftover materials from Tasmania’s apple industry, the award-winning Shearers Quarters by John Wardle Architects is a gorgeous example of exemplary design working in harmony with sustainable construction. From the architect: “This beguiling shearers quarters sits as a companion building to an existing historic cottage on a working sheep…

See another side of nature and experience its stories in an unexpected way when The Calyx opens at the Royal Botanic Garden in Sydney on 11 June 2016, to form the centerpiece of the Garden’s 200th birthday. The Calyx (pron. kal-iks, def. ‘The outermost whorl of flowers’) is a world-class…