The director of the Art Gallery of NSW, Dr Michael Brand, will be joined by Kazuyo Sejima and Ryue Nishizawa from the multiple award-winning Tokyo-based architectural firm SANAA on July 27, to discuss the ideas and creative vision informing the design for the Gallery’s new building — the Sydney Modern…
The word ‘lore’ refers to a body of traditional knowledge, typically passed on by word of mouth. So, how does the concept of lore relate to architecture? At a Melbourne School of Design lecture on July 26, celebrated Indian architect, Bijoy Jain, will discuss how the concept of lore is…
Australian projects have been awarded at The Chicago Athenaeum Museum 2016 International Architecture Awards after 370 projects were shortlisted. The winning entries from Australian architects included the Walumba Elders Centre by Iredale Pedersen Hook. The centre came about when the firm was tasked with rebuilding community facility buildings and the old Walumba Aged Care…
Pierre Roelofs and Cindy-Lee Davies of Lightly are collaborating on the latest iteration of “Dessert Studies”, a series of inspired dining experiences in Melbourne, for three nights in July. The project is all about starting conversations, inspiring creativity and having a bit of fun. For the past seven years, Roelofs…
It’s taken them a month longer than they expected by the guys behind Uro Publications have finally opened their new specialty bookshop focusing on all things design and built environment. “Established in 2009, Uro began life as a specialist publisher of architecture and design books. In 2016, in the face…
15 Australian architects have had projects included on the list of projects shortlisted for the World Architecture Festival that is being held in Berlin on 16 and 18 November, 2016. In total 21 projects are shortlisted as four practices have multiple projects shortlisted: FJMT has four, Bates Smart and Cox…
Spanning five centuries and presented by the State Library of NSW, upcoming exhibition, Planting Dreams: Shaping Australian Gardens, will explore the ideas, influences and inspirations that have shaped our gardening culture — bringing together highlights from the State Library’s collection. Curator and garden historian, Richard Aitken, has trawled through the State Library’s extensive…
The diversity of projects being undertaken by architects in South Australia, who are responding to the challenges of today and needs of tomorrow, were honoured last night at the Australian Institute of Architects’ 2016 SA Architecture Awards. Four projects from the Tonsley redevelopment have collected seven Awards across education, heritage, commercial, sustainability and…
The winners of the Australian Institute of Architects’ 2016 NSW Architecture Awards were announced in Sydney tonight. The state’s longest standing honour, the Sulman Medal which was introduced in 1932, is given to a public building of exceptional merit and in 2016 it has been awarded to the ‘quintessentially Australian’ Kempsey Crescent Head…
A new City of Sydney plan has set ambitious new targets for 50 per cent of electricity used in the local area to come from renewable energy by 2030 and for net zero emissions by 2050. Environmental Action 2016–2021 consolidates the City’s environmental work to date, takes into account advances…
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