The Westmead Millennium Institute has been shortlisted in the prestigious World Architecture (WAF) Festival Awards.  This follows being shortlisted in the locally prestigious Australian Institute of Architects Awards NSW that will be announced on 2 July. Australia, leads the number of projects on the list followed by the UK and…

The annual Incinerator Art Award and Exhibition: Art for Social Change is now open for entries. A total non-acquisitive prize pool of $14,000 is on offer. The categories are $10,000 for Incinerator Art Award, $3,000 Vision for Social Change Award and the $1,000 People’s Choice Award. Entries are open to…

Think you have an eye for exceptional building design? The Building Designers Association of Victoria (BDAV) is calling on Victorians to choose their favourite design project in the 20th BDAV Building Design Awards. The BDAV’s People’s Choice Award showcases projects nominated in the prestigious BDAV Building Design Awards, celebrating Victoria’s…

Don’t miss out get your entry in now! Only 2 weeks to go until entries close on 26th June for the 2015 awards The Australian Timber Design Awards are now in their 16th year and are a national competition to promote and encourage outstanding timber design and use in the…

The creative team behind the Australasian Student Architecture Congress – PEOPLE has announced an exciting addition to the speaker line up and the details for the hotly anticipated workshops. Takaharu Tezuka from Japan will join the already impressive list of international and local speakers presenting at the Congress in Melbourne,…

In an Australian first, the country’s largest urban greening network, the 202020 Vision has launched a national plan to see a 20% increase in currently declining urban green space by 2020. Crowd-sourced from a brain’s trust of 500 cross-sector greening experts, The 202020 Plan showcases some of the most innovative,…

JamFactory and Stylecraft are thrilled to announce six outstanding finalists have been selected for the inaugural Australian Furniture Design Award. The judges reviewed 150 entries from all around Australia, including some from eligible Australian designers in Europe and the UK – all hoping to win the $20,000 cash prize and…

Members of Australia’s leading forest certification organisation, the Forest Stewardship Council (FSC Australia), have come together to welcome their new leadership and discuss strategies to continue driving change in responsible forest management through a critical 12-month period for the forestry sector. At its AGM in Melbourne last week FSC Australia’s…

Melbourne Fringe Festival returns in 2015, once again presenting the spectacular Fringe Furniture exhibition. Registrations are now open and will close Friday June 26. The open-access program will again be presented at the Abbotsford Convent with artists and designers exploring this year’s theme, Between the Lines. Registrations are open to…

Macadamia shells are already used as a biofuel. Australian researchers are now proposing to use the nut’s extraordinary properties as a basic element in a new Microtimber, made using pioneering 3D-printing technology. Until now, this technology has been primarily used for small-scale, industrial design products. A research team led by…