apaiser wins ‘coolest bathroom product’ at hiconnect design, nashville usa 2014 apaiser has won the ‘Coolest Bathroom Product’ award at the Hi Connect Design trade show in Nashville this week. It was a people’s choice award, voted for by over 1200 key designers, manufacturers and members of the hotel and…

A new app has been unveiled by the Australian Institute of Architects, providing a glimpse of what Australia has in store for the 14th International Architecture Exhibition – la Biennale di Venezia. The innovative technology behind Augmented Australia 1914-2014, curated by felix._Giles_Anderson+Goad, is now available for the public to download…

Victoria’s top designs and architecture firms will be honoured for their advanced contribution to the state’s industry at the Australian Institute of Architects’ 2014 Victorian Architecture Awards Presentation to be held on 20 June 2014. Winners will be recognised for excellence in design and architecture for buildings in Melbourne and…

A major landscaping project at RMIT University’s Bundoora campus is offering students, staff and the wider community a vibrant artistic journey, with sculptures and sound art bringing the pedestrian walkway to life. The $7 million Bundoora Spine project has created a lively meandering pathway connecting Plenty Road to buildings in…

Construction of up to 10 major new buildings at Green Square could be underway by Christmas as the first new town centre in the City of Sydney in more than a century takes shape. Mixed-use privately-owned developments ranging from three to 28 stories will form a major part of the…

An asset to both the local and global design community, HY William Chan from the University of Sydney is a most outstanding recipient of the 2014 Student Prize for the Advancement of Architecture. The Bachelor of Design in Architecture graduate’s contributions to the architecture industry, the broader community and interdisciplinary…

An inimitable duo respected for their uniquely Australian architecture has been selected as the 2014 recipients of the Australian Institute of Architects’ highest honour, the Gold Medal. Phil Harris and Adrian Welke, co-founders of Troppo, were honoured at the Australian Achievement in Architecture Awards presentation ceremony in Hobart on Thursday…

The roofs, walls and facades of buildings across Melbourne will be turning all shades of green with the launch this week of Victoria’s first Growing Green Guide. The guide gives building owners, planners, designers, developers and home owners vital information so they can integrate green infrastructure on their buildings and…

TerraCycle has partnered with major brands Colgate and Natures Organics to recycle their “unrecyclable” post-consumer waste, and with Nespresso to expand their recycling program. Australians can now send in their previously difficult-to-recycle waste to TerraCycle to be recycled into sustainable consumer products and materials. “This is just the beginning and…

Melbourne’s path to a more resilient and self-sufficient future was set last week with the endorsement of two key Council documents. The Zero Net Emissions and Total Watermark strategies identify new targets to reduce greenhouse gas emissions across the municipality over the next four years, and build on efforts to…