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2016 South Australian Architecture Awards program launched

2 Mar, 2016

The Australian Institute of Architects’ has officially launched the 2016 South Australian Architecture Awards program today, celebrating the diversity of our State’s finest architectural projects. Over 40 architecture practices and design collaborations have entered projects into categories ranging from, new houses and residential alterations & additions, public buildings and urban…

Dresden Mobile

1 Mar, 2016

Dresden Mobile is coming to a street near you. Dresden is a new eyewear company that is set to revolutionise eyewear making it affordable, fun and sustainable. Dresden mobile is a transportable workshop that will allow Dresden to revolutionise commerce by taking the product to the people. Dresden mobile will be touring…

Winning Collaborations

24 Feb, 2016

The team behind SPUD in the UK have recently developed some exciting collaborations between artists, designers and the community to deliver two engaging projects. With a brief to design a temporary place to live and work while studying the ‘littoral’- the watery edge of the Beaulieu River in Exbury, artist Stephen Turner (the…

100th chair revealed 100 Chairs in 100 Days exhibition

22 Feb, 2016

Designed and made in Melbourne, the 100th Chair for the 100 Chairs in 100 Days: Martino Gamper exhibition at RMIT University Design Hub has been revealed. Renowned for his cross-disciplinary and culturally responsive approach to design, London-based Martino Gamper first came to international acclaim with 100 Chairs in 100 Days….

Brickworks Living Building Challenge

15 Feb, 2016

“Imagine a building designed and constructed to function as elegantly and efficiently as a flower: a building informed by its bioregion’s characteristics, that generates all of its own energy with renewable resources, captures and treats all of its water, is toxic free and beautiful.” – The Living Future Institute of…

The Cape sets new benchmarks

11 Feb, 2016

An ultra-efficient display home on Victoria’s Bass Coast has set a new benchmark in affordable living, costing only $500 a year to run or 15 per cent of the power and water bills needed to run an average Victorian home.  The double-story, four-bedroom house – the first of 220 homes…

MPavilion Announces 2016 architect – Bijoy Jain from India

9 Feb, 2016

The Naomi Milgrom Foundation today announced the commission for the third annual MPavilion has been awarded to acclaimed Indian architect Bijoy Jain of Studio Mumbai. The announcement comes as MPavilion 2015 closed on Sunday 7 February having welcomed more than 76,000 visitors attending 419 free events hosted over four months within the temporary architecture pavilion…

Grown in Seconds

5 Feb, 2016

To illustrate the sustainability of American hardwoods, a new campaign: Grown in Seconds, has been launched by the American Hardwood Export Council (AHEC) to show how swiftly wood used for a variety of projects regrows naturally in America’s forests. Supported by environmental consultants ThinkStep (www.thinkstep.com) AHEC aims to promote a better…

Drying Green Park

4 Feb, 2016

Construction Documentation for the Drying Green Park by McGregor Coxall is near completion. Named after its historic use as a wool washing and drying facility, this modern urban park provides much needed open space for residents located at the heart of Green Squares urban regeneration. To enable construction of the…