JamFactory and Stylecraft are pleased to announce the establishment of an exciting new biennial award for Australian furniture design. The award is anticipated as one of Australia’s richest and most prestigious design awards and aims to raise the profile of Australian designers and encourage innovation in furniture design. The winner…

Community-oriented projects have dominated the Australian Institute of Architects’ 2014 National Architecture Awards, announced Thursday 6 November at a ceremony hosted by Myf Warhurst at the Darwin Convention Centre. Projects honoured include a housing project with an emphasis on communal spaces, a mental health facility with a welcoming domestic feel,…

A consummate Brisbane home is the winner of the People’s Choice Award, part of the Australian Institute of Architects’ 2014 National Architecture Awards. Oxlade Drive House by James Russell Architect was selected by voters from the 13 houses shortlisted in the National Awards’ Residential Architecture categories. The simple, practical design…

One of Melbourne’s most iconic laneways is now one of its greenest, with an innovative recycling project breathing new life into the Degraves Street precinct. Operating from the basement of Ross House in Flinders Lane, the Degraves Street Recycling Facility uses traditional recycling and high-tech machinery to reduce landfill and…

The Australian Institute of Landscape Architects (AILA) National Awards has recognised the strength of the country’s burgeoning landscape architecture industry, with Taylor Cullity Lethlean (TCL) emerging as the big winner. The AILA National Awards recognise and celebrate outstanding achievements and contributions in design, planning, urban design, land management, research and…

Cantilever Kitchens will be launching the third model in their kitchen series at the Grand Designs Live in Melbourne. Green magazine will join them with a special subscription offer and competition to win a pair of Cantilever Shadowboxes, valued at $1310. Only those who subscribe to green magazine at GDL…

Good Design Australia announced the 2014 Victorian Premier’s Design Awards at a gala event in Melbourne last night. The overall Award went to Victorian architectural firm Breathe Architecture and developer Small Giants for their work on The Commons apartments. The Commons was selected as the overall winner for its innovative…

The winning projects of the Holcim Awards 2014 for Europe illustrate how sustainable construction continues to evolve – developing more sophisticated and multi-disciplinary responses to the challenges facing the building and construction industry. An ecological reserve and remediation project in Southern Italy, a low-cost flexible university building in Paris, and…