A program that takes food scraps from Melbourne’s laneways and turns it into compost for our parks and gardens headlines a three-year plan to green the city and divert waste from landfill. The Degraves Street Recycling Facility, which uses food dehydrator to turn food waste into a compost- like soil…

WWF’s Australian headquarters, located in a former wool store in inner city Sydney, has been awarded a 5 Star Green Star rating by the Green Building Council of Australia for its interior space. The office interior is designed to replicate elements found in nature, including its lighting and open-plan spaces,…

An immersive and experimental retail environment, two dynamic office fitouts that set a new standard for sustainable design, and a robust and highly crafted school are amongst the winners in the 2015 Australian Interior Design Awards, the peak awards program for Australia’s design industry. Now in its twelfth year, the…

The future is now, according to the team behind the Australian Institute of Architects’ 2016 National Architecture Conference, hosted in Adelaide 28-30 April 2016. Cameron Bruhn, Ben Hewett and Sam Spurr were announced as the 2016 Creative Directors by the Institute’s National President David Karotkin at the 2015 Conference, RISK….

Proudly recognising the great work of Australian and New Zealand design professionals, Intergrain Timber vision Awards celebrates advanced timber application and projects that push the boundaries of normal timber application. Design professionals across the building and landscaping industries are invited to enter innovative projects which showcase creative and visionary use…

The Australian Institute of Architects Victorian Chapter is thrilled to announce the shortlisted projects in the 2015 Victorian Architecture Awards. Following an intensive program of Jury presentations and site visits, 74 projects have been shortlisted across 15 categories from a total entry field of 197; 169 individual projects. Winners will…

79 projects have been shortlisted for this year’s NSW Architecture Awards the Australian Institute of Architects announced today. The shortlist comes from a field of more than 170 entries across the categories of Public Architecture, Educational Architecture, Urban Design, Commercial Architecture, Interior Architecture, Residential Architecture – Houses (New), Residential Architecture…

Winners have been announced in the Australian Institute of Architects’ 2015 Far North Queensland Regional Architecture Awards tonight in Cairns.  The jury awarded Regional Commendations to five projects (see list below) which will now progress to the coveted Queensland State Architecture Awards to be announced in Brisbane on 26 June….

WORKSHOPPED, just might be the longest continuously running annual exhibition of emerging Australian design. For the past 15 years the WORKSHOPPED exhibitions have provided a platform for Australian designers to reach national and international manufacturer, retailer and consumer audiences.  To date WORKSHOPPED has presented the work of over 350 Australian…

Six prized stars for sustainable design have been awarded to the third major building in the University of Technology Sydney’s billion-dollar City Campus Master Plan by the Green Building Council of Australia. The new Faculty of Science and Graduate School of Health Building features advanced health and science labs, learning…