Green thumbs across Sydney are being encouraged to reach for the sky under the City of Sydney’s new green roofs and walls policy.The draft policy calls on residents and businesses to green their roofs and walls as a way of improving air quality, supporting biodiversity and creating new spaces in…

Renewable energy sources could provide 100 per cent of future electricity, heating and cooling needs in a blueprint that details how the city could run on renewable electricity and renewable gas by 2030. The City of Sydney’s final renewable energy master plan shows how 30 per cent of the city’s…

Deputy Premier John Rau has announced the major prize winners for the Royal Adelaide Hospital Design Competition, where a total of $305,000 in prize money was awarded to designers for their innovative and creative ideas for the future of one of the key sites of the Greater Riverbank Precinct. Mr…

With Melbourne Cup Day behind us and our beloved tomatoes in the ground, Little Veggie Patch Co is thrilled to announce the launch of ‘The Club’- a membership program and online gardening community.Beginning this month, members across Australia and worldwide will be able to access a bounty of seasonal and…

Winners of Australia’s highest architecture accolades have been announced tonight at the Australian Institute of Architects’ 2013 National Architecture Awards held at the nation’s most iconic venue, Sydney Opera House. The jury awarded 38 projects a total of 55 awards and commendations across the 12 national categories, selected from the…

A war memorial, jewel cave and an inner-city cathedral are among 11 unrealised architectural Australian gems that have been unearthed and will finally be constructed as part of Australia’s exhibition at the 2014 Venice Architecture Biennale, Augmented Australia 1914-2014. From a treetop activist shelter 80 metres above ground in south…