A new University of Wollongong building designed as both a research hub and research subject has the potential to transform the majority of Australia’s building to be sustainable and resilient, Cox Architecture said today.   The University’s new innovative Sustainable Buildings Research Centre (SBRC) was officially opened this morning by…

POMO’s “Bush Studio” has taken out the category for best Sustainable Commercial Building Design at the Queensland BDAQ (Building Designers Association QLD) awards held on Friday July 25 in Brisbane. After winning in the Sunshine Coast region and now the State title for sustainable building design, the studio will go…

A4A’s installation experiments with the capacity to change an urban setting. Over 1,500 man-sized sheaves of corn for the field that shot up overnight at the end of July, in the heart of Milan, opposite the Sforza Castle, between the two Expo Gate pavilions. quantomais, the project devised and produced…

We have 5 copies of The Little Veggie Patch’s latest book to give away to the first five to subscribe for two years for themselves or as a gift. Published by Hardie Grant. RRP $45. DIY Garden Projects includes 38 hands-on, step-by-step activities that will help cultivate your handiness and…

The University of Melbourne’s newest building, for the Faculty of Architecture, Building and Planning (ABP), has been awarded a 6 Star Green Design – Education Design v1 Rating that commends its world leadership in sustainable design and building practices. Vice-Chancellor Professor Glyn Davis is thrilled to see the environmental credentials…

Flamboyant French botanist Patrick Blanc is in Sydney this July for the final inspection of his spectacular vertical gardens now thriving and bursting with colour and vibrancy on the north and east facades of the iconic One Central Park residential development in Chippendale. The tapestry of unique artistic designs which…

Every now and again a single building is the stimulus for a city’s evolution.  The South Australian Health and Medical Research Institute’s (SAHMRI) is one such building and its reputation as Adelaide’s international icon has been cemented tonight at the 2014 SA Architecture Awards. Woods Bagot received the Keith Neighbour…

The recently-unveiled Australian PlantBank – the science and research facility of the Royal Botanic Gardens and Domain Trust – has been recognised with two prestigious honours at the NSW Architecture Awards. Presented on 26 June by the Australian Institute of Architects, the awards named the Australian PlantBank among a small…

Sydney’s Prince Alfred Pool + Park Upgrade – ‘a rare synthesis of art and landscape, urban design and architecture’ – has won both the Sulman Medal for Public Architecture and the Lloyd Rees Award for Urban Design at this year’s Australian Institute of Architects’ NSW Architecture Awards. Presented at the…

The year of Troppo Architects has continued. Following Adrian Welke and Phil Harris’ Australian Institute of Architects Gold Medal win earlier in the year, the firm was a big winner at the 2014 NT Architecture Awards announced on Friday night ahead of the pair’s Gold Medal Talk on Saturday at…