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Australian Architectural Graduate Wins 2023 Buildner Office Design Competition

20 Aug, 2023

Blackheath Creative Hub has landed Claudia Takada of ClarkeHopkinsClarke Architects’ Sydney studio the 2023 Buildner Office Design Competition for a ‘slow’ office connecting creatives, community and nature. “How might the post-pandemic working-from-home office actually connect us – with nature, community and our own innate creativity?” “How might that look, feel,…

Designers Australia Awards 2023 Shortlist Revealed

10 Aug, 2023

The DIA (Design Institute of Australia)—Australia’s peak national body spearheading the design industry—has released the shortlist for its sought after Designers Australia Awards 2023. An overwhelming Shortlist of 86 entries was revealed across the three cross-disciplinary categories—Place, Use, and Interact. “Organised by the DIA, designers for designers, the Designers Australia…

Desert Mob Announces Full 2023 Program

8 Aug, 2023

Desart, the peak body for Central Australian Aboriginal Art Centres, has announced the full program for Desert Mob 2023 at Araluen Arts Centre in Mparntwe/Alice Springs from Thursday 7 September – Sunday 22 October, 2023. This year’s Desert Mob exhibition features a record number of contemporary works, with an opening…

10 MPavilion Chair Commissions Gifted to Powerhouse

1 Aug, 2023

Powerhouse has announced the gift by the Naomi Milgrom Foundation of the complete series of 10 MPavilion Chair Commissions to the museum’s collection. Conceived and created by Naomi Milgrom AC as an initiative of the Naomi Milgrom Foundation, this year sees MPavilion celebrate a decade as the country’s leading architectural…

ILLUMANATE Living Building Challenge® Design Competition Launched

28 Jul, 2023

The Living Future Institute of Australia (LFIA) has launched the highly anticipated ILLUMANATE Living Building Challenge® Design Competition in partnership with Development Victoria. The competition calls on architects, designers and students to create the most sustainable, and restorative, heritage-listed building in Australia, which must live up to precise environmental, self-sustaining…

Melissa Leong Adds Voice to Global Cooksafe Coalition

20 Jul, 2023

Television personality Melissa Leong has joined property and culture leaders Frasers Property Australia, International Towers, Cbus Property and Powerhouse Museum Group in pledging for the future of electric cooking. The Global Cooksafe Coalition hosted an exciting announcement from Frasers Property Australia, International Towers Cbus Property and the Powerhouse Museum group,…

2023 Architecture Commission (This is) Air by Nic Brunsdon

19 Jul, 2023

A giant inflatable sphere – which literally breathes throughout the day – has been selected as the NGV’s 2023 Architecture Commission. Making the invisible visible, (This is) Air, developed by Nic Brunsdon in collaboration with ENESS, draws attention to one of the universal and defining features of life on Earth: breathing air. Utilising…