Australia’s newest Acute Mental Health Unit in Ipswich, Queensland, builds on a foundation of healing to create an environment that nurtures wellbeing and mindfulness. The new 64-bed multi-storey facility designed by Hassell for West Moreton Health establishes a setting of dignity and calm and places person-focused care, recovery, and safety…
Powerhouse celebrates the release of the final episode of Australia’s most ambitious climate-focused cultural project, 100 Climate Conversations. The two-year project to record interviews with 100 visionary Australians who have taken effective action to respond to the most critical issue of our time, climate change, will act as a time capsule…
Australians will have the opportunity to check out more than 100 Electric Vehicle (EV) models in one location this weekend and test drive 25 of them, in what will be the largest and most diverse EV test drive experience ever seen in the Southern Hemisphere. Presented by the Fully Charged…
The Biennale of Sydney has announced the artists, locations and initial programming for its 24th edition, titled Ten Thousand Suns, being presented free to the public from 9 March to 10 June 2024. A major international art festival and the largest contemporary art event of its kind in Australia, the…
Architecture with Pride (AWP) brings together the LGBTQI+ design community in the built environment. In 2024, AWP is delivering events in Sydney and Melbourne with a line up of international and local queer thinkers, parties and participation in globally-celebrated events, AWP is an immersive program to challenge the status quo…
Plastic Collective, a leading social enterprise focused on solving the plastic waste epidemic, has announced it will receive funding through an innovative and transformational sustainable development outcome bond, issued by The World Bank, for two plastic waste collection and recycling projects in Ghana and Indonesia. This innovative bond provides investors…
When Robin Boyd Went to Japan – an exhibition inspired by mid-century everyday life in Japan will open at Walsh Street on February 18th.  Curated by Marika Neustupny and Nigel Bertram, When Robin Boyd Went to Japan is a collaboration between the Robin Boyd Foundation, NMBW Architecture Studio and CIBI.  …
WOMADelaide’s Planet Talks program, the festival’s forum since 2013 of conversation and discussions about the environment and how we can work to ensure a sustainable future for the planet, will feature some of the world’s foremost thought leaders, activists, scientists and change-makers. Presented in the Planet Talks Pavillion in the…
MAKE Award: Biennial Prize for Innovation in Australian Craft and Design is a new national award for Australian designer makers. The MAKE Award is the richest non-acquisitive prize for craft and design in Australia. The winner will receive a cash prize of $35,000 and a second prize of $10,000 will…
Taronga’s HATCH, the world’s only accelerator program that is led by a conservation zoo, is currently open for applications for its fourth intake. Designed to help ecopreneurs take their idea from vision to reality, the program supports founders who are tackling some of the most pressing environmental and conservation challenges currently…
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