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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…

2023 National Architecture Awards Shortlist Revealed

18 Jul, 2023

More than 70 of Australia’s leading architectural projects, from a modular home in the Brisbane suburbs to additions to the Art Gallery of New South Wales, to school and health precinct upgrades, have been shortlisted for the prestigious Australian Institute of Architects’ 2023 National Architecture Awards. The National Architecture Awards…

Dimensions X Sells Out First Release

8 Jul, 2023

Oscar Martin (co-founder Pedestrian.tv) and Australian architect Peter Stutchbury have partnered on a new Proptech startup called Dimensions X. Three years after conception, an awarded Prototype (2022 AIA sustainability award & new residential commendation) and recently awarded the 2023 AIA Small Project Award Dimensions X has sold out its first…

2023 Tasmanian Architecture Awards – New Life Cleverly Interwoven Into Heritage Buildings

2 Jul, 2023

Heritage projects were big winners at last night’s 2023 Tasmanian Architecture Awards. Held at the Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery in nipaluna/Hobart, the Awards recognised architectural excellence in categories such as public architecture, residential, commercial, and education. Tasmania Chapter President, Megan Baynes, said the Awards celebrated the value good architecture adds…