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Craft Marks the 30th Anniversary of Fresh! Awards

16 Mar, 2023

Keeping it fresh since 1993: Craft marks the 30th  anniversary of the career-making awards and exhibition –  showcasing the next wave of talent in contemporary craft  and design.   An annual fixture on the Craft calendar, Fresh! showcases the energy, skill  and innovation of some of the best graduating students from…

37th Annual Dulux Colour Awards Finalists Announced

16 Mar, 2023

The finalists for the 37th annual Dulux Colour Awards have been announced by this year’s esteemed judging panel. The five design industry professionals from Australia and New Zealand narrowed down this year’s record number of entries to 113 finalists across commercial and residential and public spaces. Renowned as the pinnacle…

Tadao Ando, Pritzker Prize-Winning Architect, Selected For 10th MPavilion

16 Mar, 2023

The Naomi Milgrom Foundation has announced that it has awarded Pritzker Prize-winner Tadao Ando with the commission for MPavilion 10, located in the heart of Melbourne’s city centre. Over the past decade, MPavilion  has worked with the world’s most significant architectural thinkers to create a space for engagement  with urgent…

MECCA X NGV 2023 Women in Design Commission Recipient Announced

15 Mar, 2023

The NGV and MECCA have announced London-based designer Bethan Laura Wood as the recipient of the 2023 MECCA x NGV Women in Design Commission, a major series inviting internationally renowned female designers and architects to create a significant new work for the NGV Collection. Wood is the second recipient of the annual, five-year commission…

New Reconciliation Garden at UQ Honours Brisbane’s Local Elders & Ecology

8 Mar, 2023

A new Reconciliation Garden at the University of Queensland’s (UQ) Herston campus showcases the power of collaborative design. Landscape architects from Arcadia’s Brisbane studio headed up the masterplan, design documentation and construction administration for the project, in close collaboration with UQ-appointed Multhana Property Services (an Indigenous-owned property services company) and…

Ross Gardam Creates New Pavilion Space

4 Mar, 2023

Ross Gardam has created a digital space for exhibiting the expanding portfolio of furniture and lighting by the Australian brand. The Pavilion enables people to transport themselves to a spatial experience that defies time and place.  It showcases an array of original ideas that question convention with meticulously crafted concepts that…

Issue 90

1 Mar, 2023

Issue 90 comes out 6 March. Order on its own or as part of a subscription. In this issue we profile the work of Studio Edwards, an innovative and highly collaborative architecture practice. Then, we look at five multi-residential housing examples, from a co-housing model created by a group of…

Planning Tick of Approval for Powerhouse Ultimo Renewal

25 Feb, 2023

Powerhouse Museum, Ultimo takes the next step towards transformation with the first stage of planning consent granted to enable the renewal of the iconic museum.   Powerhouse Trust President Peter Collins AM KC said the concept planning consent is a major milestone for the project, with the winning design for the renewal…