Dulux has unveiled its annual Colour Forecast for 2025, which sees uplifting and soothing colours come to the fore within our homes and commercial spaces as a response to recent periods of uncertainty. Distilled into three distinct palettes Still, Recollect and Emerge demonstrate how colours with warm, brown undertones play…

Sydney Metro is Australia’s biggest infrastructure project. When complete, Sydney will have 31 metro stations and more than 66 kilometres of new metro rail delivering a world-class transport solution for a global city. Serving 96 percent of Sydney’s train services, Central Station forms the backbone of the entire rail network….

A shortlist of Regional NSW’s best new residential and commercial buildings have been named in the Australian Institute of Architects 2025 NSW Regional Architecture Awards, shining a light on the most innovative, sustainable and inspirational homes, commercial and community buildings from across the state’s regions. This year’s shortlist can be seen…

Designs for a community building constructed with 3D-printed earth in Hope Village, One Heart Tanzania, have been revealed by international architecture design studio, Hassell. In collaboration with Australian-based charity foundation One Heart, the community building forms part of a master plan that aims to provide housing, school, childcare, and skills…

In an industry-first, Melbourne-based multidisciplinary design studio Nexus Designs and students at Sacred Heart College in Geelong have joined forces to explore innovative biomaterials made from spent coffee grounds.  Commencing in January 2024, the collaboration has seen 25 students from Sacred Heart College’s Design Futures Lab take part in a…

The Naomi Milgrom Foundation has announced that visionary architect and urbanist Nathalie de Vries, co-founder of Dutch architectural firm MVRDV, along with Professor Lesley Lokko OBE, founder of the African Futures Institute and curator of the Venice Architecture Biennale 2023, will join the program of international keynote speakers for the…

Switching to solar and electrifying your home can deliver big savings on energy bills, but getting it all done is not always that easy, particularly when you’re busy. ZapCat, a new social enterprise, helps households make the transition. The renewable energy transition in Australia is in full swing. Households are…

A grove of mature native trees determined the plan of a new community hall for Randwick Council in Sydney’s eastern suburbs by Sam Crawford Architects. The inverted L-shaped layout allowed the trees to be retained and celebrated, with a much-loved blackbutt tree informing the geometry of the entry sequence.  “We…