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New Green Roof Plant Guide Aims High

14 Oct, 2023

Australia’s growing passion for rooftop gardens has been given a boost with a new plant guide to help urban gardeners and landscape designers create a luscious and environmentally friendly oasis above their heads. The comprehensive free guide, developed by researchers at the University of Melbourne, will help ensure the gardens…

Geelong Design Week

13 Oct, 2023

Geelong Design Week 2023 returns this October to celebrate and showcase design excellence, innovation and creativity across the Greater Geelong region. The program features more than 50 exhibitions, talks, film premieres, and unique experiences that will surprise and delight audiences. The annual event will bring together local Geelong designers, industry…

Nightingale Hails New Affordable Housing Development Model as a Game Changer

10 Oct, 2023

An innovative new housing development model, which encourages the creation of additional affordable housing through the leveraging of increased land value in the planning process, is being hailed by innovative not-for-profit housing provider Nightingale as a gamechanger for the nation as it grapples with an unprecedented housing crisis. The Progressive…

Tiny Pocket Parks Make a Big Impact on Urban Living

8 Oct, 2023

These miniature-sized parks could help insert more public recreational spaces into our cities. In growing cities, where we need to squeeze the most out of every parcel of land, where do we find the space for new parks and other outdoor recreational areas? Some inner-city councils are turning to pocket…

Anita Johnson Wins the 22nd Woollahra Small Sculpture Prize

28 Sep, 2023

Anita Johnson has been announced as the winner of the 2023 Woollahra Small Sculpture Prize, coinciding with the opening of the 22nd anniversary exhibition at Woollahra Gallery at Redleaf. The Woollahra Small Sculpture Prize is Australia’s pre-eminent prize for small sculpture and the first national acquisitive prize for an original…

Going Out on a Limb to Challenge Views on Architecture

26 Sep, 2023

Large-scale tree installations and a replica living room from a remote Indigenous community has highlighted the power of architecture in a new State Library of Queensland exhibition. Purpose built: architecture for a better tomorrow examines how new approaches to design and building materials can have a transformative effect on how…