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…
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,…
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…
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…
The first and only initiative of its kind in Australia, the Country Road + NGV First Nations Commissions is a national, biennial mentorship and exhibition program that pairs emerging Australian First Nations artists and designers with one of eight esteemed industry mentors. Working collaboratively, the mentors will each support and guide…
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…
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…
The Australian Institute of Landscape Architects (AILA) has revealed the winners of the 2023 SA State Awards. The jury celebrated 28 winners for their ability to prepare for and respond to climate change. AILA SA Jury Chair Carina Green says landscape architects are vital to the sustainability of our cities…
Tools For After (TFA), presented by The Italian Cultural Institute of Melbourne (IIC), has announced the TFA Design program, as part of its inaugural six-week program that celebrates Italian ingenuity and focuses on exploring innovative solutions for a sustainable future. Tools For After Design is part of a major exhibition…
Powerhouse has announced that it will establish a major new partnership with First Nations social enterprise We Are Warriors. The partnership will support the ongoing community-led event Blak Powerhouse which will be presented on January 26 each year for Blak generations to come. The partnership will also feature the documentation…
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