Since 2013, Cult’s in-house sustainability program, Cultivated, has offered refurbishment services for original mid-century modern furniture. For two days only, Cultivated’s master craftspeople have been invited into the Powerhouse workshop – a space rarely open to the public – to revive 10 of the museums’ Fritz Hansen Series 7 chairs…
Issue 87 comes out 5 September. Order on its own or as part of a subscription. In this, our annual Small Spaces issue, we look at five houses that have found solutions for using less resources and less valuable land; building smaller, subdividing, infilling and creating multigenerational homes are some…
Nature Festival, returning to South Australia from the 6th to the 16th of October, has released its full program of over 200 events to be hosted across South Australia, featuring an array of talks, arts, nature walks, workshops, adventure activities, open gardens and films to name only a few. The 2022 festival will…
For their major solo commission at West Space, interdisciplinary practitioners Joel Spring and Victoria Pham project vast and divergent insights into notions of the built environment, history and legacies of colonialism. West Space is thrilled to present TERRA: Memory + Soil, a landmark exhibition by Joel Spring and Victoria Pham….
BMW Group Australia and RMIT University’s School of Economics, Finance and Marketing today announced the launch of the third edition of the 2022 YourMelbourne competition. The competition is open to all students attending RMIT University and challenges entrants to imagine the future mobility within the city of Melbourne in the…
Entries for the 34th National Banksia Sustainability Awards—Australia’s longest-running and most prestigious sustainability awards—are now open. With over 15 categories highlighting leadership in biodiversity, ethical sourcing, and First Nations people, the awards reinforce the diversity of sustainability. “It’s time to amplify the positive impact of champions for sustainable development in…
Margent Farm has partnered with an emerging non-profit social enterprise in Ireland that has taught 120 people to build mobile Tiny Homes. Their design utilises Margent Farm’s hemp corrugated panels and other eco-conscious materials, and will offer a design blueprint that will be made free to all. Common Knowledge teaches…
The Design Institute of Australia (DIA)—Australia’s peak national design body, has released the recipients for its highly sought-after Designers Australia Awards 2022. The final winners out of a shortlist of eighty-two across the country reflect the designer’s ability to make a solid contribution to a better world, including three National…
63 Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander finalists from across Australia have been selected from a total of 221 entries in the 2022 Telstra National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Art Awards (Telstra NATSIAA), presented by the Museum and Art Gallery of the Northern Territory (MAGNT) in partnership with Telstra. Telstra…
Twenty exemplary future projects which address major architectural issues facing society and the planet have been shortlisted for this year’s World Architecture Festival WAFX Awards. The 2022 WAFX shortlist celebrates international proposals which embrace cutting-edge design approaches to address major world issues ranging from tackling the climate emergency to building…
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