A new report by international design practice Hassell, From Office to Oasis outlines the commercial realities of greening a workplace and the key considerations for landlords, developers and occupiers. In workplaces across the world, employers are looking for ways to entice employees back to the office. High on the wish lists of many employees…

Canberran companies have shone at The Banksia Foundation’s 34th National Banksia Sustainability Awards, with timber recycling and design studio Thor’s Hammer and ANU Sustainable Farms initiative announced as finalists, and clean tech start-up MCi Carbon winning the Circular Transition Award. The National Banksia Sustainability Awards recognise innovation and leadership through…

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…

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…

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…

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 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…