Today, WorldGBC announces an update to the Net Zero Carbon Buildings Commitment (the Commitment), expanding its scope to recognise enhanced leadership action in tackling embodied carbon emissions from the building and construction sector. To accompany the Commitment update and its reduction-first approach to decarbonisation, WorldGBC has also published Advancing Net…

It is the glittering golden jewel that crowns Billbergia’s 39-storey tower at Rhodes Central in Sydney’s Inner West. But the striking-looking structure on top of the development is much more than an eye-catching architectural feature for the Rhodes skyline. The 27-metre-high structure that crowns the building is a piece of…

What do Hollywood actor Yael Stone, cooking-champion Nat’s What I Reckon and screen legend, Stephen Curry have to do with climate change? They’re on board THE NEW JONESES Road Trip, the digi-series showing simple stuff we can do at home to be part of the solution. When Nat’s heard Yael gave up her green card to lighten…

As we gradually emerge from another difficult year, we find that the world has changed, and our outlook has changed with it. With our ‘future normal’ still to be decided, the old rules and accepted norms no longer seem to apply. We find ourselves asking the questions: What do we…

Tribe Studio Architects has unveiled their latest residential project, a single-story holiday house in the beachside hamlet of Bundeena, located south of Sydney in the Royal National Park. The design for the home doubles as a replicable architectural prototype for a sustainable holiday home that is authentic to the Australian…

Ground Under Repair’s winning entry Time Shouts is a provocative two-part floor and wall tapestry design that uses thoughtful research and mapping to reveal “the story of the period of time between present day to the breakup of the ancient Gondwanan continent”. Ground Under Repair is a Melbourne-based multidisciplinary design…

The exceptional displays of innovative colour use were showcased last night as the winning projects of the 2021 Dulux Colour Awards were announced via a virtual, live-streamed Gala Event on the Dulux website. Selected from an outstanding 437 entries from Australia and New Zealand, the award-winning projects across the six…

Sydney Design Week 2021 goes digital with a two-day Design Summit on the 16–17 September 2021. A program of panel discussions and talks will centre on the theme Hyperconnectivity, exploring the ties that bind us today. Curated by writer, editor and Creative Director Stephen Todd, the program connects local and international designers and global design centres…

SHELTER is the new home of inspiring design and architecture content. The global streaming service’s content encompasses everything from stories of design, to a deep dive into sustainability, history, and real-life aspirational stories. It offers audiences a range of fascinating ‘must-watch’ options from feature length films to television series; short…

Contemporary jewellery exhibition by 11 Victorian First Nations Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander artists and designers participating in the first year of the Koorie Heritage Trust’s inaugural Blak Design program. Blak Design is a ground-breaking four-year program presented by the KHT to foster First Nations cultural innovation within the Victorian design…