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Game-Changing Sustainable Solutions Announced for Wege Prize ’22

23 Feb, 2022

Design competition Wege Prize has announced its semifinalists for 2022, with teams of students from 17 countries including Zimbabwe, the Philippines, India, and Canada offering powerful ideas for a circular economy. Addressing everything from hunger and climate change to social  equity and pollution, the solutions advanced by 15 teams of…

Parramatta Light Rail Lays First Green Track

8 Feb, 2022

Work on the NSW Government’s $2.4 billion Stage 1 Parramatta Light Rail continues, with Australia’s longest stretch of green track currently being laid along the line. Minister for Transport and Minister for Veterans David Elliott said the unique green track had been rolled out alongside Robin Thomas Reserve, bringing the…

Bangladesh hospital wins RIBA International Prize 2021

26 Jan, 2022

A remote community hospital, set in the water-laden landscape of the Bengal in south-west Bangladesh, designed by Kashef Chowdhury/URBANA, has won the RIBA International Prize 2021, architecture’s highest global accolade for design excellence and social impact. The sustainable and low-cost hospital delivers essential healthcare services to the local communities of…

The Seas That Bind Us

21 Jan, 2022

The Seas That Bind Us, now in its second week at Floating Goose Studios, Adelaide is an exhibition of new work by Mother and Son collaborators; Weaver and Textile Artist, Carol Herbertson and Furniture and Object Designer, Calum Hurley. Conceived in 2020 during the height of Australia’s first lockdowns and…

World Architecture Festival announces 2021 winners

21 Jan, 2022

World Architecture Festival has now announced all its winners for this year’s categories, following weeks of intense judging in which hundreds of architectural practices from around the world presented their shortlisted projects. The first half of this year’s category winners were announced earlier this week and can be found on…