Brisbane architecture firm JDA Co. has received a Gold accolade in Architectural Design at the 2022 Australian Good Design Awards for its meticulous refurbishment of Queensland’s oldest-standing theatre, The Princess. Built in 1888, the heritage-listed Woolloongabba building was underutilised for 30 years before an extensive restoration by JDA Co. allowed…
MPavilion has announced the 2022 chair design commission as ‘Re-Pete’ by University of Canberra trio Sam Tomkins, Iain [Max] Maxwell and Ben Ennis-Butler. The MPavilion chair is one of the key commissions of the MPavilion season, designed to support Australian designers and contribute to their career portfolios. Previous commissions include…
The Australian Institute of Architects has revealed its shortlist for the prestigious 2022 National Architecture Awards. This year, 85 entries have been shortlisted across residential homes, public architecture, and contemporary infrastructure, celebrating the “diversity and quality” of Australia’s built environment professionals. The National Awards jury chair Tony Giannone said these projects…
After four years of successful collaboration, green magazine and MINI are partnering once more to present the latest iteration of their ground-breaking sustainability initiative: INVERT 4.0. Continuing a legacy of design innovation and future-focused thinking, INVERT 4.0 will challenge us to consider how our cities will adapt to renewable energy…
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…
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