The Australian Institute of Architects is joining more than two dozen global built environment peak bodies and over 60 of the largest and most influential building industry firms around the world to challenge government leaders in the lead up to COP26. Collectively these organisations represent more than one million building…

The 24 Carrot Gardens Project educates children in health, wellbeing, and the importance of lifelong learning. Curated by Natalie Holtsbaum and founded by Kirsha Kaechele and featuring work from the Bond Place (the 24 Carrot community garden in Gagebrook) and Jordan River Senior School. The 24 Carrot School Gardens (24CG)…

ABB will deliver automation, electrification, quality control systems, motors and drives for Renewcell’s new industrial textile recycling production line in Sundsvall, Sweden. Renewcell is a fast-growing Swedish sustaintech company specialising in textile-to-textile recycling. With ABB technology, a former SCA paper mill will be transformed into the world’s first commercial-scale recycling…

The Australian Institute of Architects has revealed a shortlist of 57 entries in the pre-eminent contest of architectural design excellence that now spans four decades, the National Architecture Awards. Selected from a field of 807 entries, the shortlisted projects span the full gamut of architectural practice, from residential to commercial,…

A beautiful architectural installation, replete with a pink pond evocative of Australia’s inland salt lakes, has been revealed as the winner of the NGV’s 2021 Architecture Commission in the Grollo Equiset Garden at NGV International. Designed by a Melbourne-based team comprising architecture firm Taylor Knights in collaboration with artist James…

A new laneways revitalisation plan will transform a series of Sydney’s inner-city lanes and underused space to further support the City of Sydney’s post-pandemic recovery measures. Lord Mayor Clover Moore said prioritising the new laneways revitalisation plan will help draw people back into the city and create a lively, engaging…

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…