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An introductory workshop in sustainable furniture making

20 Jan, 2021

Come and experience a workshop like no other, take home your own piece of furniture made from materials which tell an exceptional story, learn some new skills and support the zero footprint movement. All skill sets welcome from complete beginner to experienced woodworker! Small classes of 6 participants with an…

Artists breathe new life into Sydney’s laneways

18 Jan, 2021

Artists interested in communities, urbanism and sustainability will breathe life into underused city spaces in a response to the COVID-19 pandemic, with four temporary artworks commissioned by the City of Sydney. As part of the City Art Laneways temporary public art program, have your fortune told by an interactive pink…

Environmental Film Festival Australia presents Summer of Change

11 Jan, 2021

You are invited to EFFA (Environmental Film Festival Australia) Presents: Summer of Change, the second of four seasonal programs taking place across 2020 and 2021. This season we celebrate all the visionaries, innovators and disruptors currently fighting to protect and preserve the integrity of our environment. With a program full…

SHELTER announces January 2021 content

30 Dec, 2020

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…

Exciton Science Light Ideas Design Competition

29 Dec, 2020

Put your creativity and imagination to the test in the Light Ideas Design Competition, an initiative of the Australian Research Council’s Centre of Excellence in Exciton Science. The first prize is $5000! What is Exciton Science? Funded by the federal government and based across five top universities, the Centre’s mission is to help Australia achieve a renewable energy future….

Reimagining Indigenous social housing

22 Dec, 2020

Aboriginal Housing Victoria, Australia’s largest registered Aboriginal Housing Agency, has teamed up with ClarkeHopkinsClarke Architects and Indigenous landscape designer Charles Solomon to transform ageing units on a 1000-square-metre site in suburban Dandenong as part of its first moves into multi-residential apartment development. Funded as part of the Victoria Government’s $2.7…

NGV Triennial opens

21 Dec, 2020

The NGV Triennial is a large-scale exhibition of international contemporary art, design and architecture that explores some of the most globally relevant and pressing issues of our time, including isolation, representation and speculation on the future. Featuring 86 projects by more than 100 artists, designers and collectives from more than…

MPavilion to take residency at Melbourne’s Parkade Carpark

10 Dec, 2020

The Naomi Milgrom Foundation, in collaboration with the City of Melbourne and Creative Victoria, announced that from 8 January 2021, MPavilion will take residency at the architecturally significant Parkade Carpark designed by Melbourne architect Peter McIntyre AO at 34 Little Collins Street, Melbourne. As an extraordinary contribution to the City of Melbourne’s recovery strategy, MPavilion Parkade, will be…