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Competition to appoint Australian architecture team to design NGV Contemporary

2 Feb, 2021

The Victorian Government and the National Gallery of Victoria today launched a design competition to select an Australian architectural team to design the new purpose-built, twenty-first century gallery, NGV Contemporary. Located at 77 Southbank Boulevard, Melbourne, the new gallery will be dedicated to showcasing contemporary art, design, fashion and architecture…

Revealed: the best trees for shading hot Sydney school yards

1 Feb, 2021

As NSW students head back to the classroom to begin the 2021 school year, a Macquarie University project has identified the trees that can help make playgrounds cool for kids. Macquarie University’s Which Where Plant Project has identified trees that will make the best shade for Western Sydney school yards…

Think Brick Awards 2021: Elemental

29 Jan, 2021

In 2005, Think Brick embarked on a small project which engaged seven architects to deliver their visions of what a conceptual brick home of the future might look like. 15 years later, now with five main built project categories, and a prize pool of $60 000, they are very proud…

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…