Winners of the 2021 NSW Australian Institute of Landscape Architecture Awards were announced on Wednesday, June 9, with lessons for even the smallest home garden. Design enthusiast Tim Ross revealed the most outstanding projects in the state across 16 categories including Urban Design, Infrastructure, Play Spaces, Health and Education Landscape,…
An interactive installation Wanna Dance for Sydney Solstice announced today by City People and Studio Chris Fox invites the people of Sydney to dance in one of the city’s distinctive urban laneways. An innovative collaboration between some of Sydney’s leading designers, prop-makers, sound artists, choreographers and dancers, Wanna Dance is made for…
The City Renewal Authority is trialling new urban furniture in Latin America Plaza and Civic Square designed to help keep our city cool and provide shade over the warmer months. The Authority has commissioned two design agencies – Brindabella Constructions and Formswell – to design, fabricate, and install two structures…
Groundswell today announce their World Environment Day initiative, a fundraising drive aiming to raise $1 million to fund climate action in Australia. Anna Rose, Groundswell Co-Founder said: “Australia’s response to the COVID-19 pandemic has shown us that when we listen to experts and scientific evidence, we can take action early…
The Tasmanian Chapter President, Craig Rosevear, will officially open the 2021 Tasmanian Architecture Awards Launceston Exhibition on Friday, June 4 at Brickworks Design Centre. The exhibition displays the 21 projects entered in the 2021 awards program. The projects are entered across ten categories and constitute a total of 27 individual…
Sixty-five Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander finalists from across Australia have been selected from a total of 248 entries in the 2021 Telstra National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Art Awards (Telstra NATSIAA), presented by the Museum and Art Gallery of the Northern Territory (MAGNT) in partnership with Telstra. Telstra…
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 series;…
Today, the Design Institute of Australia (DIA)—Australia’s peak national body spearheading the design industry released the shortlist for its inaugural Designers Australia 2021 Awards. An impressive shortlist of 74 entries was announced across the three cross-disciplinary categories—Place, Use, and Interact. The unique awards, a first for the industry identify Australia’s best designers and…
The Australian exhibition for the 17th Venice Architecture Biennale will be launched and exhibited locally for the first time since Australia opened its pavilion in Venice in 1988. Running from 20 May – 21 November 2021, Inbetween, curated by Jefa Greenaway and Tristan Wong, presents a collection of architectural projects and…
A gleaming six-metre high monument inspired by shell fishing hooks handcrafted and used by local Aboriginal women for generations will soon take pride of place high on the lawns overlooking Sydney harbour. Installation of the public artwork, bara, (the Gadigal word for shell hook) by Waanyi artist Judy Watson is…
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