The Think Brick Awards, Australia’s richest design awards, has announced its jury members for 2021 with internationally recognised and highly acclaimed industry leaders. Think Brick Australia CEO, Elizabeth McIntyre, said: “I am absolutely thrilled to announce the Jury for the Think Brick Awards 2021. It is a major drawcard for…

The Tasmanian Architecture Awards recognise architectural excellence in categories such as public architecture, residential, commercial, urban design, and sustainability. These awards are part of a national program run by the Australian Institute of Architects. This year there are 27 Tasmanian entries vying for awards across 10 categories. Additional prizes and…

Groundbreaking housing that mixes the old with the new while putting an innovative spin on conventional urban design has taken out Lake Macquarie City Council’s inaugural dWELL competition. The blueprint submitted by Newcastle architecture firm Curious Practice calls for key elements of ageing housing stock set for demolition to be…

The rooftop of Golden Age Group’s 130 Little Collins Street has been transformed into a series of site specific installations and performances by 15 of Melbourne’s most renowned architects and designers, as they, alongside Ross Harding’s Finding Infinity seek to turn Greater Melbourne from a consumer to a producer by…

The top entrants for the state’s most celebrated architectural honours have been announced, with the juries for the 2021 NSW Architecture Awards, led by Chair of Juries Peter Mould, releasing the shortlist. The shortlist follows an intensive schedule of presentations and juries will now undertake a rigorous peer review of 126…

Melbourne Design Week runs from 26 March to 5 April 2021. This year’s festival has been curated using the three thematic pillars: Care, Community and Climate. We’ve rounded up a selection of events with a sustainable focus that will be worth checking out. A New Normal led by Ross Harding,…

Sometimes to find out what we want, we look to the opposite to understand what we don’t want. A World We Don’t Want presents thirteen ideas on a world we don’t want by leading Australian creatives, to speculate on a future we do want. Contributors include Alterfact, Andrew Carvolth, Andrew…

The Hills Shire Council is running a worm farm trial in an apartment complex in North Kellyville. The ‘skip bin-sized’ worm farm is located in a carpark – just beneath the complex – and houses roughly 120 000 (30 kilograms of) worms, which will produce both worm castings and worm…

Heide Museum of Modern Art will present the first career survey of Ukrainian-Australian artist Stanislava Pinchuk from 20 March to 20 June 2021. Presented in Heide Modern, Stanislava Pinchuk: Terra Data will bring together for the first time more than 40 key works from Pinchuk’s practice plotting the changing topographies of war and…

Four Pillars fans can now enjoy their G&T guilt free, knowing the production of their favourite gin is powered by renewable energy. The award-winning gin producers are making moves towards a greener future with a 65.88 kW solar system installed on the roof at their Healesville distillery. The system, designed…