An Australian-first online tool will help architects and developers create more sustainable communities by introducing a consistent and simple way to assess a building’s environmental impact. Environment portfolio Chair Councillor Cathy Oke said the City of Melbourne’s voluntary Green Factor Tool would help developers measure the green credentials of their…

For the first time ever, the public is invited to vote for their favourite ‘Life in 2020’ in the NSW Architecture Awards, a program presented by the Australian Institute of Architects. The prestigious awards recognise the best architecture projects across the state, from homes to offices and beyond. The NSW…

MPavilion has announced MERGE – a unique collaboration between MPavilion, Open House Melbourne and Melbourne Music Week. In response to COVID-19 and with a mission to support emerging musicians MPavilion will commission five Melbourne artists to perform an existing musical work as part of Open House Melbourne in July 2020 and to create a new…

The City of Melbourne is calling on innovators, entrepreneurs, students and the community to help reduce waste as part of the 2020 Open Innovation Competition. The competition theme, ‘Waste and the Circular Economy’, sets a challenge to help eliminate as much waste as possible from within the City of Melbourne….

As governments work to create safe community spaces in a COVID-19 world, a public project transforming a derelict brewery site in Sydney’s CBD into one of the city’s most successful precincts has been recognised internationally. Central Park Public Domain by Australian-based landscape architects and urbanists Turf Design Studio, in collaboration with Jeppe…

Can one think of Melbourne without thinking of coffee? It’s far from breaking news that Melburnians can’t get enough of the stuff. What is perhaps less known, however, is how a humble cup of coffee can change the world. Citizen, a pop-up café created for Melbourne Design Week 2020, set…

Spaced Apart is an online design, art, photography and sound symposium initiated by Melbourne creative practice U-P. The symposium aims to bring us closer together while we are spaced apart. Spaced Apart speaks to the importance of maintaining social connection and solidarity in the face of crises, and the importance…

Craft ACT: Craft and Design Centre has announced details of seven online exhibitions that will be presented throughout the remainder of 2020, showcasing artists, makers and designers from across Australia. Presented online between May and December 2020, the exhibition program spans ceramics, glass, metalsmithing, textile design and mixed-media and explores…

Contemporary cultural precinct HOTA, Home of the Arts has today announced it will commission up to 20 Australian artists to create a suite of new work for a major exhibition to be presented in its new gallery opening in 2021. The new AUD$60.5 million HOTA Gallery is currently under construction within HOTA precinct on…

Artspace has announced the first wave of Australian artists, creatives and collectives set to participate in their new 52 ACTIONS series, launching on 18 May 2020. The selected Australian artists and creatives will receive $1000 for the development and presentation of new work and will see the creation of 52 artworks including…

As households, communities and the real estate industry navigate difficult times with current COVID-19 restrictions in place, The Cape sustainable estate in Victoria’s Bass Coast has a number of “liveability and resilience” features that are proving very effective in the present environment, and provide a roadmap for the broader housing…

A piece of land in Ouled Merzoug – a small, earthen village near the Atlas Mountains in Morocco – is a meeting place in more ways than one. Firstly, it brought people together: namely, participants of the Building Beyond Borders postgraduate certificate from Belgium’s UHasselt and local Moroccan craftspeople in…