On September 26, during the UN General Assembly, Patagonia was named a UN Champion of the Earth. Patagonia received the UN’s top environmental honour for a dynamic mix of policies that has put sustainability at the heart of its successful business model. Since it was founded in 1973 by renowned environmentalist and entrepreneur Yvon…
A campaign to increase the representation of women in the built environment on Wikipedia has been shortlisted for the international Beazley Designs of the Year awards. WikiD: women, Wikipedia, design brings together architectural researchers from Monash University in partnership with research-based advocacy organisation Parlour: women, equity, architecture. The group has made 12 000…
A new large-scale public art installation addressing mental health through art and poetry has been unveiled across the streets and laneways of St Leonards in North Sydney, as part of The Big Anxiety 2019 Festival – Australia’s largest mental health festival. Created by Sydney-based artist Cameron Cripps-Kennedy, in collaboration with Western Sydney…
GECA is a signatory to the World Green Building Council’s (WorldGBC) bold new vision for how buildings and infrastructure around the world can reach 40 per cent less embodied carbon emissions by 2030, and achieve 100 per cent net zero emissions buildings by 2050. Together, building and construction are responsible…
The environment is set to take centre stage at cinemas around Melbourne next week, with the Environmental Film Festival Australia (EFFA) announcing its 2019 program. This year marks EFFA’s biggest festival to date, with a record total of 44 feature, short, experimental and, for the first time, kids’ and youth…
The Open House Bendigo Weekend 2019 launched at the beautifully restored 1872 Beehive Building. Set to be a program highlight, the Beehive will offer the public an exclusive sneak peek of never-before-seen restorative works prior to the full reveal in early 2020. The diverse program, boasting 27 buildings – plus…
The Powerhouse Museum has announced its new exhibition, Linear, an exploration into the significance of line and lineage within Indigenous cultural narratives and practices across science, technology, design and aesthetics. Premiering on 15 November 2019, Linear brings together unique, diverse and personal voices of 10 leading Indigenous practitioners from across Australia. Designed by the award-winning Jacob…
At a briefin in Little Bay, NSW, on the land of the Bidjigal and Gadigal Clans, the Biennale of Sydney announced the full list of artists, creatives and collectives who will be participating in the 22nd Biennale of Sydney (2020), titled NIRIN. Under the artistic direction of Brook Andrew, the exhibition will…
The Naomi Milgrom Foundation today released highlights of the MPavilion 2019 program. MPavilion 2019, designed by Australia’s only Pritzker Architecture Prize laureate Glenn Murcutt AO, will open to the public from 14 Nov 2019 to 22 Mar 2020. The season comprises over 400 free events, including talks, workshops, performances, kid-friendly…
Award-winning urban planning and design practice RobertsDay, together with six Brisbane community groups, has developed the only community-led design concept for the redevelopment of Victoria Park. The cooperative – called Fair Future Grounds – has conceptualised the site as an urban farm and raises awareness of the need to make…
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