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2019 National Landscape Architecture award winners

11 Oct, 2019

The Australian Institute of Landscape Architects (AILA) has announced the winners of the 2019 National Landscape Architecture Awards. AILA has recognised 32 winners across 14 categories, including 13 Awards of Excellence, highlighting landscape architects that deliver above and beyond the sole purpose of the project. The awards evening also commended…

Creative Directors for 2020 Venice Biennale shortlist announced

11 Oct, 2019

Three architectural collaborations have been shortlisted to represent Australia at the Australian Pavilion in the 2020 Venice Architecture Biennale. Titled In | between, – 15 degrees: Raising Albedo: Cooling Cities, and Project the shortlisted proposals were selected from submissions from around the country following expressions of interest. The International Architecture Exhibition, La Biennale di…

International Festival of Landscape Architecture

9 Oct, 2019

On Friday, 11 October the Australian Institute of Landscape Architects (AILA) will welcome speakers and delegates from all over the world for the 2019 International Festival of Landscape Architecture. Now in its sixth year, the Festival will draw attention to the enduring importance of public spaces, focussing on The Square…

Patagonia named UN Champion of the Earth

7 Oct, 2019

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…

WikiD shortlisted for international Beazley Designs of the Year Awards

6 Oct, 2019

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…

New public art commission for Sydney unveiled

5 Oct, 2019

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…

Environmental Film Festival Australia begins next week

4 Oct, 2019

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…

Open House Bendigo Weekend 2019 program live

3 Oct, 2019

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…

Powerhouse Museum commissions leading Indigenous artists to explore lineage in new exhibition

2 Oct, 2019

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…