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ArchiTeam Awards 2019 finalists

28 Oct, 2019

ArchiTeam Cooperative’s Annual Awards program will showcase the very best in architecture from Australia’s small, medium and emerging architects. With over 140 entries this year, ArchiTeam has made some changes recently to how this awards fortnight will exhibit all entries. Collaborating with partner Big Plans Melbourne, this year’s exhibition will…

MINI Portraits: Ben Callery Architects

26 Oct, 2019

MINI LIVING – INVERT 3.0 will bring together architects and RMIT architecture students to explore the potential of our laneways. In the lead-up to the exhibition, we’ve asked participating architects to give us a tour of their favourite Melbourne laneway. Watch the video and read the transcript of Ben Callery…

Woollahra Small Sculpture Prize 2019 winner announced

26 Oct, 2019

The Woollahra Small Sculpture Prize, presented by Woollahra Council, today announced Sydney-based artist Merran Esson and her work Autumn On The Monaro as the winner of the 19th annual acquisitive $20 000 Prize. Sydney artist Benjamin Jay Shand was awarded the Special Commendation award valued at $2000 and artists Kieta…

Design Tasmania Awards 2019 finalists

25 Oct, 2019

Founded in 2006, the Design Tasmania Awards were established to recognise and promote excellence in design and innovation. The awards aim to promote and showcase emerging, established and professional designers in Tasmania, nationally and internationally. The 2019 awards will celebrate the richness of the design profession as well as the…

Sydney Open returns for 2019

24 Oct, 2019

Australia’s premier open building event, Sydney Open returns on 2 and 3 November offering visitors a glimpse into an unprecedented number of the city’s most important and architecturally inspiring buildings usually off-limits to the general public. Across two days, over 80 buildings and spaces can be accessed through the Sydney…

MINI Portraits: ioa studio and Alexandra Buchanan Architecture

23 Oct, 2019

MINI LIVING – INVERT 3.0 will bring together architects and RMIT architecture students to explore the potential of our laneways. In the lead-up to the exhibition, we’ve asked participating architects to give us a tour of their favourite Melbourne laneway. Watch the video and read the transcript of Amy Bracks…

The Seed House wins at 2019 Australian Timber Design Awards

21 Oct, 2019

A spectacular exercise in cross laminated timber (CLT) and stone for the home of James Fitzpatrick, of fitzpatrick+partners in Sydney’s Castlecrag, was the overall winner of the prestigious Australian Timber Design Awards (ATDA) held in Melbourne. Already the subject of considerable acclaim, The Seed House is an exemplary project that…

Sydney Architecture Festival announces 2019 program

21 Oct, 2019

The 13th Sydney Architecture Festival will be a week-long festival running from 11-17 November 2019 under the creative direction of Dr Barnaby Bennett. This year’s theme is Making. Housing. Affordable. The Festival will feature a series of engaging seminars, exhibitions, film screenings, tours and events speakers across a range of…

Monash University wins Premier’s Sustainability Award

20 Oct, 2019

Monash University has won the Built Environment category in this year’s Victorian Premier’s Sustainability Awards for their residential development, Gillies Hall, named in honour of Monash alumnus – political satirist, actor and director Dr Max Gillies AM. Gillies Hall is a new six-level, 150-bed accommodation complex on the university’s Peninsula…