The Bicycle Architecture Biennale (BAB) is a prestigious showcase of cutting edge, visually striking and high profile building designs that are facilitating bicycle travel and transforming communities around the world. The BAB launches on Monday 17th June in Amsterdam. A total of 15 projects – from nine countries – form…
The City of Cockburn will be the first Local Government in Western Australia to pave its roads with waste. Cecilia and Skerne Lanes in Frasers Property Australia’s masterplanned waterfront community, Port Coogee, will be sealed with 750-square-metres of Reconophalt made from 40 000 plastic bags, 900 toner cartridges, 210 kilograms…
The Australian Institute of Landscape Architects has announced the winners of the 2019 Victorian Awards, the annual celebration of the profession’s impact in shaping the built and natural environment throughout Victoria. By recognising the best in landscape architecture, the 2019 Victorian Awards shows the world how beauty, sustainability, creativity, nature…
Sixty-eight artists from across Australia have been selected as finalists in the 2019 Telstra National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Art Awards (NATSIAA), Australia’s most illustrious and long standing Indigenous art awards. Two hundred and eighty entries were submitted by First Nation artists from regional and urban areas across Australia,…
Lendlease’s Barangaroo South has won the Sustainable Construction Award at the Australian Construction Awards 2019 for its efforts to improve retailer energy efficiency with The Footprint Company, which exists to reduce the carbon footprint of property by providing simple, online life cycle tools, products and information. The Footprint Company and…
A.G.M Expo ’19 is a collaborative exhibition celebrating collaboration in the Australian contemporary design industry. Hosted by Friends & Associates, the show will feature new and original work from more than sixty of the country’s most exciting established and early-career designers. A.G.M. is Friends & Associates’ annual exhibition and it…
Denfair’s Front / Centre competition has returned for 2019, reaffirming a commendable commitment to Australian emerging design and creating accessible pathways for those who create it. We’ve selected a few standouts from this year’s finalists. Makiko Ryujin The “Shinki Burning Vessels” are concerned with the uncontrolled, transformative nature of fire….
With the rapidly evolving demands of twenty-first century living, the needs and expectations of the housing sector continue to change. Now, more then ever, it is important that architects, designers, planners and policymakers expand their vision and contextual understanding in the delivery of all types of housing. The Housing Futures…
What do we covet, keep and reference as contemporary examples of great design? WORKSHOPPED19 showcases the very best in new Australian design by emerging and established designers, and opens at Australian Design Centre (ADC) on 14 June. 38 designers have been selected this year with entrants answering the brief: Fit…
The Ideal Home exhibition opens at the Powerhouse Museum on 8 June, exploring the history of the Australian home told through household objects, furniture and design classics. Co-presented by Museum of Applied Arts and Sciences and Penrith Regional Gallery, the exhibition explores Australian experiences of home and family life across the past…
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