La Trobe University will become Victoria’s first zero-emissions University under an ambitious project announced yesterday. A $75 million initiative combining 20 separate projects will ensure La Trobe will have Net Zero emissions by 2029. Vice-Chancellor Professor John Dewar said the University was committed to making real change for long-term benefit….
Biofilta, a leading Australian urban farming and stormwater harvesting company, has joined forces with injection moulding company, Von Pace Group, to officially launch a Melbourne designed and manufactured urban farming system that is set to transform city spaces into highly productive, efficient urban farms, and turn cities into food growing…
The Cultural Landscape Foundation (TCLF), a non-profit Washington, D.C.-based education and advocacy organisation announced that it will establish an international landscape architecture prize to be conferred biennially. This is the first and only international landscape architecture prize that includes a US$100 000 monetary award. In addition, the prize features two…
Experts warn a major opportunity to improve sustainability in Victoria is being missed by focusing exclusively on patching up recycling systems, while failing to address more fundamental issues. In a submission just made to the Victoria Government’s circular economy discussion paper, Professor Usha Iyer-Raniga and fellow RMIT University sustainability experts highlighted…
Fossil is the latest botanical installation from Wona Bae and Charlie Lawler, the experimental minds behind Melbourne’s Loose Leaf Studio. The work saw the duo transform a disused and abandoned Melbourne petrol station using hundreds of giant dried leaves. Fossil asks questions of the past, present and future of forgotten…
Tasmania’s most popular architecture and design event, Open House, is coming back to Launceston in 2019. Open House Launceston, presented by Open House Hobart (OHH), will be held on Saturday 7 September, as part of the Junction Arts Festival. “Wow, what a feast for the senses! Junction is delighted to…
Design Tasmania, in conjunction with the University of Tasmania, presents Japan: Archipelago of the House – an exhibition of contemporary Japanese architecture of the house and home from August 23rd–September 22nd, 2019. Western design consumers have long been fascinated with the novelty of Japanese domestic architecture: its materials, spaces and…
The Think Brick Award winners were announced last night at The Crown Palladium Melbourne, showcasing bold and brave designs in the use of clay bricks, concrete masonry and roof tiles in contemporary Australian architecture. As Australia’s richest design awards, The Think Brick Awards handed out $70 000 in prize money…
South Australian outdoor furniture brand Sedi has developed bespoke benches and shelter options for smart cities and regional areas. Bronte Modra, the director of Adelaide-based modular engineering company Specialised Solutions, created the Sedi range of park benches, parklets and bus stops in February this year. The smart shelters are built…
Koskela, one of Australia’s leading furniture, design and lifestyle brands, will present Ngalya, celebrating the 10 year anniversary of Koskela’s social impact projects working with Australia’s First Nation Peoples. Koskela will present an exhibition including a new collection of lighting designs in collaboration with six Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander…
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