Sydney-based sustainable architecture practice Environa Studio has unveiled plans for a first-of-its-kind carbon neutral winter sports complex in Sydney featuring an indoor ski slope of ‘world top 10’ proportions. Created for Sydney developer Peter Magnisalis on a 2.35 hectare riverside site in Penrith, Winter Sports World has been designed to incorporate…
The Sydney Opera House has today announced experimental visual artist Francesca Pasquali will transform 15 000 unused plastic straws from its on-site restaurants and bars into an art piece, realised live on 2 September at ANTIDOTE 2018 – a weekend of ideas, action and change. On 1 August 2018 all…
The Glenn Murcutt International Master Class is an innovative two-week design studio program held in September that has become a major annual event on the global architecture calendar. Started in 2001 by The Architecture Foundation Australia, architects and senior students from more than 80 countries have since made the journey…
The Think Brick Award winners were announced last night at The Crown Palladium Melbourne, showcasing unprecedented quality in innovation and creative use of clay bricks, concrete masonry and roof tiles in Australian contemporary architecture. As Australia’s richest design awards, The Think Brick Awards handed out a record $70 000 in…
INVERT 2.0 MINI LIVING – BUILT BY ALL is the second collaboration between green magazine, MINI LIVING, the City of Melbourne and RMIT, in the form of an exhibition and talk series which will be presented in October 2018. This year we’re exploring multi-residential design and development, a subject of increasing…
MPavilion, Australia’s leading annual architecture commission and cultural laboratory, has been extended a further two seasons to 2020/21 and 2021/22, the Naomi Milgrom Foundation announced today in partnership with the City of Melbourne. The extension signifies the enduring success of the Foundation’s MPavilion initiative in engaging public-private collaborations and welcoming…
A provocative work by Pop Architecture + Hotham Street Ladies – Chaos and Fertility has been awarded first prize in the Tapestry Design Prize for Architects 2018. The winners were announced by MONA Founder, David Walsh AO at the Australian Tapestry Workshop on Thursday 15 August 2018. Second Prize has…
Australia is set to welcome its tallest building to date, Green Spine , a stunning cantilevered structure composed of two towers, both with a twisting geometric glass façade and terracing. After a six-month global search, Green Spine by Dutch architecture firm UNStudio and Melbourne-based Cox Architecture has been announced as…
INVERT 2.0 MINI LIVING – BUILT BY ALL is the second collaboration between green magazine, MINI LIVING, the City of Melbourne and RMIT, in the form of an exhibition and talk series which will be presented in October 2018. This year we’re exploring multi-residential design and development, a subject of increasing…
The Sydney Opera House today announced that four of Denmark’s most renowned and innovative architects will come together in October to discuss Jørn Utzon’s global legacy as part of the 100th anniversary of Utzon’s birth. Developed in collaboration with the Utzon Center Denmark, this anniversary event is part of the…
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