This week, Rakumba celebrates its 50th anniversary of making beautiful decorative lighting, with the release of a video highlighting the heritage, craftsmanship and care dedicated to creating each light in their collection. 50 years ago, Lyndsay Betts had the vision, ambition and drive to beat the odds – Lyndsay was…
UnSchool Origin Story from UnSchool of Disruptive Design on Vimeo. Back in issue 59 we spent time with Dr Leyla Acaroglu on a farm in Central Portugal where she shared her vision for a knowledge lab called the UnSchool. At the heart of this program is the three-pillar Disruptive Design…
Four CBD laneways have undergone a green makeover as part of the $1.8 million Green Your Laneway pilot program. The pilot laneways include Coromandel Place, Guildford Lane, Meyers Place and Katherine Place, which have been transformed using a mixture of planter boxes, vertical gardens, climbing plants, trees and street art….
Professor Rob Adams AM, Director of City Design and Projects, City of Melbourne, opens MINI LIVING – INVERT to a crowd of enthusiastic architects, designers, students and industry professionals.
A 3.4 kW solar panel system with Enphase microinverters and two 1.2 kWh batteries is installed to meet the daily electricity needs of a family of four. The Envoy control system provides monitoring of electricity generation, storage and consumption to enable maximised efficiency. An electric vehicle is being trialled with…
The international architectural competition for the Ryde Civic Hub Precinct, has been won by the Beijing Institute of Architectural Design, China, with a striking, multi-functional destination design concept. The winner was announced by the Jury chair, Peter Poulet, after an eight month search which saw 175 architectural firms from 47…
'Life Off Grid' trailer from Jonathan Taggart on Vimeo. Could You Handle It? Off-grid is not a state of mind. It is not about being out of touch, living in a remote place, or turning off your mobile phone. Off-grid simply means living without a connection to the electric and…
Anthony Chan of Chan Architecture shares a project on AWS’s Designer Notes series.Thornbury Artist’s Studio is an artist’s studio in the backyard of an existing house. The brief was to create a beautifully detailed, creative space for painting and sculpturing that would encourage and inspire creativity.
Carlton Warehouse Carlton warehouse designed by Kennedy Nolan Architects is a unique, private house built on a site bound by the walls of a former industrial building with a garden on two sides in inner city Carlton. From the outside, it gives a sense of creativity, the unknown and wonder….
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