The Southern Highlands Future Forum is set to return this August for its second year, once again in partnership with WinZero, with a timely focus on Sustainable Building. The event will bring together industry professionals, architects, designers, policy experts and community members to explore how we can build smarter, live…
As litter and pollution continue to threaten Australia’s natural spaces, Keep Australia Beautiful Week returns with a national call to action: spend just 10 minutes cleaning up the places we love. Running from 4-10 August, this year’s campaign, “Picking Up the Pieces: It Starts With Us,” reminds us that even…
Design Matters National has launched the 2026 True Zero Carbon Challenge (TZCC), Australia’s leading carbon-positive residential design competition. The 2026 Challenge launched as part of Open House Melbourne at a special event titled Opening the Door to Melbourne’s Homes of the Future, held at RMIT, Carlton. Attendees explored award-winning designs…
From air-purifying paints to edible coffee cups and leather made from seafood waste and mushrooms, NGV’s latest design exhibition, Making Good: Redesigning the Everyday, brings together the work of more than 50 Australian and international designers, spotlighting products and systems that improve the health and wellbeing of society and the…
The Regional Architecture Association (RAA) has announced its third event for 2025 – MPARNTWE: WHEN YOU COME TO ANOTHER COUNTRY — to be held in Alice Springs on Arrernte Country and representing the organisation’s first foray into Central Australia. Established in 2021, the Regional Architecture Association (RAA) is a member-based…
The countdown has started as Jia CURATED will be opening doors on 14th August 2025. Running for five days (14–18 August), this immersive event dedicated to craft, design and culture will bring together more than 100 local and international exhibitors and over 200 participating brands for its biggest edition to…
Australia’s most outstanding new architecture has been revealed in the Australian Institute of Architects’ 2025 National Architecture Awards Shortlist. Comprising 62 individual building projects from every state and territory (plus two internationally), the shortlist represents the cutting edge in architectural innovation from Australia’s sharpest design minds. The shortlist for 2025…
Studio Johnston has unveiled Manor Homes 01, an elegant new housing model developed for the Government Architect NSW’s Housing Pattern Book. Designed to bridge the gap between single dwellings and larger apartment buildings, the Manor House typology offers a refined, sustainable and flexible approach to increasing urban density without sacrificing…
Nexus Designs and Cultivated have unveiled NEWNEW, a striking modular pavilion at this year’s Green Design Show (16–18 July), demonstrating how iconic furniture destined for landfill can be transformed into elevated residential interiors through circular design principles. The collaboration has seen multidisciplinary design studio Nexus Designs curate and specify finishes…
Reviving floodplain wetlands slashes carbon emissions by 39% and restores critical ecosystem functions in one year – without the methane spike typically seen in restored peatlands, a new study has found. Peatlands are known as top carbon sinks, but can produce up to 530% more methane after restoration, potentially offsetting…
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