GECA has created a national Waste Collection Services standard, which sets a sustainability benchmark for services collecting waste from the point of collation and collection to a lawful processing or disposal facility. Developed in collaboration with the Better Building Partnership (BBP) and NABERS, the standard aims to improve the accuracy…
It’s a simple concept — an ode to nature — for people who think, feel and wonder. From a 125-acre organic vineyard on the banks of the Goulburn River comes a new wine label: Minimum, launching Monday 2 September. Founded by Matt and Lentil Purbrick (of Grown and Gathered) in…
Australian Design Centre is presenting Real to Reel: The Craft Film Festival in the lead up to Sydney Craft Week. Fresh from the UK to Sydney for two screenings on Thursday 5 September 2019 at the Chauvel Cinemas Paddington and Casula Powerhouse Arts Centre, Liverpool on Saturday 21 September 2019. Real to Reel is…
Over 150 000 tulips will line the banks of Melbourne’s Yarra River this Sunday as part of a large-scale installation by sustainable designer and eco-warrior Joost Bakker. Largely known for lining Hosier Lane last year with a sea of tulips that were destined for the bin, this weekend’s activation will…
A celebration of contemporary jewellery and objects, Radiant Pavilion brings together local and international artists for an exciting and diverse range of events, 7–15 September 2019 in venues across Melbourne. This is the biggest biennial of its kind in the Southern Hemisphere with 60+ events. It will bring together artists,…
Body architect, designer and science fiction artist Lucy McRae uses film and images to consider how technology could transform the human body in the future. The first survey exhibition of McRae’s provocative and beguiling work, Lucy McRae Body Architect, explores the Los Angeles-based Australian artist’s collaborations with scientists, through to…
Due to an extremely positive response to the inaugural Open House Bendigo in October 2018, Open House is excited to announce its return to Bendigo in 2019 and 2020. “We were buoyed by how the City of Greater Bendigo embraced the event, as not only a celebration of architecture and…
Working with and living in a compact footprint is nothing new, but our annual small spaces issue continues to demonstrate how architects are thinking up exciting, memorable and provocative solutions to unconventional sites. The six houses included in this issue go to show that inspiration can come from anywhere –…
Sydney is celebrating 50 years of groundbreaking public art and the man who made the magic happen. The City of Sydney will hold a free CityTalks event featuring world arts patron and philanthropist John Kaldor to celebrate 50 years of Kaldor Public Art Projects. “I think art gives people a…
A shortlist of the top 52 projects in the 2019 Australian Urban Design Awards has been announced. The shortlisted entries include city centre revitalisations, eco housing, bikeways, rail and metro projects, town squares, a building height standards review and a creative precinct masterplan. The awards recognise contemporary Australian urban design…
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