Denfair Melbourne has officially begun, and this year’s event delivers a veritable smorgasbord of products and projects from leading Australian and international designers. Check out our list of must-sees. 10:10 -> 01Â This eclectic space contrasts the gentle, flowing forms of nature with striking brutalist features and finishes. Ten studios,…
At the LA Design Festival from 7 – 10 June 2018, MINI presented the MINI LIVING Urban Cabin in Los Angeles. The micro-apartment concept was developed in an unused attic space in downtown LA in collaboration with local architect duo FreelandBuck. The Urban Cabin in LA is now the third…
The Mediterranean sea is a region full of history and past, of great conquests and culture. But is this a place we can picture our future in? Cloud Pergola / The Architecture of Hospitality, the Croatian Pavilion at the Venice Architecture Biennale, surprised visitors with a exhibition curated and authored…
Friends & Associates focuses on camaraderie in the Australian contemporary design discipline. With an interest in the possibilities of new knowledge, new design methods and approaches through collaboration, Friends & Associates looks to solidarity as the cornerstone in contemporary production. Realised as a series of exhibitions and collaborative production outcomes,…
The winners of the Australian Institute of Architects’ Queensland State Architecture Awards have been announced at the annual Awards night on Friday 8 June. Following an extensive Regional Architecture Awards program, 174 entries have been judged with 78 unique projects shortlisted for the state honours, some in multiple categories. The…
The 11th annual Open House Melbourne Weekend will be the largest program ever presented. A total of 224 buildings will open their doors to the public this year on Saturday 28 and Sunday 29 July. There are 87 new buildings in the program, as well as 23 residential properties, and…
With its HQs strategically based in Brisbane, Modular Farms Australia announces its one-of-a-kind indoor farming technology to the Oceanic region, where it will manufacture its state-of-the-art farming systems and modules which are designed for scalability and maximum ‘return on investment’. Container farming reinvented Modular Farms is a turnkey indoor farming…
The Naomi Milgrom Foundation has announced three more international speakers listed to attend the Living Cities Forum 2018. Jane Hall and Audrey Thomas-Hayes of London-based creative collective Assemble, winners of the 2015 Turner Prize, and renowned Dutch-American sociologist Saskia Sassen are the latest esteemed speakers to be revealed. With more…
Sussex Taps was founded in the 1990s by migrated Dutchman Nicolaas Johannes van Putten, a toolmaker by trade who had a jewellery business specialising in earrings before he branched out into tapware. Today, his daughter Vanessa Katsanevakis continues his legacy from their Melbourne factory and foundry. During the tour of the Sussex…
A new community garden will grow on the roof of the Kings Cross carpark after the City of Sydney approved requests from a dedicated group of local residents. The 120-member Kings Cross Community Garden group will design and oversee the garden, occupying 250-square-metres of space in Lawrence Hargrave Reserve. Lord…
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