The winner’s of the 2018 Interior Design Excellence Awards (IDEA) were revealed at a gala event in Sydney. Held at the Centennial Homestead, over 500 guests gathered for the annual awards, which is Australia’s largest and most successful independent design awards program. Launched by inside magazine in 2003, IDEA celebrates…
A serial disruptor, a government visionary, an emerging leader and a world-leading council are among the winners of the inaugural Australian Smart Cities Awards. The awards, held as part of Australia’s first Smart Cities Week, recognise and reward leadership, celebrate best practice and stimulate action to advance the smart cities movement. Telstra…
City of Melbourne councillors will consider a plan to invest $232 million in revitalising almost an entire central-city block, creating a public commons precinct of connected laneways and community spaces. City of Melbourne Lord Mayor Sally Capp said the proposed redevelopment between Bourke Street and Little Collins Street would revitalise…
The fruits of a collaboration that took place 46 years ago are the subject of this very special exhibition,  In These Hands (Mara nyangangka) Celebrating 70 years of Ernabella Arts. Showing at JamFactory at Seppeltsfield from 30 November 2018 – 11 February 2019, In These Hands is about Australia’s two oldest…
Warren and Mahoney, in partnership with Woods Bagot, Boffa Miskell and LabWorks, has been recognised at the annual World Architecture Festival with the Best in Category Award for Education – Future Project. Held in Amsterdam this year, the WAF festival is dedicated to celebrating, sharing and inspiring outstanding architecture and…
Escher X nendo | Between Two Worlds is the first exhibition in the world to feature the extraordinary work of Dutch graphic artist M. C. Escher in dialogue with the work of acclaimed Japanese design studio nendo, led by designer Oki Sato. Seamlessly presenting the worlds of one of the…
Photographs of Melbourne’s mid-century architecture will be on display for the first time in a free exhibition opening on 1 December 2018 at State Library Victoria. Peter Wille: Out Driving will feature small and large scale reproductions from the Library’s collection of more than 6000 colour slides by architectural draughtsman,…
A Belarusian Memorial Chapel, a Japanese nursery school and a student residence in India are among the award category winners announced on the second day of the World Architecture Festival in Amsterdam. The festival’s judges today recognised a diverse array of completed and unbuilt projects across 16 categories, with practices…
Lendlease’s 25 King in Brisbane by Australian architecture and interiors firm Bates Smart, takes Australia to the forefront of innovation in timber construction design. The 10-storey, 45-metre tall open-plan office complex – the tallest timber structure in Australia – establishes new frontiers in the design of commercial buildings, bringing a…
Noticing the spread of vacant shops in Collingwood, local architects studio edwards decided to create a new workspace with a generous and entrepreneurial spirit. They took on a converted shop on Smith Street (number 408, to be precise) in a bid to bring new life into the area by offering…
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