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Carme Pinós releases MPavilion 2018 design

4 Jul, 2018

The Naomi Milgrom Foundation today released the design for MPavilion 2018, the fifth MPavilion in an ongoing series, by Barcelona-based architect Carme Pinós of Estudio Carme Pinós. The sharp design reveals an open civic space that invites interaction as well as a discourse between people, design, nature and the city….

2018 SA Architecture Awards winners announced

3 Jul, 2018

Every year the Australian Institute of Architects’ SA Architecture Awards sees projects of all budgets and sizes. In 2018, the projects with some of the most modest budgets, smallest footprints or most challenging parameters are architects’ own homes and workplaces. Even more impressive is that each of these entries has…

Plasticity

3 Jul, 2018

Plasticity brings together leading creatives working in the fields of spatial design, furniture, lighting & art practice. The ambition for the collective: To be experimental, pushing design thinking beyond mere marketability and addressing pressing issues of consumption, functionality and new materialities. Alt. material will be the platform that allows designers to share these…

French artist presents major exhibition at Carriageworks

2 Jul, 2018

Carriageworks has announced that acclaimed French conceptual artist Daniel Buren will present a large‐scale work as the fourth major international artist project in the Schwartz Carriageworks series. Daniel Buren will travel to Sydney to present the Australian premiere of his work Like Child’s Play, free to the public at Carriageworks…

Issue 62

1 Jul, 2018

Issue 62 hits the stands from July 5 – subscribe here. Architecture never ceases to surprise us and incite our imaginations, an effect proven throughout this issue. Our annual prefab feature goes to show that prefab design and manufacturing processes are ever-expanding and evolving. Meanwhile, the renovation of a “ballsy,…

2018 Victorian Architecture Awards winners announced

29 Jun, 2018

Victoria’s leading architects have been honoured by the 2018 Victorian Architecture Awards, with education and public architecture projects dominating in multiple categories demonstrating their significance to the public realm. Across 14 categories, a total of 66 awards were given including named awards, architecture awards and commendations from the 108 shortlisted…

North Fitzroy Library and Community Hub awarded six Green Star rating

28 Jun, 2018

The North Fitzroy Library and Community Hub has become the first mixed-use public building to receive a six-star Green Star rating by the Green Building Council of Australia – representing another string to the bow of this dynamic, community-oriented Melbourne project. “The North Fitzroy community are an educated community that wanted…

Housing Futures conference 2018

27 Jun, 2018

An international cast of influential architects, urbanists and academics will present at the 2018 Housing Futures conference at Sydney’s Eternity Playhouse on 27 July. Australia’s cities are being stretched, prodded, rearranged and transformed by the forces of rapid urbanisation, densification and technological and economic change. The Housing Futures conference will…

2018 Queensland Landscape Architecture Awards winners announced

25 Jun, 2018

The Australian Institute of Landscape Architects (AILA) has announced the winners of the 2018 Queensland Landscape Architecture Awards. The awards acknowledged 28 winners over 14 categories, celebrating leading projects of all sizes across regional and metropolitan Queensland.  AILA Queensland Awards Jury Chair Amalie Wright said the awards showcase the far-reaching…

Design for Life: Grant and Mary Featherston

25 Jun, 2018

Heide Museum of Modern Art presents the first major exhibition dedicated to the iconic work of two of Australia’s most important and influential designers. Opening 30 June 2018, Design for Life explores the career of Grant Featherston, arguably Australia’s most significant modernist designer, and his partnership with Mary Featherston, who…