There’s only two days to go before the 2017 EcoCity World Summit and we couldn’t be more excited. The EcoCity Summit series, held every two years since 1990, has developed into one of the most globally significant forums for addressing the complex challenges facing humanity in a rapidly urbanising world….
When the likes of AUTHENTIC DESIGN ALLIANCE and FACTORY DESIGN DISTRICT team up to put on a new design event, you know it’s something to sit up and take note of. DESIGN-MADE. is a game-changing 3-day celebration of design for Australia and is set to prove that design is not…
Clubhouse is coming to Sydney in August. After huge success in Melbourne, Dowel Jones has partnered with Catapult to bring the entire Clubhouse show to Sydney. Open from 1-12 August, Clubhouse will see Dowel Jones present a multitude of new pieces, set alongside their current products. The Clubhouse walkthrough will…
2017 TARNANTHI: Festival of Contemporary Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander Art Artistic Director, Nici Cumpston, yesterday announced the program highlights for the city-wide Festival, which returns to Adelaide this October. Encompassing a major exhibition at the Art Gallery of South Australia, an art fair presented at Tandanya, National Aboriginal Cultural Institute and…
Stylecraft and JamFactory have announced that the winner of the 2017 Australian Furniture Design Award is Alice Springs-based designer Elliat Rich. Elliat Rich completed a Bachelor of Design with first class honours at the College of Fine Arts, University of New South Wales in Sydney in 2006. She works across…
In its latest updates to Green Star, the Green Building Council of Australia (GBCA) sends a signal to the market: carbon zero buildings are coming. After a lengthy industry consultation period, the GBCA has released new versions of the Green Star – Design & As Built and Green Star –…
With the need for 190,000 new dwellings in the next four years according to the Greater Sydney Commission, access to quality, affordable housing options could not be more important. It comes as no surprise that residential categories figured strongly in the Australian Institute of Architects’ 2017 NSW Architecture Awards, announced…
The Victorian Chapter of the Australian Institute of Architects has announced the winners of the 2017 Victorian Architecture Awards. Juries noted that “creating places for people” was evident in all categories, showcasing architects’ ability to contribute to both the development of community and the public realm in a variety of…
Chilean architect and Pritzker laureate, Alejandro Aravena, will be travelling to Sydney in July for a presentation to be given as part of a talk series hosted by Cement, Concrete and Aggregates Australia (CCAA). The C+A Talks series operate in conjunction with the iconic C+A magazine, and bring architects of…
Issue 56 is on the stands on July 6, subscribe here to receive over the next week. Inside, Riverview House by Architect David Boyle responds to the surrounding landscape by way of a series of internal and external rooms with carefully conceived views. Olaver Architecture have honoured the ‘box on…
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