In issue 55 we look at four renovations. In Brisbane Nielsen Workshop & Morgan Jenkins Architecture extended the rear of a tiny cottage by a few metres and in doing so opened the once dark undercroft. In a small Sydney apartment  Adriano Pupilli, removed walls and built a portal within a deep timber lined passage. Architecture…
Melbourne is a proud participant in the initiative ‘100 Resilience Cities – Pioneered by the Rockefeller Foundation’ (100RC). Through this collaboration, Resilient Melbourne is working with Citymart, a 100RC Platform Partner, to explore solutions to one of Melbourne’s chronic stresses – increasing transport congestion and travel times, along with associated…
In joint partnership SJB and ASPECT Studios was commissioned by the City of Parramatta Council to create a Framework Plan for the Civic Link. The proposal is a new 500 meter long linear park that runs through the centre of the CBD on a north-south axis; beginning at the northern…
Imagine if your place of play and relaxation was sandwiched between industrial sites and factories, atop hot, grey asphalt and directly under a noisy flight path. These are some of the reasons Marrickville Public School jumped at the opportunity to enter My Park Rules, a national initiative of the Australian…
Science Minister Dave Kelly has announced the opening of applications for round two of the State Government’s Agriculture and Aquaculture Entrepreneurship Program. The program forms part of the Science and Agribusiness Connect initiative’s suite of programs designed to build the capability of the Western Australian agrifood sector. Three scholarships of…
Melbourne Knowledge Week (1-7 May) invites participants to co-create future Melbourne through a feast of science, technology, design, workshops and celebrations. The festival will feature almost 80 new-wave events across Melbourne, including Machines That Read Your Mind at Deakin Edge, Growing An Interactive Technology Garden at ArtPlay and a dance…
The Think Brick Awards have announced their jury members for 2017 with a line-up of local and international architecture industry experts, who will judge this year’s category winners and finalists to be announced on 10 August. The 2017 Think Brick Awards jury panel includes Ben Green, Director of Tzannes; Cameron…
Exploring tensions between the functional and aesthetic, Botanica, presents a collaboration of form and flora in the work of contemporary craftspeople and floral studio Cecilia Fox. Cecilia Fox is a bespoke floral studio based in Melbourne, Australia. Guided by the fleeting beauty of the ever-changing seasons, their floral work comes from…
One of Australia’s best design industry events of the year, DENFAIR, has announced details of the 2017 plans including an expansive collection of curated local and international design brands, a national exhibition platform for emerging designers and creative collaborations with some of Australia’s most celebrated designers. Since its first edition…
Greater Shepparton City Council has announced the winner of the new Shepparton Art Museum architectural competition is Denton Corker Marshall. The architectural competition for a new SAM (Shepparton Art Museum) and building jury recommendation was endorsed at the Ordinary Council Meeting on Tuesday 18 April following a comprehensive design competition…
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