Celebrating its 60th year, Australia’s prestigious Good Design Awards will showcase the best of Australian and international design with an awards ceremony at the Sydney Opera House on Thursday 17 May 2018 and a free public exhibition charting the award winners over the last 60 years at Sydney’s Overseas Passenger…
The Naomi Milgrom Foundation today announced the commission for the fifth annual MPavilion has been awarded to internationally renowned Spanish-based architect and educator Carme Pinós of Estudio Carme Pinós. MPavilion 2018 will be the first public commission by a Spanish female architect in Australia. The announcement comes as MPavilion 2017,…
Artbank will launch its new Collingwood premises by opening its doors to all on Saturday 24 March, offering the opportunity to go behind-the-scenes and view one of the largest collections of contemporary Australian art in the world. The Artbank Open House is designed to promote the accessibility of the Artbank…
Work on the City of Sydney’s highly anticipated new aquatic centre in Green Square – the largest to be built in Sydney in nearly 20 years – will soon get underway. The City has signed a contract with Sydney-based construction company CPB Contractors for construction of the Gunyama Park Aquatic…
“How can renewable energy be integrated into public spaces in ways that educate, inspire, and are responsive to the history, culture and nature of place?” – LAGI2018 Carbon Arts has worked with the Land Art Generator Initiative in 2018 to bring their popular international design competition to Melbourne. On 10…
Held from 17 March until 2 April, the 2018 Lorne Sculpture Biennale (LSB) celebrates the best in contemporary Australian and international sculpture in a free, vibrant festival that enriches and transforms the stunning Lorne foreshore and surrounds on the Great Ocean Road. Over three weekends, Victoria’s most prestigious sculpture festival,…
The future of retail and hospitality will touch down in Burwood, Victoria from late 2019 when Frasers Property Australia opens what is destined to be the most sustainable shopping centre in the world. With the aim of achieving the Living Building Challenge accreditation – Burwood Brickworks will put sustainability at…
What compels a maker to create? Why this technique or material? Why that concept? How does the mind of a maker work? Australian Design Centre presents its major touring exhibition for 2018, Obsessed: Compelled to make. These are the stories of 14 Australian artists – stories that are at the…
In March, Australia’s largest green building conference, Green Cities, heads to Melbourne. And some of the city’s most sustainable buildings are opening their doors for inspection. Check out Medibank’s office at 720 Bourke Street, and see how sustainability and productivity collide in one of the nation’s healthiest workplaces. Medibank’s people…
In the true spirit of collaboration, Anne-Claire Petre from Anaca Studio and Elizabeth Bull from One Fine Print have united over 13 local Melbourne design businesses to create an exciting bespoke event: The Design Co-Op. Spread over three days in March 2018, The Design Co-Op will celebrate the blending of…
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