Unique exercise equipment that makes child’s play out of a serious gym workout has taken out the top prize in the 2017 Victorian Premier’s Design Awards. Minister for Industry and Employment Ben Carroll presented the awards, which showcase the best in Victorian design across categories including architectural, product and industrial,…
Mjøstårnet will be more than 80 metres tall and stand 30 metres higher than what is today considered the world’s tallest timber building. The structure is named after its neighbour and Norway’s largest lake, Mjøsa. The record-breaking construction will sit on the edge of the north-eastern tip of the lake…
Issue 59 is on the stands from January 4 – subscribe here. Our cover house by Figr Architecture and Design for one of its directors and his family epitomises an encouraging urban trend, renovate rather than move. Even more exciting, instead of expanding beyond the original footprint (or up) increasingly…
Would you like to live rent-free in a brand new house for a year, strive to eliminate energy bills, and save the planet while you’re at it? Leading urban property group Mirvac is searching for a Melbourne family of four as part of a bold research project that could revolutionise…
Australian contemporary artist and sculptor Chris Fox has unveiled a major site specific installation suspended from the ceiling above a bank of escalators inside Wynyard Station in Sydney’s CBD. The work, titled Interloop, is a hovering sculpture that loops together two pairs of reconfigured heritage escalators measuring more than 50…
Designs for the Bays Precinct, high-density housing, and public architecture around Sydney’s Domain, Hyde Park and Oxford Street are among the architectural challenges that University of Sydney graduating students are presenting in the 2017 Architecture Graduate Exhibition. On display are more than 240 architectural models and drawings created by graduating…
A new website called Living Green Star is set to guide the growing number of home buyers on the hunt for sustainable apartments, communities and retirement living villages. The Green Building Council of Australia (GBCA) launched the new online resource at a series of member evenings last week. According to…
In partnership with VicHealth, NGV’s inaugural Victorian Design Challenge invites designers to form multi-disciplinary teams with professionals from other sectors to apply design in targeting a real world problem. This year, the NGV is partnering with VicHealth to set the theme of Challenge: How might we increase the resilience of…
The Australian National Botanic Gardens has unveiled an extraordinary new two-storey treehouse in the heart of the capital. Unlike many other public artworks in Canberra, this is one you’re not only allowed to climb, but you’re encouraged to do so. The Paperbark Treehouse took three months to build and is the…
HIP V. HYPE is making its foray into bayside Melbourne with town residences designed in collaboration with Fieldwork Architects. The team will introduce premium low-impact living in four residences situated along the Elwood Canal at 90 Ruskin Street. Commencing construction early in the new year, the three-level, four bedroom residences…
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