Approval has been granted for a hotel that will be sunk into a cliff face on the north-west coast of Tasmania. The proposed design is by Sydney-based firm Silvester Fuller, in collaboration with landscape architects Aspect Studios. The $90-million development will include 26 deluxe rooms, 16 premium suites, eight villa suites, a…
Green magazine, in collaboration with MINI and the City of Melbourne, is excited to present MINI LIVING – INVERT, an exhibition and series of talks analysing the importance of sustainable, small-scale architecture. From 4-8 October, MINI and green will be taking over a small space in Melbourne’s CBD. Green magazine…
The Australian Institute of Architects Foundation has announced German architect Martin Ostermann as the next Droga Architect in Residence. Ostermann will be joined on the residency by designer Lena Kleinheinz, co-founder and director of their Berlin-based practice, Magma Architecture. Magma Architecture have earned international recognition for their innovative and award-winning…
The City of Melbourne has unveiled the revamped Coromandel Place: the first of four laneways to be upgraded as part of the $1.8 million Green Your Laneway pilot program. “The residents and business owners in Coromandel Place supported this rejuvenation to help entice people to this hidden part of the…
The City of Melbourne has unveiled artist’s impressions of its $35 million plan to create new public open space in Melbourne’s most densely populated suburb. Lord Mayor Robert Doyle AC unveiled the plans to create 2.5 hectares of new public open space on Southbank Boulevard and Dodds Street as part…
An innovative multi-unit development featuring a WA-first construction system, outstanding sustainability credentials and adaptable apartments has set the bar for the future of medium density housing in Perth, after being revealed as the winner of LandCorp’s Step Up Housing Design Competition. The winning design, by Fremantle-based David Barr Architects, will…
Set to hit screens this Saturday, Australia by Design is a new TV series showcasing the best architect-designed homes, office spaces and construction spaces. Australian architect and registrar of the NSW Architects Registration Board, Tim Horton, has been announced as the host of the program, which will feature nine episodes….
The NGV’s garden will be transformed into a maze-like series of open-air passageways, corridors and rooms as part of the 2017 NGV Architecture Commission. Entitled Garden Wall by Retallack Thompson and Other Architects, the elegantly-designed structure comprises over 260 white walls clad in transparent woven mesh, which offer visitors the…
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…
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