The Naomi Milgrom Foundation today released the MPavilion 2016 design by renowned Indian architect Bijoy Jain of Studio Mumbai. Exploring ideas around handmade architecture and the craft of building at its most basic, bamboo, earth, stone and rope will be used to create a pavilion that is elemental and sensorial. Jain describes this process…
PEG office of landscape + architecture is an award-winning design and research office based in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Founding partners Karen M’Closkey and Keith VanDerSys will be in Melbourne as part of the MSD Dean’s Lecture Series, where they will present a lecture and host an exhibition of their firm’s work….
The director of the Art Gallery of NSW, Dr Michael Brand, will be joined by Kazuyo Sejima and Ryue Nishizawa from the multiple award-winning Tokyo-based architectural firm SANAA on July 27, to discuss the ideas and creative vision informing the design for the Gallery’s new building — the Sydney Modern…
The word ‘lore’ refers to a body of traditional knowledge, typically passed on by word of mouth. So, how does the concept of lore relate to architecture? At a Melbourne School of Design lecture on July 26, celebrated Indian architect, Bijoy Jain, will discuss how the concept of lore is…
Australian projects have been awarded at The Chicago Athenaeum Museum 2016 International Architecture Awards after 370 projects were shortlisted. The winning entries from Australian architects included the Walumba Elders Centre by Iredale Pedersen Hook. The centre came about when the firm was tasked with rebuilding community facility buildings and the old Walumba Aged Care…
Pierre Roelofs and Cindy-Lee Davies of Lightly are collaborating on the latest iteration of “Dessert Studies”, a series of inspired dining experiences in Melbourne, for three nights in July. The project is all about starting conversations, inspiring creativity and having a bit of fun. For the past seven years, Roelofs…
It’s taken them a month longer than they expected by the guys behind Uro Publications have finally opened their new specialty bookshop focusing on all things design and built environment. “Established in 2009, Uro began life as a specialist publisher of architecture and design books. In 2016, in the face…
Experience the future of design and manufacturing technology at Out of Hand: Materialising the Digital, an exhibition exclusive to the Powerhouse Museum, Sydney, curated by the Museum of Applied Arts and Sciences (MAAS) and the Museum of Arts and Design, New York (MAD). Opening on 3 September 2016, this cutting-edge exhibition…
15 Australian architects have had projects included on the list of projects shortlisted for the World Architecture Festival that is being held in Berlin on 16 and 18 November, 2016. In total 21 projects are shortlisted as four practices have multiple projects shortlisted: FJMT has four, Bates Smart and Cox…
Issue 50 in newsagents and selected stores on July 7. Inside is a feature on the movers and shakers in design, architecture and landscape design. Also a tiny, grass-roofed house by David Luck architects, an affordable renovation using SIPs by Kieron Gait Architects, a rural home for a young family…
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