A shortlist of Regional NSW’s best new residential and commercial buildings have been named in the Australian Institute of Architects 2025 NSW Regional Architecture Awards, shining a light on the most innovative, sustainable and inspirational homes, commercial and community buildings from across the state’s regions. This year’s shortlist can be seen…
Heide Museum of Modern Art has announced a new exhibition, Molto Bello: Icons of Modern Italian Design, on display from 26 October 2024 to 23 March 2025. Presented by WeBuild and supported by the Italian Australian Foundation and John and Rose Downer Foundation, Molto Bello: Icons of Modern Italian Design…
Designs for a community building constructed with 3D-printed earth in Hope Village, One Heart Tanzania, have been revealed by international architecture design studio, Hassell. In collaboration with Australian-based charity foundation One Heart, the community building forms part of a master plan that aims to provide housing, school, childcare, and skills…
Sydney Design Week 2024 brings together visionary designers, architects and artists who are creating space for alternative futures. Powerhouse has unveiled the Sydney Design Week 2024 program presented from 13–19 September. Titled ‘In Between Worlds,’ Sydney Design Week 2024 will feature events across the city. Programmed by Creative Director Keinton Butler,…
In an industry-first, Melbourne-based multidisciplinary design studio Nexus Designs and students at Sacred Heart College in Geelong have joined forces to explore innovative biomaterials made from spent coffee grounds. Commencing in January 2024, the collaboration has seen 25 students from Sacred Heart College’s Design Futures Lab take part in a…
The Naomi Milgrom Foundation has announced that visionary architect and urbanist Nathalie de Vries, co-founder of Dutch architectural firm MVRDV, along with Professor Lesley Lokko OBE, founder of the African Futures Institute and curator of the Venice Architecture Biennale 2023, will join the program of international keynote speakers for the…
Switching to solar and electrifying your home can deliver big savings on energy bills, but getting it all done is not always that easy, particularly when you’re busy. ZapCat, a new social enterprise, helps households make the transition. The renewable energy transition in Australia is in full swing. Households are…
A grove of mature native trees determined the plan of a new community hall for Randwick Council in Sydney’s eastern suburbs by Sam Crawford Architects. The inverted L-shaped layout allowed the trees to be retained and celebrated, with a much-loved blackbutt tree informing the geometry of the entry sequence. “We…
Design Tasmania, the state’s leading centre for design, will present Unsettling Queenstown in August and September, 2024. Created by Julian Worrall, Anthony Coupe, Ali Gumillya Baker, Emily Paech and Sarah Rhodes, Unsettling Queenstown was selected as Australia’s representation at the 2023 Venice Architecture Biennale. The exhibition at Design Tasmania in…
Software company PlanRadar is calling for greater use of Lifecycle Assessment (LCA) to achieve carbon neutrality in the construction industry. Carbon-neutral construction aims to reduce the environmental impact of the construction industry by addressing carbon emissions and resource efficiency throughout a building’s lifecycle. This comprehensive approach, known as the lifecycle…
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