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NYCxDESIGN

6 May, 2016

New York City’s annual citywide celebration of design kicked off this week and runs from May 3 to May 17, 2016. Now in its fourth year, NYCxDESIGN highlights New York City’s diverse design community and its contributions to the vitality and economy of the five boroughs. “NYCxDESIGN has strengthened NYC’s image as…

Architects applaud Smart Cities Plan

5 May, 2016

The Australian Institute of Architects welcomes the Department of Prime Minister and Cabinet’s Smart Cities Plan released at the Cities Summit in Melbourne on Friday 29 April. Professor Ken Maher, President Elect of the Institute congratulates the Hon Malcolm Turnbull MP and Assistant Minister for Cities and Digital Transformation, the…

ARM Architecture has won Australia’s architecture Gold Medal

4 May, 2016

The Australian Institute of Architects’ highest honour, the Gold Medal, has been awarded to the founding directors of ARM Architecture at the Australian Achievement in Architecture Awards. ARM, based in Melbourne and Perth, are known for their contemporary, often daring, sometimes controversial designs. As Australian Institute of Architects National President…

DesignBUILD propels next generation of design talent

3 May, 2016

For the first time in DesignBUILD’s 30 year history, event organisers Diversified Communications have teamed up with two leading Victorian universities to offer students the opportunity to be involved in producing the country’s leading event for the architecture, building, construction and design communities. Under the new initiative DesignBUILD Raw, students…

Australian Achievement in Architecture Awards

2 May, 2016

Leaders of the profession have been honoured at the 2016 Australian Achievement in Architecture Awards announced at a special ceremony at the Adelaide Oval on Friday 29 April. The recipients, from students to stalwarts, were rewarded for their ongoing dedication to architecture across a range of activities including education, sustainability…

Plant Planet

2 May, 2016

As part of Superlocalstudio’s 2016 Sweet Nature program, Plant Planet is a zero waste creative collaboration that works to strengthen our connection with nature and explore our skills and imagination. Every plant is beautiful and full of possibility but we can only see it when we are curious, experimental, open…

Auckland’s best buildings named

1 May, 2016

Projects ranging from a brightly coloured bike path built from a bit of old motorway to a temporary installation at an inner-city church, from reworked heritage buildings to a new and already much-loved library, and from idyllic houses to a small mausoleum are among this year’s recipients of Auckland Architecture…

Winners announced in 30th year of Dulux Colour Awards

29 Apr, 2016

A new benchmark for colour usage has been set by the 2016 Dulux Colour Awards winners, announced on Thursday 28 April at Melbourne’s Myer Mural Hall. Boundaries were pushed across all categories, with colour used in daring yet cleverly considered ways to transform spaces. Judges were unanimously impressed by the…

Issue 49

28 Apr, 2016

Issue 49, in newsagents and selected stores on 5 May. Inside Austin Maynard Architects’ stacked transparent boxes respond to the street, Owen Architects delve down under to find the coolth in a classic Queenslander, Archier deliver a house of courtyards and views in Tasmania and Farnan and Findlay reveal a weathering…

Lighting the way for carbon neutrality

28 Apr, 2016

Streetlights in the centre of Adelaide are being fitted with smart technology as it moves closer to its goal of becoming the world’s first carbon neutral city. Adelaide City Council has partnered with tech giant Cisco and lighting specialist Sensity to modify more than 60 lights along Pirie Street and…