Sydney Contemporary, in partnership with Principal Partner MA Financial Group, has launched its eighth edition, and announced the winner of the acquisitive $10,000 MA Art Prize as emerging First Nations artist Alfred Lowe.  Presented at Presenting Partner Carriageworks from 5 – 8 September 2024, Sydney Contemporary showcases over 85 galleries…

National architecture and design practice, Hayball, is continuing to lead the research into the social value of architecture and design in Australia, with plans to utilise a grant and recently created monetisation framework, to measure and quantify the social impact of the design of ‘Redfern Place’. Located at 600–660 Elizabeth…

The Victorian Government has released new designs and announced that the 18,000sqm urban garden in the centre of the Melbourne Arts Precinct Transformation will be named Laak Boorndap (pronounced Lark – Born – Darp). The name, Laak Boorndap, was bestowed to the garden by Traditional Owner, Wurundjeri Woi-wurrung  Language Elder, Aunty…

Devised in a three-way collaboration between Stefan Diez’s industrial design studio Diez Office, the American Hardwood  Export Council (AHEC), and urban greening specialists OMCºC, Vert is an experimental proposition for a modular structure that can address both rising temperatures rising and intensifying heatwaves, as well as dwindling urban biodiversity. Unveiled…

Dulux has unveiled its annual Colour Forecast for 2025, which sees uplifting and soothing colours come to the fore within our homes and commercial spaces as a response to recent periods of uncertainty. Distilled into three distinct palettes Still, Recollect and Emerge demonstrate how colours with warm, brown undertones play…

Sydney Metro is Australia’s biggest infrastructure project. When complete, Sydney will have 31 metro stations and more than 66 kilometres of new metro rail delivering a world-class transport solution for a global city. Serving 96 percent of Sydney’s train services, Central Station forms the backbone of the entire rail network….

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…