PHD designer, sociologist and sustainability provocateur, Leyla Acaroglu, teamed up with artist and maker, Yvette King, to produce Designercise: the ideation toolkit for brain-activating games for professional play. Recently launched on kickstarter, the Designercise Ideation Toolkit combines design thinking and cognitive sciences to create fun, fast, easy to play, mental interventions…
NSW Minister for Finance, Services and Property, Dominic Perrottet and Planning Minister Rob Stokes have unveiled The Goods Line, a new, innovative urban corridor and open space, linking Railway Square through Ultimo to Darling Harbour. The space began as a disused rail line, and has been transformed into a vibrant…
Three diverse international architects will participate in the Australian Institute of Architects’ Droga Architect in Residence 2015/16 program. Following on from the successful visit in 2015 by NORD Architects, the jury, chaired by Brit Andresen, has named the next candidates to undertake the unique 12-week opportunity. UK emerging architect Nick…
Sydney’s extraordinary new six-hectare foreshore park, Barangaroo Reserve, will come to life in September for the first instalment of the Barangaroo Welcome Celebration, a three-month program of free music, art, talks, family events, and giant picnics overlooking Sydney Harbour. The Barangaroo Delivery Authority, on behalf of the NSW Government, with…
The Sydney Opera House was today awarded a 4 Star Green Star – Performance rating by the Green Building Council of Australia (GBCA), putting the national icon among a select few World Heritage buildings that have achieved green certification globally. The announcement was made jointly by NSW Deputy Premier and…
The second annual prefabAUS conference is fast approaching, with this year’s event less than four weeks away. Focusing on the theme of ‘industry transformation’, prefabAUS has assembled industry experts from around the world to discuss how prefab is changing the design, building and manufacturing industries. CEO of prefabAUS, Warren McGregor,…
Winners of the sixth annual Intergrain Timber Vision Awards were announced at the Annual Awards Breakfast in Melbourne today, revealing a new vision for Australia’s building and landscaping industry. From an imaginative children’s playground and waterfront library to a tiny cabin perched atop rugged Victorian cliffs, a diverse and awe-inspiring…
The Australian Design Centre’s exhibition Future Nature is presented in partnership with the Australian Museum. Future Nature explores possible futures posed by artists, designers and architects inspired by biology and the natural world. Mapping the collisions of art, science, and design, Future Nature explores the roots of scientific curiosity and…
Announced at a gala presentation at the Crown Palladium in Melbourne on Thursday 13 August, twenty-six exemplary projects from across Australia have been recognized in the 2015 Think Brick Awards, Australia’s richest design awards. Now in its ninth year, the Think Brick Awards celebrates design excellence in the use of…
Forty-six buildings, ranging from house alterations to a police station and from traffic interchanges to an art gallery, have been shortlisted in the awards programme that decides New Zealand’s top buildings. The finalists in the New Zealand Architecture Awards are located around the country, from Rawhiti in the Bay of…
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