Issue 43 includes our annual bathroom feature with a spread of well designed and creative bathrooms. Our cover house is a high tech family home with a green roof and a spectacular view. Other projects include the preservation of a fibro cottage, a dramatic and beautiful bushfire resistant home and…
Winners have been announced in the Australian Institute of Architects’ 2015 Far North Queensland Regional Architecture Awards tonight in Cairns.  The jury awarded Regional Commendations to five projects (see list below) which will now progress to the coveted Queensland State Architecture Awards to be announced in Brisbane on 26 June….
Victorians who have shown leadership in sustainability and a commitment to improving the environment are encouraged to enter the 2015 Premier’s Sustainability Awards and share their work. Sustainability Victoria CEO Stan Krpan said the awards were a great way of acknowledging and rewarding individuals and companies that have made…
WORKSHOPPED, just might be the longest continuously running annual exhibition of emerging Australian design. For the past 15 years the WORKSHOPPED exhibitions have provided a platform for Australian designers to reach national and international manufacturer, retailer and consumer audiences. To date WORKSHOPPED has presented the work of over 350 Australian…
DEN is a new event tailor made for the furniture, furnishing and design industry and its innovators to work, connect and inspire. The three-day event will offer a fine selection of the best in contemporary furniture & design, lighting, textile & soft furnishings, home product design and home-wares. With a strong focus on local,…
Six prized stars for sustainable design have been awarded to the third major building in the University of Technology Sydney’s billion-dollar City Campus Master Plan by the Green Building Council of Australia. The new Faculty of Science and Graduate School of Health Building features advanced health and science labs, learning…
One of Australia’s great cultural symbols will form the foundation of the Australian Exhibition at the 2016 Venice Architecture Biennale with the successful proposal announced at events in Sydney and Melbourne tonight.  The Pool by Aileen Sage and Michelle Tabet was chosen by the Australian Institute of Architects’ Venice Biennale…
AWS Designer Notes, Interview with Ashley Beaumont from Ecoliv about award winning modular home designs featuring Vantage aluminium windows and doors. For more information visit: AWS Ecoliv
The tiny house movement will be taking up residency at this year’s DesignBUILD – in the form of the nanoHouse – when the trade event returns to Sydney Olympic Park’s Showground for three days from Tuesday April 28. The nanoHouse was produced by DesignBUILD exhibitor Wood. Naturally Better. (WNB) in…
Snowflake and Nikau lights designed by David Trubridge, have each won at the 2015 Red Dot design awards in Europe. The kitset versions are recent additions to the already award winning collection of lighting that his company designs and manufactures in Hawke’ s Bay, New Zealand. “We are very proud…
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