One of Brisbane’s leading architects BVN will make a workplace on the street as their contribution to Brisbane’s PARK(ing) Day on Friday 18 September. “Increasingly people are able to work anywhere, so we have designed a space where people can gather and still do some work,” said Mr Brian Donovan,…
Australia’s premier open building event, Sydney Open, returns for its 11th year on Sunday 1 November 2015, unlocking the doors to more than 50 of the city’s most historic and architecturally inspiring buildings. Presented by Sydney Living Museums, this signature event will now be held annually, giving Sydneysiders and visitors…
This Public Life Festival of Landscape Architecture brings together international and local thinkers and practitioners from the arts and sciences to explore public life through the lenses of Life + Death, Love + Longing and Participation + Spectacle. With a provocative and inspiring program of Melbourne-wide industry and public fringe events, city tours,…
In September, Melbourne will host some of the world’s leading thinkers and practitioners in contemporary craft and design. This two-day event will see more than 10 international and 20 Australian speakers explore the future of contemporary craft and design – sharing their stories, presenting new mindsets and considering opportunities to…
How do you bring down your energy bills and make your home more sustainable, comfortable and liveable? We’re all looking for ways to bring down our energy bills and house maintenance costs but where do we find the savings? Making your air conditioning more effective and efficient will be the…
Fringe Furniture, the longest-running event in the annual Melbourne Fringe Festival, invites this year’s audiences to look Between the Lines. This theme, central to the festival as a whole, asks audiences to look closely at design, to discover meanings beyond the practical, and to interpret messages implied in the work of some of…
The President of la Biennale di Venezia, Paolo Baratta, accompanied by the curator of the 15th International Architecture Exhibition, Alejandro Aravena, met this week at Ca’ Giustinian with the representatives of 48 Countries. Here Alejandro Aravena revealed the theme for the 15th International Architecture Exhibition: REPORTING FROM THE FRONT Alejandro…
Issue 45 includes our annual office feature, an award winning, sculptural home in country Victoria by Archier, a sophisticated inner city renovation by Lisa Cummins Architects, a home redesigned for liveability in Fremantle by Philip Stejskal Architecture and a stylish and rugged home in NZ by Dorrington Atcheson Architects. We visit…
Old to new, grand to small, gothic to modernist, subterranean to sublime… Brisbane Open House lures urban explorers and inquisitive minds. Brisbane’s architectural wonders are being showcased at the sixth annual Brisbane Open House, when the city extends an open invitation to explorers keen to sample an extraordinary line-up of…
The Australian Institute of Architects’ International Chapter have announced the winners of their 2015 International Architecture Awards. Spanning the globe from New Zealand to Singapore to Denmark, the awarded and commended projects represent the excellent work of Australian architects abroad. The jury, chaired by Grant Marani, were unanimous in awarding…
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