Updates

Vivid 2015

20 Feb, 2015

Decor + Design is pleased to announce applications are now open for VIVID 2015, Australia’s longest running design competition and innovation showcase for new and emerging furniture designers. Professional designers in business less than five years and current students of design are invited to submit their new furniture or lighting…

Nightingale

19 Feb, 2015

Following on from the success of The Commons in Melbourne, Breathe are collaborating with a group of fellow architects to build a apartment development model that can be replicated. Nightingale is a triple bottom line development with apartments that are environmentally, socially and financially sustainable. The ultimate goal of the…

World’s first carbon positive prefab house

11 Feb, 2015

Move over, carbon neutral ArchiBlox have developed the Worlds First Carbon Positive Prefabricated House. This small footprint home will be installed into Melbourne’s City Square on the 8th of February 2015. Archi+ Carbon Positive Houses will make significant contributions within society by addressing the increasing levels of carbon emissions and…

Aktivhaus B10

11 Feb, 2015

Aktivhaus, or B10 for short, is a ‘triple zero’ home that generates twice as much electric power from sustainable energy sources as it consumes making it the first functional ‘Active House’ in the world. In addition to generating enough power to run its own building services, it also uses the recouped energy to power two…

Win Transitions Film Festival tickets

11 Feb, 2015

Transitions film festival kicks off Feb 18 at Cinema Nova with an epic line up of world-changing films. To win tickets to Infinite Happiness at Transitions Film Festival on March 3 visit the TFF win page and enter the code INFINITEGREENNL Infinite Happiness Copenhagen’s “8 House,” an ultramodern loop of…

designBUILD

6 Feb, 2015

Architecture, building and construction professionals can now register to attend DesignBUILD 2015, which will be held at The Dome in Sydney Olympic Park’s Sydney Showground from Tuesday April 28 to Thursday April 30. DesignBUILD connects more than 6,000 building industry professionals working across residential and commercial sectors with 200 leading…

Transitions Film Festival

6 Feb, 2015

Now in its fourth year, The Transitions Film Festival is Australia’s largest sustainability film festival. Covering topics such as social and technological innovation, renewable energy, community empowerment, eco-architecture, collaborative consumption, global movements, ecological economics and consciousness, the festival aims to inspire audiences with stories of hope, resilience and action. Amongst an…

Solahart launches ground-breaking solar water heating technology

4 Feb, 2015

Aussies looking to make the switch to solar water heating to reduce their energy bills can now take advantage of innovative home-grown technology that delivers a new gold-standard in terms of design, strength and durability following the launch of Solahart’s latest solar water heaters which utilise the new envelope range…

The New Joneses 2015

3 Feb, 2015

Meet Wayne. From Feb 9-13, this everyday hero and unlikely-eco warrior, will live like ‘The New Joneses’ in public view at City Square in Australia’s first carbon positive home, when the multi-awarded ‘The New Joneses’ project pops-up again. With lifestyle coaching from Denise Drysdale, (who recently downsized to pursue the…

Artbank

30 Jan, 2015

After thirty years operating out of a warehouse in Rosebery, Artbank engaged Aileen Sage Architects in the design of its new home. The Artbank fitout is inserted into an existing warehouse and office building in Waterloo, adjacent to the Danks Street Gallery Precinct. The heritage façade and entry tower of…