Updates

Melbourne Food And Wine Festival Celebrates Water

4 Mar, 2014

A 19th century rail bridge over Melbourne’s Yarra River will be given a new lease of life for the 2014 hub at Melbourne Food and Wine Festival presented by Bank of Melbourne, 28 February – 16 March. Celebrating the Festival’s theme of WATER, The Immersery: Festival Kitchen Bar and Raingarden…

Governor-General Opens Strata Tower

3 Mar, 2014

Her Excellency the Honourable Quentin Bryce AC CVO, Governor-General of the Commonwealth of Australia, has today officially opened Victoria’s new home of architecture at 41 Exhibition Street. Developed by the Australian Institute of Architects, 41X is a 22-storey Five Star Green Star strata-titled commercial tower that accommodates the Institute’s Melbourne…

Opening Of Warringah Creative Space

3 Mar, 2014

Warringah Council is announcing the official opening of a new space for the promotion of creativity on the northern beaches. The Warringah Creative Space, at Abbott Road, Curl Curl will be used for exhibitions, artists in residence and other creative activities. It will be opened with a curated exhibition, Certain…

Guiding Melbourne’s Buildings To A Greener Future

3 Mar, 2014

The roofs, walls and facades of buildings across Melbourne will be turning all shades of green with the launch this week of Victoria’s first Growing Green Guide. The guide gives building owners, planners, designers, developers and home owners vital information so they can integrate green infrastructure on their buildings and…

Botanica Sets New Sustainability Standard

3 Mar, 2014

Brisbane development the Botanica Residences has achieved the Urban Development Institute of Australia’s highest sustainability credentials, a six-leaf rating in the UDIA’s Enviro Certification Program. Designed by architects ROTHELOWMAN WHITE and developed by ARIA, the South Brisbane development is the largest of its kind certified under the UDIA sustainability rating…

Win an Urban Commons Foodscape

3 Mar, 2014

Urban Commons are inviting designers, architects, and landscape architects to submit their concept designs for a project that features the Urban Commons FoodscapeTM. All entries will go into the running to win a complete FoodscapeTM for their project (valued at $4,950), consultation with a horticulturalist (Foodscaper), and an article published…

Issue 36

1 Mar, 2014

Issue 36 opens with local and international product design that is both beautiful, functional and environmental. Our profile is on Herbst architects, New Zealand’s masters of the bach. Our features include an assessment on innovative new building materials and what’s new in outdoor pods. Houses include the radical rethink of…

Pool-top Meadow Shortlisted

18 Feb, 2014

The rolling green roof of Surry Hills’ Prince Alfred Park Pool has been shortlisted for outstanding design in green infrastructure at this year’s National Nursery and Garden Infrastructure Awards. The 2,000-square-metre roof is part of the City of Sydney’s award-winning transformation of Prince Alfred Park and pool – a project…

JamFactory Fringe Open Day

18 Feb, 2014

On Saturday 22nd of February, JamFactory, a unique Adelaide based craft and design centre opens its doors as part of the Adelaide Fringe Festival. A fantastic opportunity to experience JamFactory’s Studios, Galleries and Shop with hands on activities, live glass blowing, wheel thrown ceramic demonstrations exhibitions and guided tours! Plus a sausage…

Lost Trades Fair 2014

18 Feb, 2014

The Lost Trades Fair will showcase traditional ‘lost and rare trades’ such as coopering, chairmaking, leadlighting, blacksmithing and hedgelaying, to the general public at an event run over the 15th and 16th of March 2014 at the Kyneton Museum. The event will bring together people that still have these skills…