Updates

MiCRO – Exploring the Big Ideas Behind Small Spaces

20 Feb, 2024

MiCRO, the first in a three-part series of Regional Architecture Association Experiences for 2024, will be held in Mudgee, a burgeoning tourism town that has experienced considerable post-covid growth in terms of population and tourism visitation. It is also home to a growing wine region. MiCRO will be held in…

Conduit for Country – Artist’s Talk – Caleb Nichols-Mansell

15 Feb, 2024

Significant Tasmanian Aboriginal artist, Caleb Nichols-Mansell, will present an artist’s talk at McClelland, Conduit for Country, at 11am on Sunday 25 February. Nichols-Mansell is the cultural adviser to Dark Mofo.  He has been involved in public art commissions throughout Tasmania and is passionate about embedding Aboriginal art, culture, stories, and knowledge throughout the…

Architecture for healing

15 Feb, 2024

Australia’s newest Acute Mental Health Unit in Ipswich, Queensland, builds on a foundation of healing to create an environment that nurtures wellbeing and mindfulness. The new 64-bed multi-storey facility designed by Hassell for West Moreton Health establishes a setting of dignity and calm and places person-focused care, recovery, and safety…

Powerhouse celebrates final episode of 100 Climate Conversations

15 Feb, 2024

Powerhouse celebrates the release of the final episode of Australia’s most ambitious climate-focused cultural project, 100 Climate Conversations.   The two-year project to record interviews with 100 visionary Australians who have taken effective action to respond to the most critical issue of our time, climate change, will act as a time capsule…

Everything Electric

7 Feb, 2024

Australians will have the opportunity to check out more than 100 Electric Vehicle (EV) models in one location this weekend and test drive 25 of them, in what will be the largest and most diverse EV test drive experience ever seen in the Southern Hemisphere.  Presented by the Fully Charged…

Architecture with Pride Has Announced Its 2024 Program

1 Feb, 2024

Architecture with Pride (AWP) brings together the LGBTQI+ design community in the built environment. In 2024, AWP is delivering events in Sydney and Melbourne with a line up of international and local queer thinkers, parties and participation in globally-celebrated events, AWP is an immersive program to challenge the status quo…

Plastic Collective Attracts Landmark Funding to Tackle Plastic Pollution

1 Feb, 2024

Plastic Collective, a leading social enterprise focused on solving the plastic waste epidemic, has announced it will receive funding through an innovative and transformational sustainable development outcome bond, issued by The World Bank, for two plastic waste collection and recycling projects in Ghana and Indonesia. This innovative bond provides investors…

When Robin Boyd Went to Japan Exhibition

31 Jan, 2024

When Robin Boyd Went to Japan – an exhibition  inspired by mid-century everyday life in Japan will open at Walsh Street on February 18th.   Curated by Marika Neustupny and Nigel Bertram, When Robin Boyd Went to Japan is a  collaboration between the Robin Boyd Foundation, NMBW Architecture Studio and CIBI.  …