Australia’s growing passion for rooftop gardens has been given a boost with a new plant guide to help urban gardeners and landscape designers create a luscious and environmentally friendly oasis above their heads. The comprehensive free guide, developed by researchers at the University of Melbourne, will help ensure the gardens…
Geelong Design Week 2023 returns this October to celebrate and showcase design excellence, innovation and creativity across the Greater Geelong region. The program features more than 50 exhibitions, talks, film premieres, and unique experiences that will surprise and delight audiences. The annual event will bring together local Geelong designers, industry…
An innovative new housing development model, which encourages the creation of additional affordable housing through the leveraging of increased land value in the planning process, is being hailed by innovative not-for-profit housing provider Nightingale as a gamechanger for the nation as it grapples with an unprecedented housing crisis. The Progressive…
These miniature-sized parks could help insert more public recreational spaces into our cities. In growing cities, where we need to squeeze the most out of every parcel of land, where do we find the space for new parks and other outdoor recreational areas? Some inner-city councils are turning to pocket…
Some of Australia’s most renowned architectural studios, artisans and designers will come together in October as part of Craft Contemporary’s 2023 satellite hub program, where they will explore the pivotal role minerals and materials play in design and the impact of mindful creation. Known as ‘Material Matters’, the exhibition is…
White Bay Power Station has been revealed as the first location for the 24th Biennale of Sydney, marking the first time the revitalised site will open its doors to the public in over 100 years. The 2024 edition, titled Ten Thousand Suns is curated by Artistic Directors Cosmin Costinaș and Inti Guerrero, and will…
Anita Johnson has been announced as the winner of the 2023 Woollahra Small Sculpture Prize, coinciding with the opening of the 22nd anniversary exhibition at Woollahra Gallery at Redleaf. The Woollahra Small Sculpture Prize is Australia’s pre-eminent prize for small sculpture and the first national acquisitive prize for an original…
Large-scale tree installations and a replica living room from a remote Indigenous community has highlighted the power of architecture in a new State Library of Queensland exhibition. Purpose built: architecture for a better tomorrow examines how new approaches to design and building materials can have a transformative effect on how…
The Art Gallery of South Australia’s popular Tarnanthi Art Fair returns in 2023 as both a in-person and online event, after two years of being presented online only. The Tarnanthi Art Fair will run from Friday 20 October to Sunday 22 October, with the in-person Art Fair at a new…
The Naomi Milgrom Foundation has announced the Uniform and Music Commissions for MPavilion 10, Australia’s leading architecture commission and design festival. DNJ Paper – led by Melbourne fashion designers Daphne Mohajer va Pesaran and Jake Nakashima-Edwards – has been awarded the 2023 Uniform Commission. Known for their paper clothing, the…
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