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Artwork honouring First Nations community to overlook Sydney harbour

20 May, 2021

A gleaming six-metre high monument inspired by shell fishing hooks handcrafted and used by local Aboriginal women for generations will soon take pride of place high on the lawns overlooking Sydney harbour. Installation of the public artwork, bara, (the Gadigal word for shell hook) by Waanyi artist Judy Watson is…

2021 National Prizes winners announced

12 May, 2021

The Australian Institute of Architects is today recognising the outstanding efforts of both architectural practitioners and advocates for the profession with the awarding of its 2021 National Prizes. The Institute’s most prestigious honour, the Gold Medal, is awarded this year to the ‘Renaissance man’, Donald (Don) Watson. The jury described Watson,…

Riverside Green: a new open space in the heart of Brisbane

12 May, 2021

Open to the public in early 2021, Riverside Green gives Brisbane’s growing population a new public space in the heart of the city. Designed by Hassell for South Bank Corporation, this new ‘green heart’ of South Bank Parklands supports Brisbane’s leisure and recreation needs at a time when inner-city population…

Winner of NGV 2021 Architecture Commission announced

12 May, 2021

A beautiful architectural installation, replete with a pink pond evocative of Australia’s inland salt lakes, has been revealed as the winner of the NGV’s 2021 Architecture Commission in the Grollo Equiset Garden at NGV International.     Designed by a Melbourne-based team comprising architecture firm Taylor Knights in collaboration with artist James Carey, the installation, entitled pond[er], offers a space for visitors to cool off during the summer months and reflect on their relationship with the…

We Change the World: new exhibition considers how art and design can inspire change

7 May, 2021

We Change the World, an interactive all ages exhibition at The Ian Potter Centre: NGV Australia, invites audiences to consider how art and design can inspire positive change in our society, and encourages visitors to think about their own potential to create change as individuals. Opening 7 May, the exhibition features more than sixty works of Australian and…

MAP Studio announced as architect of MPavilion 2021

5 May, 2021

The Naomi Milgrom Foundation today announced that the commission for its 2021 MPavilion has been awarded to international architecture, urbanism and design practice, MAP studio (Venice). Led by architects Francesco Magnani and Traudy Pelzel, MAP studio (Venice) will reignite the flame of global collaboration at MPavilion with its iteration of…

Transformative Greenline project unveiled for Melbourne

30 Apr, 2021

The City of Melbourne is taking the first step to deliver the Greenline project to transform Northbank along the Yarra River – Birrarung, with the release of its implementation plan today. The implementation plan is to be considered by City of Melbourne Councillors on Tuesday, with the report outlining the…

SCCI Stepping Stones brings fashion and architecture programming for youth

29 Apr, 2021

In 2021, from 23 April through to end June, the Sherman Centre for Culture & Ideas (SCCI) returns to live event programming focussing exclusively on youth – presenting Fashion and Architecture via intimate, skills-based workshops, guided tours, films, excursions, keynote lectures, panel discussions and more – for upper primary, secondary…