A burgeoning question in the planning, design and construction industries is how do we accommodate increasing numbers of Melbournians without compromising on liveability, affordability and sustainability? Well, Moreland City Council has devised a solution. The Design Excellence Scorecard establishes a benchmark for design excellence of medium and high-density development in…
Head On Photo Festival, Australia’s leading annual international photography event, has today announced that it will go ahead as a predominantly online event from 1–17 May, accompanied by a diverse program of webinars and events. Recipients of the Head On Photo Awards, including categories for Portrait, Landscape and Student, will…
DESIGN Canberra 2020 is calling for leading architecture, design and craft initiatives to be part of the annual three-week festival, that takes over the nation’s capital from 9 until 29 November, celebrating Canberra as a global city of design and a living design laboratory. Now in its seventh year, the…
The @alt.material collective presents its third exhibition, DUCTILITY – an ongoing series of investigations and experiments around materiality. Leading and exciting emerging designers are invited to explore how design can shape life through materiality and fabrication. Their objects made for the exhibition will then be auctioned via Instagram at the…
What does it mean to live without a reliable home? And when homelessness has become an intractable urban reality, how might architects understand and address it? What It Takes to Make a Home, a documentary short film by the Canadian Centre for Architecture (CCA) screening in cities worldwide in fall…
Neil Stonell, Managing Partner of Grimshaw’s Melbourne studio, announced today Grimshaw’s involvement in Melbourne Design Week 2020 comprising the exhibition Evolution: The Work of Grimshaw Architects which features fifty years of significant projects from Australia and the world and The Learning City, a keynote presentation by Andrew Cortese, Managing Partner…
An artist, furniture designer and architecture practice are coming together to create an immersive experience titled ‘DAYDREAM’ for Melbourne Design Week 2020. Yan Huang, Danielle Storm and Technē Architecture + Interior Design are bringing their diverse expertise together as they create a pop-up sensory installation that entwines nature with design….
Melbourne Design Week 2020 will be held from 12 – 22 March. Now that the action-packed program is soon upon us, we’ve selected a few environmentally-minded events from the schedule that aren’t to be missed. FRANCIS KÉRÉ: ARCHITECTURE SHAPES LIFE | TUE 17 MAR, 6.30–7.30PM Presented by NGV with Architecture…
For inspiration on everything from baking and making preserves to permaculture and beekeeping, home gardeners, fresh produce lovers and curious minds can explore the Backyard Harvest program as part of FUSE festival from 13 – 29 March. Chat with Darebin’s fabulous home wine makers, sample the results of years of…
There are fewer than three weeks to go before the Sydney Edible Garden Trail (21 – 22 March),a not for profit weekend self-guided garden trail around more than 60 private and community edible gardens, opens on the North Shore. The mission of the team of volunteer coordinators is to encourage…
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