Visitors to the 6th DESIGN Canberra Festival are in for a treat if the glimpse I received over a weekend recently is anything to go by. Following this year’s festival theme of Utopia, designers and artists have reflected on what makes a perfect society. Open Studio offers the rare chance…

ArchiTeam Cooperative’s Annual Awards program will showcase the very best in architecture from Australia’s small, medium and emerging architects. With over 140 entries this year, ArchiTeam has made some changes recently to how this awards fortnight will exhibit all entries. Collaborating with partner Big Plans Melbourne, this year’s exhibition will…

The Woollahra Small Sculpture Prize, presented by Woollahra Council, today announced Sydney-based artist Merran Esson and her work Autumn On The Monaro as the winner of the 19th annual acquisitive $20 000 Prize. Sydney artist Benjamin Jay Shand was awarded the Special Commendation award valued at $2000 and artists Kieta…

Founded in 2006, the Design Tasmania Awards were established to recognise and promote excellence in design and innovation. The awards aim to promote and showcase emerging, established and professional designers in Tasmania, nationally and internationally. The 2019 awards will celebrate the richness of the design profession as well as the…

Apartment dwellers in Melbourne’s inner-north will soon be able to access the benefits of solar energy in a new Brunswick East development by Lucent. The first of its kind available in the area, the project, named The Stewart Collective, has seen Lucent partner with Allume Energy to offer selected residences…

Australia’s premier open building event, Sydney Open returns on 2 and 3 November offering visitors a glimpse into an unprecedented number of the city’s most important and architecturally inspiring buildings usually off-limits to the general public. Across two days, over 80 buildings and spaces can be accessed through the Sydney…