Due to an extremely positive response to the inaugural Open House Bendigo in October 2018, Open House is excited to announce its return to Bendigo in 2019 and 2020. “We were buoyed by how the City of Greater Bendigo embraced the event, as not only a celebration of architecture and…
Working with and living in a compact footprint is nothing new, but our annual small spaces issue continues to demonstrate how architects are thinking up exciting, memorable and provocative solutions to unconventional sites. The six houses included in this issue go to show that inspiration can come from anywhere –…
Sydney is celebrating 50 years of groundbreaking public art and the man who made the magic happen. The City of Sydney will hold a free CityTalks event featuring world arts patron and philanthropist John Kaldor to celebrate 50 years of Kaldor Public Art Projects. “I think art gives people a…
A shortlist of the top 52 projects in the 2019 Australian Urban Design Awards has been announced. The shortlisted entries include city centre revitalisations, eco housing, bikeways, rail and metro projects, town squares, a building height standards review and a creative precinct masterplan. The awards recognise contemporary Australian urban design…
For the first time, the flower farmers of the Daylesford Macedon Ranges are joining forces to offer annually a series of events and experiences from each spring through to autumn. The Daylesford Macedon Flower Farm Trail is the first major collaboration from local flower farmers, providing visitors an opportunity to…
Sydney Contemporary, presented by Deutsche Bank, announced its final additions to the 2019 program which will open from 12–15 September at Carriageworks. For 2019, Sydney Contemporary and Artspace announce Hong Kong-based artist Movana Chen as the first performance recipient of the International Artist in Residence Program. The program is a residency opportunity…
La Trobe University will become Victoria’s first zero-emissions University under an ambitious project announced yesterday. A $75 million initiative combining 20 separate projects will ensure La Trobe will have Net Zero emissions by 2029. Vice-Chancellor Professor John Dewar said the University was committed to making real change for long-term benefit….
Biofilta, a leading Australian urban farming and stormwater harvesting company, has joined forces with injection moulding company, Von Pace Group, to officially launch a Melbourne designed and manufactured urban farming system that is set to transform city spaces into highly productive, efficient urban farms, and turn cities into food growing…
The Cultural Landscape Foundation (TCLF), a non-profit Washington, D.C.-based education and advocacy organisation announced that it will establish an international landscape architecture prize to be conferred biennially. This is the first and only international landscape architecture prize that includes a US$100 000 monetary award. In addition, the prize features two…
Experts warn a major opportunity to improve sustainability in Victoria is being missed by focusing exclusively on patching up recycling systems, while failing to address more fundamental issues. In a submission just made to the Victoria Government’s circular economy discussion paper, Professor Usha Iyer-Raniga and fellow RMIT University sustainability experts highlighted…
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