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Winners announced for the 2020 Head On Photo Awards

5 May, 2020

Head On Photo Festival, Australia’s leading international annual photography event, have announced the winners of the 2020 Head On Photo Awards. Judged anonymously by a panel of internationally recognised photographers, editors and leading industry professionals, the annual awards celebrate excellence in three categories including Portrait, Landscape and Student. The winners were announced on…

Issue 73

1 May, 2020

Issue 73 is on its way to subscribers now. Order on its own or as part of a subscription to receive next week. On sale in newsagents on May 7. Recent events have led to many of us spending a great deal more time in and around our homes and gardens….

UNSW Associate Professor: we need green spaces in COVID-19 era

30 Apr, 2020

UNSW Associate Professor Paul Osmond is urging people to soak up nature on balconies, gardens or exercise in parks during COVID-19. “We need nature, at a minimum for viewing, but ideally through immersion and interaction,” the lecturer from UNSW Built Environment says. “Particularly now, as a way of de-stressing and…

International Compost Awareness Week 2020

30 Apr, 2020

The extreme heat over the summer months and ongoing drought have brought the worst bushfire season we have seen in Australia, destroying houses, local businesses, vegetation and wildlife. The increasing effects and consequences of global warming urgently call for drastic changes in the way we reuse resources. The push for…

Documentary celebrates the work of architect Richard Leplastrier

29 Apr, 2020

Revered by architects around the world, Richard Leplastrier’s search for beauty in his career is interwoven with his own life in a bush camp on the edge of Sydney. This documentary about Australian architect Richard Leplastrier was filmed over 15 years. It began with the filming of the design and…

Honey Fingers’ Beehives zine captures beekeeping around the world

29 Apr, 2020

The relationship between humans and bees is a close and long-running one. It’s so close that Melbourne-based creative beekeeping studio, Honey Fingers refers to it as ‘bee cultures’ – the special dynamic between honeybees and humanity. Honey Fingers is all about promoting, investigating and experimenting with bee cultures, and its…

NSW Architecture Awards 2020 shortlist announced

22 Apr, 2020

Led by Chair of Juries Peter Poulet, this year’s juries for the 2020 NSW Architecture Awards have announced the shortlist of 122 entries. The shortlist was developed following an intensive schedule of presentations and juries will now undertake rigorous peer review of shortlisted projects across 11 categories. This year’s program…

Earth Day 2020 goes digital

22 Apr, 2020

22 April marks Earth Day 2020. Growing out of the first Earth Day in 1970, Earth Day Network is the world’s largest recruiter to the environmental movement, working with more than 75 000 partners in over 190 countries to drive positive action for our planet. This year is notable for…