The 2021 NGV Architecture Commission opened this week in Melbourne with a pink pond evoking Australia’s inland salt lakes. Dubbed pond[er], Taylor Knights and James Carey’s competition-winning installation is free to visit at the Grollo Equiset Gardens until August 2022. Its creators were on site at the opening on Monday, ankle deep in their pink […]
Melbourne interior designer Hana Hakin has teamed up with Archie Rose for a limited edition gin that carries the distinctive voice of summer. “We designed the flavours and label around the first drink after a day at the beach,” The Stella Collective founder and design director tells ADR of the label. “Clean and crisp golden […]
Copenhagen’s CopenHill by BIG has won Building of the Year at the World Architecture Festival 2021. The Danish waste-to-energy plant was selected as a winner in the Production, Energy & Recycling category earlier in the year – thus earning itself a spot in the finals, which were held in Lisbon, Spain on 3 December. Seven […]
Current regional and remote Indigenous housing stock is unable to provide consistently healthy and comfortable indoor environments, according to a new report published by the Australian Housing and Urban Research Institute (AHURI). “Alongside Indigenous people’s capacities to endure rapid and unsettling social, political and economic change, Indigenous histories feature resilience and self-reliance in adjusting to […]
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