Australian-born speculative architect and filmmaker Liam Young will live-narrate an extended version of his visionary short film Planet City as part of the Vivid Ideas program and Sydney Film Festival. When it debuted at the National Gallery of Victoria’s 2021 Triennial, Liam Young’s original 15-minute, animated short film presented a hyper-dense, self-sustaining metropolis where the […]
The Far North Queensland Regional Awards, hosted by the Australian Institute of Architects, celebrates major wins for Cairns-located structures across many award categories. Below are some of the key winners. Building of the year The Eddie Orbin Award for Building of the year was awarded to The Mulgrave Gallery in Cairns at the recently announced […]
Regional Victoria’s celebration of craftsmanship and creativity, Craft Lab 2025, will be held at the historic Ballarat Mining Exchange over two weekends in May. The City of Ballarat has partnered with Craft Victoria and the Centre for Rare Arts and Forgotten Trades to showcase the region’s investment in its creative economy. Together, these cultural bodies […]
German-born, Melbourne-based lighting designer Volker Haug has won the 2025 Melbourne Design Week Award. The award is an annual prize celebrating an exceptional contribution to Australia’s premier design event, and offers significant recognition of creative excellence within the local and international design community. The award recognises Haug and his Brunswick-based studio’s outstanding contribution to the […]