Opened on the 7 November at the Museum of Sydney, Paradise on Earth reimagines the extraordinary architecture career of Marion Mahony Griffin and her deep connection to the natural environment. Born in Chicago in 1871, Marion Mahony Griffin was the second female architect to graduate from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology as a landscape architect […]
Four billion dollars in new or expedited funding for 98 housing program initiatives were announced by Australian governments due to the coronavirus pandemic between March and June 2020. The new report from AHURI, ‘Policy coordination and housing outcomes during COVID-19’, led by researchers from Swinburne University of Technology analysed the scale and range of policy […]
A centerpiece of the 2020/21 MPavilion MTalks program is the fourth installment of the BLAKitecture forum. The talk series foregrounds the voices of Indigenous built environment practitioners, gathering on the Yaluk-ut Weelam land of the Boon Wurrung people to delve deeply into architecture’s obligations to Country. What questions should architects ask themselves before building in […]
MPavilion kicks off in Melbourne on 12 November with festival goers set to enjoy the season on STOOL DOLLY by interior designer and architect Holly Board in partnership with Peter Grove. Designed in collaboration with Melbourne Fringe’s Fringe Furniture program, the MPavilion 2020 stool is part of the festival’s response to the COVID-19 pandemic. “Responding […]
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