Category: Architecture
Entries for the Mercedes-Benz Design Awards, which is back for its fourth year running, are now open. The competition offers one Australian designer an opportunity for their winning design to be manufactured by one of Australia’s leading local design retailers, Cult. Broadsheet and Mercedes-Benz have again partnered for this year’s event in the aim to […]
Architectus has designed a new mixed-use development in Geelong as the city continues to evolve into a hub for culture and innovation. The $150 million Geelong Quarter precinct will comprise Holiday Inn & Suites Geelong (a 180-room hotel), the Ryrie Residences (14 luxury apartments targeting owner-occupiers), a 1,000 square metre retail plaza and 7,400 square metres […]
A ‘bio-brick’ made from human urine has been unveiled by University of Cape Town (UCT) researcher Suzanne Lambert as an environmentally friendly alternative to kiln-fired bricks. The zero waste bricks are made from recovered human waste and can be produced in any shape and strength. Lambert’s supervisor Dr Dyllon Randall, a senior lecturer in water quality engineering, said that […]
Listen, live and learn: ARÂ talks to three architects embracing Indigenous culture in their design practice. As a young graduate starting out on his architectural career with the Aboriginal Housing Company in Sydney in 1986, Yugembir man Dillon Kombumerri was a little wary of the idea of non- Indigenous people interpreting Aboriginal culture in their design […]
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