Emerging interior design firm Studio Manifold won the highly competitive Residential Single category at the 2025 Interior Design Excellence Awards with its design for Gruyere Farm, a contemporary Yarra Valley retreat with mid-century roots. 2025 was a milestone year for Studio Manifold co-founders Morgan Novy and Lachlan Cooper, even if they have been too busy […]
A new creative community space on a construction site in Sydney is seeking three residents for its Placeholder program in 2026, whose practices engage with regenerative practice, care and public space. The four-month paid residencies will take place within two new custom-built structures – known as ‘Field Rooms’ – located on the working construction site […]
Glazed buildings cast more than reflections across the city. New Adelaide research shows how their thermal behaviour reaches deep into the public realm. Glass carries its own language, an ambient force that can tilt the balance of comfort in the open air. New research from the University of Adelaide reveals how glazed façades do far […]
Wilya Janta, a new initiative out of Warumungu Country in Tennant Creek, says Aboriginal-led design could help address housing inequality in Indigenous communities. Around 500 kilometres north of Alice Springs, Tennant Creek resident and Warumungu spokesman Jimmy Frank Jupurrurla describes the houses as “prison-like”. Often overcrowded, lacking insulation and kitted with box air-conditioners that can […]
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