A 310-square metre show garden is making the case that small green spaces can carry the ecological weight of an entire city. When award-winning landscape architect Matt York began sketching the concept for We the Wild, Ratio Consultants’ entry in this year’s Melbourne Flower and Garden Show, his mind wasn’t on aesthetics first but on […]
More than a decade in the making, Melbourne’s landmark West Gate Tunnel Project designed by Wood Marsh opened in December. The rubber has well and truly met the road for Melbourne’s largest road infrastructure project since CityLink opened in 1998. The State Government counted one million trips through the West Gate Tunnel between its opening […]
Applying to join Australian Design Review‘s 30UNDER30 in order to be ‘part of the conversation’, Blake Hillebrand currently works full-time at Kerstin Thompson Architects. He says his work is driven by ‘curiosity, generosity and accountability’. Australian Design Review: Why did you enter the 30UNDER30 program? Blake Hillebrand: I entered because I care deeply about where […]
Sydney’s annual festival of light, music, ideas and food will return for its 23-day program, including a new selection of daytime events. Running from Friday 22 May to Saturday 13 June, the 2026 Vivid Sydney program will explore the breadth of the city’s creative identity across Vivid Light, Vivid Music, Vivid Minds and Vivid Food. […]
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