Futures Collective brings together the work of a range of award-winning designers determined to keep sustainability at the forefront of their practice.
Marking the fourth edition of Cult’s esteemed Chairity project, the event invites leading Australian creatives to bravely reinterpret an iconic chair design. After a five-year hiatus, Cult is thrilled to re-introduce the Chairity project, partnering with one of the fastest-growing Danish design brands in the world, HAY. From 2014 to 2016, Cult invited creatives to […]
Presented as part of Melbourne Design Week, the inaugural Melbourne Design Fair is a commercial showcase of limited edition, rare and one-of-a-kind collectible designs by Australian creatives. From 16 to 20 March, the fair will feature collectible contemporary design works across two platforms, with all works available for purchase. In the first platform – PRESENT […]
IDEA 2022 is now open for entries, celebrating the best Australian interior design projects and the studios and designers behind them. This year, entries will be open until 10 June, with discounted early bird rates available until 1 May. Enter IDEA 2022 now! Create an account (or log into an existing account) and start working on […]
Beloved television series Restoration Australia returns to our screens with a fresh face to help bring decaying Heritage homes back to life. Filming across Australia, history buff architect Professor Anthony Burke will uncover seven incredible stories as home owners embark on heroic journeys to save them from ruin. But with most renovations, especially on Heritage […]
Global design studio GroupGSA has reimagined the future of workplace technology for more than 1400 Microsoft employees in North Sydney. Microsoft head of real estate and facilities in Asia Pacific Ashish Mehrotra explains: “COVID-19 has taught businesses distance is no longer a barrier to connectivity, engagement and productivity. Nor is it a barrier to having […]
The six buildings shortlisted for the 2021 RIBA Stirling Prize for the UK’s best new building have been announced, with a mosque, footbridge and jetty all making the list. The Royal Institute for British Architecture’s Stirling Prize is handed to the architect of the building thought to be the most significant of the year for the evolution of […]
Entries for the 2021 ArchiTeam Awards are open until 4 October with the finalists set be announced on 20 October. Now in its 14th year, the awards program open exclusively to ArchiTeam members has modified its two residential categories to better reflect the diversity of Australian homes. To help you get your entry in before […]
The four teams set to compete in the final stage of the design competition for the new National Gallery of Victoria (NGV) were announced today. Open to Australian teams, the competition kicked off in February 2021 and was described as an “unparalleled platform to showcase Australia’s world-leading design”. The new gallery is set to be […]
The mental health challenges in Australian architecture and design were challenges “before the pandemic as well”, according to landscape architect, Place Intelligence co-founder and human potential coach Bonnie Shaw. Shaw joined Head of Architecture at Monash University and Parlour co-founder Professor Naomi Stead and Hassell managing director Steve Coster for a special episode of Hassell Talks released […]
Tribe Studio Architects has channeled “modest fisher-cottages” in its latest project – a take on the modern kit home-turned holiday house in the Bundeena. Almost 30 kilometres south of Sydney in the Royal National Park, Bundeena is a beachside village know for its cliffs, water pools, lagoons and single storey timber cottages. “We could have […]
Sydney Design Week 2021 has gone digital with a two-day Design Summit featuring David Flack, Yasmine Ghoniem and New York lighting designer Lindsey Adelman. The trio will be discussing the ethics of embedding community into your practice and studio on the second-day of the summit – Friday 17 September. The festival, which usually takes place […]