Cristina Napoleone was among Australian Design Review’s 30UNDER30 cohort in 2024/2025. Below, we get to know how the young founder spearheaded Terrain, an experimental community space in Fitzroy, Melbourne, where ecology, design, technology and culture intersect. Australian Design Review: What is Terrain? Cristina Napoleone: Terrain is an initiative that creates playful physical and digital spaces […]
With innovation at its core, Crafted Hardwoods is showing how circular design and regenerative thinking can reshape the future of architecture and design. Wood has always been the darling of architecture and design. It features in almost every project brief and remains a hero material in sustainable design awards year after year. Yet the realities […]
Melbourne-based recruitment agency Bespoke Careers has released a new report, revealing global trends among designers and architects who are leaving firms that fail to live up to their sustainability promises. Bespoke Careers has published its ‘State of Sustainability in Architecture and Design 2025’ report, an international survey that charts how sustainability measures are shaping career […]
Set to be the tallest hybrid timber and steel structure in the world, Atlassian’s new headquarters in Sydney is breaking new ground in sustainable design. As part of its ambitious goal to operate on 100 percent renewable energy, Atlassian has embraced Building Integrated Photovoltaics (BiPV) as a key technology. Designed by BVN and SHoP Architects, Atlassian […]
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