The Serpentine Gallery Pavilion is a program of short-term structures devised in 2000 by Gallery Director Julia Peyton-Jones. Now an international site for architectural innovation, each Pavilion is created by an renowned architect or designer who has not yet completed a building in England at the time of the Gallery’s…
First devised by Breathe Architecture, The Nightingale Model is a triple bottom line development with apartments that are environmentally, socially and financially sustainable. The ultimate goal of the project is to provide quality urban housing at an affordable price by simplifying both the development process and the building itself. The…
Brisbane will be the first Australian city to host Green Ladder, a touring architectural installation designed by world renowned Vietnamese Vo Trong Nghia Architects. As a part of Sherman Contemporary Art Foundation’s (SCAF) Fugitive Structures series, a gridded bamboo structure with a floating transparent ceiling was unveiled this week at…
Brisbane will be the first Australian city to host Green Ladder, a touring architectural installation designed by world renowned Vietnamese Vo Trong Nghia Architects. As a part of Sherman Contemporary Art Foundation’s (SCAF) Fugitive Structures series, a gridded bamboo structure with a floating transparent ceiling was unveiled this week at…
Today the Living Future Institute of Australia (LFIA) will formally launch the Brickworks Living Building Challenge design competition at a special event in Melbourne, pressing the go button for designers, built environment professionals and students around the world to conceptualise what the world’s most sustainable retail centre looks like. The LFIA…
The Australian Institute of Architects’ has officially launched the 2016 South Australian Architecture Awards program today, celebrating the diversity of our State’s finest architectural projects. Over 40 architecture practices and design collaborations have entered projects into categories ranging from, new houses and residential alterations & additions, public buildings and urban…
In issue 48, a bold cabin in NZ by Crosson architects, an Art Deco renovation by Rob Kennon architects, a finely crafted apartment in Germany and a beachside home inspired by a campsite. We take a look at small spaces and how to make them work, the Sydney garden of…
Dresden Mobile is coming to a street near you. Dresden is a new eyewear company that is set to revolutionise eyewear making it affordable, fun and sustainable. Dresden mobile is a transportable workshop that will allow Dresden to revolutionise commerce by taking the product to the people. Dresden mobile will be touring…
The team behind SPUD in the UK have recently developed some exciting collaborations between artists, designers and the community to deliver two engaging projects. With a brief to design a temporary place to live and work while studying the ‘littoral’- the watery edge of the Beaulieu River in Exbury, artist Stephen Turner (the…
WOMADelaide has released the full program of speakers , discussion topics and workshops for the 2016 Planet Talks, presented in partnership with the University of South Australia. Hosted as part of the WOMADelaide festival in Adelaide’s Botanic Park on March 11 – 14, The Planet Talks returns to the picturesque setting of Speakers’…
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