The Sydney Park Water Re-Use Project has received two additional honours: the Good Design Award Best in Class in the Architectural Design and Urban Design category and the 202020 Vision Green Design Award. The project, which recently won the Civic Trust Award and The Special Award for Sustainability at Europe’s longest running awards program for …
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South Bank Corporation has won silver at the 2018 Melbourne Design Awards for Jem, a high-tech interactive sculpture that lights up the heart of the Flowstate parklands with millions of LEDs. Set in South Bank’s newest urban renewal development, Flowstate, Jem was commissioned to deliver a never-before-seen interactive digital experience that would bring strangers together …
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Victorian architect Clare Cousins was inaugurated as the 79th national president of the Australian Institute of Architects in Melbourne, taking the reins from Richard Kirk and vowing to continue to champion key Institute policies including affordable housing and sustainability. “I am passionate about the transformational role architects play in the life of our cities and …
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Former torpedo factory and submarine base HMAS Platypus will officially open to the public this weekend, after being off limits for more than 150 years. The completion of stage one of Sub Base Platypus includes a new walk and playground. The new foreshore walk runs along the old submarine wharf, including a new overwater walkway …
The City of Sydney’s new $32 million Green Square community and cultural precinct, which is built on the former South Sydney Hospital site on Joynton Avenue in Zetland, features a creative centre, community shed, childcare centre, park and public artwork. Describing Green Square as one of the most dynamic neighbourhoods in the country, lord mayor …
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A super slender 60-storey residential tower has been proposed as a way to revitalise Melbourne’s science hub. Dubbed ‘Magic’, the tower “will push building technology to the limit and reinforce Melbourne’s leadership in science and liveability”, according to the Royal Society of Victoria, who have proposed the new tower. “Magic, at 1 Victoria Street, will …
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Following many months of expectation, the nominations for the 12th annual Architecture & Design Sustainability Awards are open. With the gala night being on October 11, this year, there has been a change of venue, mainly due to the fact that the interest and size of the awards has reached such levels that a larger …
The shortage of Indigenous architects in Australia, with just 28 registered nationally as of 2017, is being addressed by a new Indigenous architecture scholarship made possible with a $1 million donation from cultural philanthropists the Droga Family Foundation. With additional support from the University of Technology Sydney (UTS), the fund will help support up to …
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A new report has found that Australia’s green building expertise is sort after, especially across the fast-urbanising ASEAN region. The report, Australian Green Building: Developing a smart, sustainable ASEAN, was created by the Australian Government and the Green Building Council of Australia (GBCA). Australian companies offer results, ranging from niche products to complete, end-to-end solutions. …
Here are five sustainable building trends that will prove to be popular throughout 2018. PASSIVE DESIGN The awareness around passive design has been steadily growing over the past few years, with the Passive House standard gaining international attention and recognition. FLEXIBLE SPACES As the population grows, our cities are becoming increasingly dense. At the same …
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