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La Trobe unveils 30-year masterplan to evolve north Melbourne campus
La Trobe unveils 30-year masterplan to evolve north Melbourne campus
The aspiration to transform the Bundoora site into “a dynamic centre of innovation, knowledge and sustainability” includes three distinct villages and the growth of the campus’s city centre.
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November 12, 2025 at 4:39 AM
La Trobe unveils 30-year masterplan to evolve north Melbourne campus
Open House Melbourne 2026 welcomes expressions of interest
Open House Melbourne 2026 welcomes expressions of interest
The theme for the 2026 program, “Generous City,” invites submissions that explore how generosity and a culture of openness can be reflected in design.
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November 12, 2025 at 4:39 AM
Open House Melbourne 2026 welcomes expressions of interest
Public toilet design research awarded major research grant
Public toilet design research awarded major research grant
The project was awarded a 2026 Australian Research Council Discovery Project Grant valued at $712,282.
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November 11, 2025 at 4:31 AM
Public toilet design research awarded major research grant
Peak design bodies meet federal MPs to promote urban design priorities
Peak design bodies meet federal MPs to promote urban design priorities
Australia’s peak architecture, planning, and landscape institutes met with the Parliamentary Friends for Australian Urban Design to discuss their shared priorities for federal action, identifying areas where national leadership could drive meaningful change.
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November 11, 2025 at 12:31 AM
Peak design bodies meet federal MPs to promote urban design priorities
New research project seeks to modernise thermal comfort standards
New research project seeks to modernise thermal comfort standards
The project brings together several institutions to create “a modern, inclusive index that reflects how people feel in real offices, [aimed at] improving comfort, wellbeing and productivity while cutting energy waste.”
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November 11, 2025 at 12:31 AM
New research project seeks to modernise thermal comfort standards
Redevelopment plans for Perth Convention Centre shelved
Redevelopment plans for Perth Convention Centre shelved
The Western Australian government has abandoned a $1.6 billion project to redevelop the Perth Convention and Exhibition Centre, instead redirecting the money toward a new hospitals fund.
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November 10, 2025 at 4:30 AM
Redevelopment plans for Perth Convention Centre shelved
Approved skyscraper on Gold Coast set to become Australia's tallest
Approved skyscraper on Gold Coast set to become Australia's tallest
The project comprises a 101-storey residential tower that is set to reach nearly 400 metres in height and a neighbouring 60-storey commercial office tower.
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November 10, 2025 at 4:30 AM
Approved skyscraper on Gold Coast set to become Australia's tallest
Planners push back on recommendation for ‘blanket upzoning’ across Australia’s cities
Planners push back on recommendation for ‘blanket upzoning’ across Australia’s cities
A new Grattan Institute report targeting “a concerted policy assault on Australia’s housing crisis” through residential rezoning won’t work “if the construction industry can’t build them and if the infrastructure isn’t in place,” the Planning Institute of Australia says.
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November 10, 2025 at 12:27 AM
Planners push back on recommendation for ‘blanket upzoning’ across Australia’s cities
Winning residential projects from the 2025 National Architecture Awards
Winning residential projects from the 2025 National Architecture Awards
This year’s awards recognised seventeen exceptional residential projects.
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November 6, 2025 at 9:39 PM
Winning residential projects from the 2025 National Architecture Awards
Winners revealed: 2025 National Architecture Awards
Winners revealed: 2025 National Architecture Awards
The celebrated projects in this year’s awards are, according to the jury, “more than structures: they are systems of care, of connection, of transformation,” and are “unafraid to ask difficult questions.”
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November 6, 2025 at 3:58 PM
Winners revealed: 2025 National Architecture Awards
Winners of 2025 Victorian School Design Awards announced
Winners of 2025 Victorian School Design Awards announced
This year’s awards received a record number of entries across schools, early childhood, and First Nations design categories.
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November 6, 2025 at 3:58 AM
Winners of 2025 Victorian School Design Awards announced
Architects appointed to lead major expansion of Australian Institute of Sport
Architects appointed to lead major expansion of Australian Institute of Sport
The Canberra-based project involves the construction of three new buildings for use by athletes training for Olympic, Paralympic and Commonwealth Games, as well as other world championship events.
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November 5, 2025 at 7:51 AM
Architects appointed to lead major expansion of Australian Institute of Sport
Victorian government unveils ten-year plan for industrial growth
Victorian government unveils ten-year plan for industrial growth
The vision would see more than 5,800 hectares of greenfield land transformed to support increased e-commerce, advanced manufacturing, automation and AI.
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November 5, 2025 at 7:51 AM
Victorian government unveils ten-year plan for industrial growth
Hobart’s historic labour protests inspire new office building design
Hobart’s historic labour protests inspire new office building design
Wardle’s design for a new commercial development “pays homage to Hobart’s history ... [of] union marches,” with pairs of “marching columns” along the perimeter.
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November 5, 2025 at 7:51 AM
Hobart’s historic labour protests inspire new office building design
Inaugural Australian health award winner named
Inaugural Australian health award winner named
Tara Veldman, of Billard Leece Partnership, has been honoured with the inaugural Australian Health Design Council Gold Medal.
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October 31, 2025 at 3:22 AM
Inaugural Australian health award winner named
Five historic Sydney warehouses slated for adaptive reuse
Five historic Sydney warehouses slated for adaptive reuse
DKO and Aileen Sage’s proposal uses “the existing built fabric as a framework for innovative spatial and architectural expression.”
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October 31, 2025 at 3:22 AM
Five historic Sydney warehouses slated for adaptive reuse
Australian Design Centre faces closure from funding shortfall
Australian Design Centre faces closure from funding shortfall
The Australian Design Centre will close by June 2026 unless $350,000 in annual funding is secured, ending six decades of support for Australia’s craft and design community.
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October 31, 2025 at 3:22 AM
Australian Design Centre faces closure from funding shortfall
Ken Woolley-designed townhouse granted state heritage listing
Ken Woolley-designed townhouse granted state heritage listing
Known as the Woolley Townhouse or Paddington House, the residence was completed in 1980 and served as the home of late Sydney architect Ken Woolley and his wife for seven years.
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October 30, 2025 at 3:35 AM
Ken Woolley-designed townhouse granted state heritage listing
South Brisbane hotel and apartments approved for development
South Brisbane hotel and apartments approved for development
Designed by Bates Smart and Richards and Spence, the project is said to be the first approved development under Brisbane City Council’s new height limits for the suburb.
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October 30, 2025 at 3:35 AM
South Brisbane hotel and apartments approved for development
Immersive experiences, skilfully executed: The winners of the 2025 Eat Drink Design Awards
Immersive experiences, skilfully executed: The winners of the 2025 Eat Drink Design Awards
Immersive experiences, skilfully executed: The winners of the 2025 Eat Drink Design Awards
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October 29, 2025 at 12:52 AM
Immersive experiences, skilfully executed: The winners of the 2025 Eat Drink Design Awards
Fresh Finds: Turn back time
Fresh Finds: Turn back time
Turn back time with these relaunched and yesteryear-inspired pieces for the home.
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October 28, 2025 at 5:52 AM
Fresh Finds: Turn back time
Plans submitted for eight-tower masterplanned community in Sydney
Plans submitted for eight-tower masterplanned community in Sydney
The proposal would deliver 1,336 new homes across eight towers on a 3.14-hectare site.
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October 28, 2025 at 1:53 AM
Plans submitted for eight-tower masterplanned community in Sydney
City of Sydney endorses all-electric requirements for new buildings
City of Sydney endorses all-electric requirements for new buildings
The amendments will require new residential buildings, medium to large commercial buildings, hotels and serviced apartment buildings to operate fully on electricity.
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October 28, 2025 at 1:53 AM
City of Sydney endorses all-electric requirements for new buildings
Australian Institute of Architects introduces glossary of First Nations terms and concepts
Australian Institute of Architects introduces glossary of First Nations terms and concepts
Two newly released guides are designed to support architects and built environment professionals in their understanding of, and engagement with, First Nations terminology and concepts.
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October 26, 2025 at 9:45 PM
Australian Institute of Architects introduces glossary of First Nations terms and concepts
Finalists revealed for Melbourne’s 2025 City Design Award
Finalists revealed for Melbourne’s 2025 City Design Award
The four finalists of the City of Melbourne’s 2025 City Design Award, which recognises design excellence in architecture, landscape architecture and urban design, have been announced.
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October 24, 2025 at 1:25 AM
Finalists revealed for Melbourne’s 2025 City Design Award