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Designing infrastructure and care at Kampung Mrican

Designing infrastructure and care at Kampung Mrican

SHAU’s Kampung Mrican revitalisation transforms community life through social architecture, local collaboration and sustainable design.

The future of urban liveability

The future of urban liveability

At Melbourne Design Week, Plus Studio brought together planners, designers and local government voices to unpack the realities of urban densification.

Parliamentary Friends for Australian Urban Design reconvenes for the 48th Australian Parliament

Parliamentary Friends for Australian Urban Design reconvenes for the 48th Australian Parliament

The Parliamentary Friends reconvened at Parliament House, uniting political and professional leaders to champion architecture and design.

Auckland Design Week 2026 launches with bold vision for People + Place

Auckland Design Week 2026 launches with bold vision for People + Place

Auckland Design Week returns for its third edition in March, unveiling an expanded programme and a renewed focus on the relationship between people, communities and the places they shape.

GroupGSA designs MUFG Pension & Market Services’ Sydney HQ

GroupGSA designs MUFG Pension & Market Services’ Sydney HQ

GroupGSA delivers MUFG Pension & Market Service’s Sydney HQ with a dual Japanese–Australian identity, blending precision, warmth and workplace flexibility.

Australia’s 2025 national landscape winners

Australia’s 2025 national landscape winners

Community, Country and climate were centred at the 2025 Australian Institute of Landscape Architects (AILA) Awards in Lutruwita/Tasmania on 21st October.

In Addition on designing with intention and heart

In Addition on designing with intention and heart

Founded by Ana Ćalić McLean and Josh McLean, In Addition is a design studio creating thoughtful, client-focused architecture and interiors.

Oyster terrazzo by the harbour

Oyster terrazzo by the harbour

Pier Pavilion by Besley & Spresser provides a refreshing, architecturally thoughtful and versatile public space by the water at Barangaroo.

Plus Studio and ICD Property unveil plans for major West End riverside precinct

Plus Studio and ICD Property unveil plans for major West End riverside precinct

Plus Studio and ICD Property have submitted a proposal for a development on Brisbane’s Donkin Street, using a 1.68-hectare former industrial site as a new riverside residential and community destination.

Comment: To reach net-zero, we must tackle the ‘too hard’ basket

Comment: To reach net-zero, we must tackle the ‘too hard’ basket

In this comment piece by Dr Matthias Irger – Head of Sustainability at COX Architecture – he argues for an approach to design that prioritises retrofitting, renovation and reuse.

Retirement living that feels “grounded, adaptable and unapologetically architectural”

Retirement living that feels “grounded, adaptable and unapologetically architectural”

Designed by DKO, the latest Ingenia Lifestyle Element resident clubhouses at Fullerton Cove and Natura at Port Stephens focus on the lifestyle needs of a changing over-55s demographic.

“The junction of the rational and the poetic”: Glenn Murcutt’s award bestowed upon Francis Kéré

“The junction of the rational and the poetic”: Glenn Murcutt’s award bestowed upon Francis Kéré

With the inaugural Glenn Murcutt Symposium set to take place in Sydney in September 2025, Pritzker Prize-winner Francis Kéré receives the Murcutt Pin.