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Conscious architecture: fjcstudio’s panel series continues in Brisbane

Conscious architecture: fjcstudio’s panel series continues in Brisbane

Expanding on his published collection of essays, Richard Francis-Jones curated a stimulating discussion about what elicits an architectural response.

It’s design festival season! Melbourne Design Week asks us to ‘Design the world you want’

It’s design festival season! Melbourne Design Week asks us to ‘Design the world you want’

With over 300 events planned, the eighth edition promises another marathon week of design and its theme is at once a proposition of hope and an urgent call-to-arms.

Comment: Encouraging children to thrive in sustainable and inclusive outdoor classrooms

Comment: Encouraging children to thrive in sustainable and inclusive outdoor classrooms

Hamish Dounan, Director of Sydney-based landscape architecture studio, CONTEXT, shares his insights on the possibilities of outdoor learning in education design.

Towards a regenerative landscape architecture with Phillip Withers

Towards a regenerative landscape architecture with Phillip Withers

With a recent book on natural Australian gardens, we spoke with the Victorian landscape designer on what it means to take a truly holistic approach to the environment.

One year in Bundanon: A retrospective on The Bridge and Art Museum by Kerstin Thompson Architects, part two

One year in Bundanon: A retrospective on The Bridge and Art Museum by Kerstin Thompson Architects, part two

Kerstin Thompson Architects’ work at Bundanon recently marked its one-year anniversary. With Thompson having recently been awarded the AIA Gold Medal, it’s a fitting time for a mini-retrospective, continued here in this second part.

Curated garden or curated wild: Singapore

Curated garden or curated wild: Singapore

Singapore is geographically primed for natural complexity in its ecology, and could greatly benefit from the many offerings of rich ecosystems. But the island is primarily experienced as a preened garden. For our own good, is it time we embraced a messier urban wild?