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Ballarat’s UNESCO Creative City status drives craft renaissance and economic growth

Ballarat’s UNESCO Creative City status drives craft renaissance and economic growth

With events such as Craft Lab and The Great Takeaway, the city of Ballarat is centring design and craft for an economic reawakening.

Tilt on preserving heritage in public spaces: How technical innovation is making history accessible

Tilt on preserving heritage in public spaces: How technical innovation is making history accessible

From preserved boat remains to 8,000-year-old hearthstones with First Nations significance, Tilt Industrial Designs shares how their technical work is often directed towards heritage.

A Singapore resort “for those who appreciate both heritage and modernity”

A Singapore resort “for those who appreciate both heritage and modernity”

At Raffles Sentosa Singapore, Yabu Pushelberg has crafted a narrative-driven resort experience where heritage, landscape and quiet luxury intertwine to create a deeply immersive retreat.

The cultural value of craft: How craft communities strengthen regional identity

The cultural value of craft: How craft communities strengthen regional identity

As a UNESCO Creative City of Craft and Folk Art, Ballarat is hosting Craft Lab and The Great Takeaway this month. Nicole Durling, Executive Director at Craft Victoria, tells us more.

Classroom-meets-workplace at DesignInc’s new UNSW CBD campus

Classroom-meets-workplace at DesignInc’s new UNSW CBD campus

This clever conversion of a commercial building to a university campus is setting a new benchmark in rethinking vacant city sites.

More than just a transitional space: Perth’s Palace Tower receives the Woods Bagot treatment

More than just a transitional space: Perth’s Palace Tower receives the Woods Bagot treatment

Woods Bagot has completed a lobby refurbishment inspired by the historic architecture of the Palace Hotel.

All in one at Fellowship Kew

All in one at Fellowship Kew

Fellowship Kew LIFE Architecture and Urban Design with SORA and Jack Merlo is multi-residential living at its best, where an apartment meets all the needs for an exclusive clientele.

Touring The Commons with Foolscap Studio

Touring The Commons with Foolscap Studio

We visited The Commons’ recently opened, heritage-rich York Street site in Sydney’s CBD with the team from Foolscap Studio.

Architectus makes a home in Canberra

Architectus makes a home in Canberra

Having opened a Canberra studio in 2024, Associate Principal and Canberra Studio Leader Alex Lawlor tells us how things are going in the capital.

The fabulous fabulous New Bahru

The fabulous fabulous New Bahru

In Singapore, old meets new and does it with style and grace in FARM’s culturally appropriate, site-specific design. It’s a place that provides connection for everyone who visits.

Blending domesticity and commerce

Blending domesticity and commerce

Led by Kart Projects and brought to life within an existing warehouse space, the new HQ for Studio Mass needed creativity, flexibility and a nuanced interplay between both digital and physical places of connection.

Frosted with history

Frosted with history

Wingates’ design of Greenwood Roche is sensitive to the history of the building without feeling overly nostalgic or heavy-handed.