public design
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EOIs open for Adelaide Design Week 2026
Adelaide Design Week returns in October 2026 with the theme every*one, inviting designers, makers, studios, collectives and creative thinkers to submit expressions of interest.
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Welsh + Major design New Seven Hills Community Hub
Award-winning architects Welsh + Major have unveiled the design for the upcoming Seven Hills Community Hub, a $35.8 million project by Blacktown City Council.
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Sam’s Federation-red pavilion lights up a new community hub in Sydney
In a project both thoughtful and practical, Sam Crawford Architects (SCA) has completed a multifunctional community centre in Sydney’s inner west.
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Tadao Ando and 10 years of MPavilion
Marking a decade of MPavilion and Ando’s first ever Australian project, the 2023 iteration is open in Melbourne.
Ideas
Comment: Why is it important to communicate the value of architecture?
In this comment piece, Lindy Johnson, director of Lindy Johnson Creative, urges architecture to communicate its value. Johnson says that architects are needed more than ever but their value is highly underrated — and that we’re all the poorer for it.
Events
The expanded Waterbom Bali will feature sustainably designed attractions
Among the new highlights in the additional 1.3 hectares is a 20-metre-tall slide tower offering a treetop view.
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<strong>City Gather Park: Where art, nature and people come together</strong>
In the City Gather Park in Changsha, China, Chengdu-based Dean Design merges natural ecology and urban life with installations to create a memorable and poetic respite in the heart of the city.
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Are architects responsible for shaping happy communities?
ARM Architecture’s Jesse Judd and Mark Raggatt discuss how the pandemic has emphasised the importance of public space and why placemaking is now more important than ever.
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Rocco Design Architects creates a majestic museum in Shenzhen
There is no better way to promote design than through the architecture of a museum and Rocco Design Architects have made an indelible impression through their latest project in Shenzhen.
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What happens when commercial design goes public?
Brisbane’s most recent commercial addition, 480 Queen Street by BVN, has been designed to create a sense of local community inclusiveness – a disruptive concept to the traditional public versus private model.