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Australian Passivhaus Association clarifies one comprehensive standard

Australian Passivhaus Association clarifies one comprehensive standard

The Australian Passivhaus Association (APA) has released a guide outlining the process for achieving the international Passivhaus Standard, providing clarity on appropriate use of the term and the legal risks of incorrect assertions.

Ross Harding: What about the work-life balance of our cities?

Ross Harding: What about the work-life balance of our cities?

The Finding Infinity Principal comments here on the question of balance in city life, with architecture and design highlighted as the key levers for making change.

Working on the banks of the Derbarl Yerrigan

Working on the banks of the Derbarl Yerrigan

The Hub, Australia’s largest private workspace operator, has 16 locations across the country. Their newest site – designed by Architectus and Hassell – puts Perth’s unique context front and centre.

Grimshaw in Venice

Grimshaw in Venice

The 19th International Architecture Biennale has been on in Venice and Grimshaw’s latest installation explores the civic role of digital infrastructure in our cities.

Australia’s Premier Sustainability Awards Return for 2025

Australia’s Premier Sustainability Awards Return for 2025

The 2025 Sustainability Awards spotlight bold ideas and future-focused design that’s reshaping Australia’s built environment for the better.

Jessie French and Aesop join forces again for Melbourne Design Week

Jessie French and Aesop join forces again for Melbourne Design Week

French’s experimental materials studio, OTHER MATTER, is collaborating across multiple Aesop premises for another exploration of experimental, circular design.

Vinu Daniel, UTZON Lecturer, joins us on Stories Indesign

Vinu Daniel, UTZON Lecturer, joins us on Stories Indesign

Fresh from the Australian Architecture Conference, Vinu joined Timothy Alouani-Roby at The Commons in Surry Hills to discuss vagabond architecture, linear practice, mud and more.

We talk to Arper’s head of sustainability at Milan Design Week

We talk to Arper’s head of sustainability at Milan Design Week

Andrea Mulloni is the head of sustainability at furniture manufacturer, Arper. With a particular emphasis on the evolving Catifa Carta chair, we chatted to him at Arper’s stand during Milan Design Week.

Behind the Brand on the eve of Sustainable House Day with Helen Oakey

Behind the Brand on the eve of Sustainable House Day with Helen Oakey

Helen Oakey is CEO of Renew and, with Sustainable House Day 2025 upon us, she talks to us about the climate crisis and what people can do at the scale of the home.

Leading the architectural charge

Leading the architectural charge

fjcstudio leads by design and the practice’s Melbourne studio is making quite the impact on the built landscape of Victoria.

Carnegie Memorial Swimming Pool was “designed to tap into the collective memory of the community”

Carnegie Memorial Swimming Pool was “designed to tap into the collective memory of the community”

Carnegie Memorial Swimming Pool by CO.OP Studio is supposedly Australia’s most sustainable aquatic centre.

Colour and creativity combine with the launch of Creative Spark

Colour and creativity combine with the launch of Creative Spark

GH Commercial presents Creative Spark, a range that adds colour and durability – and all manufactured in Australia.