sustainable design

These 4 ‘big ideas’ will shape architecture in 2023

Fresh from her trip to the World Architecture Festival in Lisbon, Fender Katsalidis’ Nicky Drobis outlines four big ideas that will shape architecture in 2023.

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How can we, as designers, reach the net-zero target by 2040?

Interiors have a significant embodied carbon footprint and their churn rate is much greater than base buildings. Dr Caroline Noller of The Footprint Company lays out the situation.

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Growth industry: Students leading the way in biodesign

In a competition held by K5 Furniture in collaboration with Monash University, students were challenged with a brief of mycelium-based product design. We visit the avant-garde with the exhibition ‘Metanoia’.

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Get ready for Greenhouse by Joost – The Movie

Watch key clips from Joost Bakker’s new movie, Greenhouse by Joost. There’s also a series of travelling Q&As if you’re in Canberra, Bowral, Sydney, Avoca and more.

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American hardwood helps us rethink sustainable design

Many designers claim that sustainability is at the core of their work, but what does this actually mean? In collaboration with local designers, the American Hardwood Export Council puts its materials to the test.

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The brave new world of plumbing

Produced by Saniflo

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Smart, sustainable and stylish: Engineered stone products breaking new ground

Produced by Smartstone

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Mixed-use design enhances learning at The Hedberg

Designed by LIMINAL Architecture with WOHA, The Hedberg in Tasmania sets the scene for a new way to educate. Welcome to the winner of The Learning Space, INDE.Awards 2022.

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Working towards a holistic solution: Think Brick on a new carbon rating system

Think Brick Australia has been investigating the lifecycle of building materials when it instigated the brick industry’s first broad-scale research.

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Make some design noise: Wellard Architects

Wellard Architects is a practice that doesn’t make a fuss, or shout out its name. The practitioners of this studio are the quiet achievers but they happen to be making quite a lot of design noise at the moment.

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Building the narrative with Daniel Boddam

Meet Daniel Boddam: Creative visionary of Daniel Boddam Studio. Gillian Serisier catches up with Daniel to talk about all things design.

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Inhale, exhale: How carpet tiles are clearing the air

Here’s a product innovation that actively fights pollution and delivers high performance. Above Left and Carpets Inter have developed a modular carpet tile collection on EcoSoft backing. It is aptly named, Breathe.