UNSW
Project
Student housing moves into the city
With projects such as Scape Kensington by Plus Studio, student accommodation in Sydney is shifting from isolated housing towards integrated urban infrastructure.
Project
Found in translation
UNSW Health Translation Hub by Architectus, with ASPECT Studios and Yerrabingin, is a landmark building informed by the latest healthcare design principles.
News
Taylor Square Pride of Place event in Sydney
An event at Qtopia Sydney explored the past, present and future of Taylor Square, highlighting its role in LGBTQI+ community life.
Events
UNSW housing analytics lab launches in Sydney
A new analytics lab led by UNSW researchers will draw on generative AI in an attempt to tackle Australia’s housing crisis, and has opened with an event attended by the NSW Premier in Eveleigh.
Workplace
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.
Events
2025 Australian Architecture Conference: Key speakers and themes announced
The 2025 Australian Architecture Conference is set to take place on over 2nd-3rd May in Sydney, with some notable attendees from overseas.
Events
2024 Sustainability Awards Winners
The 2024 Sustainability Awards Winners bestowed its honours on 18 winners, with 10 others receiving honourable mentions — a small gesture for contributions that loom large in our shared narrative of sustainability.
Events
Book launch marks Tzannes’ significant Sydney legacy
In practice since the 1980s and having appreciably shaped Sydney’s built environment, Tzannes finally has its own impressively designed and erudite book.
Events
Sustainable, livable and naturally urban: Sydney’s future at the VIVID Collectivity Talks
While Sydney’s VIVID celebration is typically associated with stunning visuals and light shows, it is also a place to ponder the futures of the harbour city.
Events
Anita B. Lawrence Centre launches: 25-year anniversary marks renaming of UNSW Red Centre
As part of UNSW’s Celebrating Women on Campus project, the home of UNSW’s School of Built Environment has been renamed in honour of a trailblazing architecture graduate.
Events
Discover the speaker lineup for the 2022 Sustainability Summit
From academics, architects, engineers and innovators – your speaker lineup is bringing you the latest knowledge in Australia’s sustainable built environment!
News
Arm yourself with knowledge: Sustainability Summit live
The industry’s leading conference on the Sustainable Built Environment takes place Thursday 10 November in person, in Sydney.
CPD
Designing for Our Future – Carbon Mitigation and the Built Environment
Presented by The Footprint Company
CPD
Façade Rectification – Fixing the Problem of Combustible Cladding
Presented by Alspec
Ideas
10 times design ingenuity made the economy go ’round
From green ceramics to compostable cling-wrap – these ingenious, sustainable products and services are making our circular economy go ’round.
Project
The Lounge at UNSW by Bates Smart will give you lounge envy
At the vanguard of design, The Lounge by Bates Smart is sophisticated and stylish. However, it offers so much more than just aesthetic benefit to the staff of the University of New South Wales.
Ideas
What is 2020 teaching us about the future of work?
A comprehensive survey conducted by Iva Durakovic (UNSW), Lisa Munao, Head of Workplace Design and Innovation (Davenport Campbell) and Kathryn Marshall (Davenport Campbell) questioning Australians on workplaces changes since COVID-19 has given us a great deal of insight into what the workplace might look like moving forward.
Ideas
What is 2020 teaching us about the future of work?
A comprehensive survey conducted by Iva Durakovic (UNSW), Lisa Munao, Head of Workplace Design and Innovation (Davenport Campbell) and Kathryn Marshall (Davenport Campbell) questioning Australians on workplaces changes since COVID-19 has given us a great deal of insight into what the workplace might look like moving forward.
Ideas
Greening our way through the pandemic
A group of UNSW cross-discipline experts discuss the benefits of plants, gardening and green spaces during COVID-19.