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In Melbourne’s north-east, a new home sandwiched between a towering hedge and cascading bushland is grounded in an innovative composition of outdoor spaces and a meaningful engagement of built form with landscape and context.

These courtyard houses go beyond simply connecting indoors and outdoors – they use the courtyard to define circulation, create calm and support passive environmental performance.

Populous has been recognised for their contribution to the state’s export success through the sharing of Olympic design experience.

A First Nations arts and culture centre on Minjerribah/North Stradbroke Island in Queensland has opened to the public, envisioned as a space for sharing Quandamooka culture through various art forms.

The opportunity is expected to attract national and international architects “with experience delivering iconic projects to bring their bold ideas and innovation to the design of these future Brisbane landmarks.”

The 2025 Make Award has named 36 finalists, spotlighting Australia’s most innovative craft and design practitioners in the country’s richest non-acquisitive prize, ahead of an exhibition opening this October.

ArchitectureAu Asks the Brisbane academic, “When does the relationship between art and architecture go from good to bad, and how do we avoid ‘artwashing’?”

Sixty-four projects have been shortlisted across six categories.

A thoughtful adaptation of a home fringed by mesmerising landscape celebrates the rhythms and rituals of cooking and bathing.

The two-building apartment complex will be constructed directly to the west of the heritage-listed fabrication shed, on the footprint of the former WWII warehouses.

We need to abandon the search for some singular silver bullet to solve the housing affordability crisis. It is time to tackle policy inertia and experiment with new solutions.

In this episode of Design Speaks Weekly, Emily Wong, editor of Landscape Australia, is joined by landscape architect and creative director of SBLA Studio Simone Bliss to discuss rethinking the design process in the face of the climate crisis.

The proposal features seven architecturally distinct buildings that will collectively accommodate 645 residential dwellings and 5,000 square metres of commercial, retail and dining spaces.

There are two kinds of Olympic city: those that planned properly for a long-term civic legacy, and those still working to catch up. Which track will Brisbane take?

It’s surprising – and concerning – that in all the Brisbane Games planning debate, there’s been so little discussion around the importance of quality design and the design review that will achieve it.

The venerable Gabba may be on its way out, but the precinct has much more to offer than a single aging stadium. With infrastructure and amenity already in place, is Woolloongabba’s true value being overlooked?

Catherin Bull invited representatives of Queensland’s professional design institutes, along with Queensland government architect Leah Lang, to discuss what project value means for the Brisbane 2032 Olympics, the relationship between value and legacy, and how collective experience can inform the delivery of both.

Based on a vision of the new Gosford Regional Library as a “town hall,” Lahznimmo Architects’ design for the building “is more like a community centre, where all types of public and educational activities can occur within.”

Celebrating the centenary of Enrico Taglietti’s birth, this immersive exhibition explores the legacy of a visionary architect, highlighting the optimism that surrounded Canberra’s architectural beginnings and the impact of good design on our cities.

A plant research facility with expressive brickwork and an expanded interwar brick bungalow have claimed top honours at the 2025 Think Brick Awards.