Painting Industry News

As the climate changes, temperatures in our towns and cities will only keep rising. However, remote First Nations communities are already finding innovative ways to cope with extreme heat.

Confident and joyful in expression, this addition takes cues from a humble childhood toy, reimagining a 1925 Adelaide bungalow through curved forms and crafted detail.

Proposed planning reforms would introduce a statewide set of development application requirements and a new digital tool to help homeowners navigate the process.

Following a showing at Venice’s San Marco Art Centre, Migrating Modernism: The architecture of Harry Seidler is set to open at the University of Sydney’s Chau Chak Wing Museum.

A $3.5 billion project for twin towers, designed by FJC Studio in collaboration with Trias Studio, Aileen Sage and Polly Harbison Design, has been greenlit in Sydney.

Australian house prices have recorded their biggest monthly fall since 2022. For young buyers hoping it's a turning point, economists have some bad news.

Four years on from a national pledge to unlock more housing, only one capital city allows townhouses or three-storey developments on most of its residential land.

These homes, tucked into Melbourne's laneways, will be open to the public as part of the Open House Melbourne 2026 weekend program between 24–26 July.

In a rapidly densifying inner-Sydney where rote residential builds are becoming the norm, a new project stands apart with surprising flourishes and a refreshingly off-beat rhythm.

Taming urban heat doesn’t necessarily require extravagant ideas such as air-conditioned footpaths. Some of the most effective tools are simple adjustments to infrastructure we already have, using nature to cool cities down.

The two-stage competition will begin with a global callout for expressions of interest, followed by an invitation-only, paid design phase for shortlisted competitors.

A sprightly Sydney studio turns the often-overlooked laneway into a stage for domestic life, demonstrating how small-scale dwellings can diversify housing stock in the inner suburbs.

A tribute to Peter Moeck, an architect whose philosophy was grounded in careful listening, collaboration and strengthening the communities his work served.

An Indigenous arts and cultural centre on North Stradbroke Island has been honoured with two biophilic design awards.

Queensland Council of Unions general secretary Jacqueline King has called on Deputy Premier Jarrod Bleijie to explain the proposed changes to the industry.

The former headquarters of pharmaceutical giant Pfizer was being converted into luxury apartments when buckled interior columns were discovered inside the building. 

Jam Factory in Adelaide has announced Annette Blair as the winner of the 2026 Fuse Glass Prize, Australia and New Zealand’s richest prize for glass artists.

The Florence in Melbourne’s Flinders Lane unfolds as a layered, atmospheric wine bar, with pockets of intimacy, drama and quiet theatricality.

In an exercise of restraint, Kindred House sees a realignment with the original intent and stylings of the home, through a contemporary lens.

Construction productivity in Australia has fallen 53 percent since the mid-1990s. Modern methods of building can reverse it, if we choose to scale them.