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Led by designers: Casting a curatorial eye across Melbourne Design Week
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Led by designers: Casting a curatorial eye across Melbourne Design Week

Curator, writer and educator Kate Goodwin was in town for Melbourne Design Week. Here, she reflects on how light-touch organising and designer-led spaces created some of the most impactful, distinctive exhibitions.
Michael Leeton on crafting place, protection and poetry in residential design
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Michael Leeton on crafting place, protection and poetry in residential design

In this interview, Michael Leeton reflects on his philosophy of placemaking, connection to landscape and the importance of designing homes that balance intimacy with scale, using his award-winning project House on a Hill as a central reference point. 
AJC Architects’ Southern Lookout opens Hornsby quarry to the public
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AJC Architects’ Southern Lookout opens Hornsby quarry to the public

At Hornsby Park, AJC Architects’ Southern Lookout marks the first architectural intervention in the transformation of a former quarry into a major public landscape.
Living small, thinking circular
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Living small, thinking circular

Joanne Odisho has been named the 2026 Australian Furniture Design Award winner for Mod-u, a modular lighting system made from eggshell composites and bio-filament.
Brewing a new rooftop typology in Vijayawada
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Brewing a new rooftop typology in Vijayawada

Brunit by 23 Degrees Design Shift brings together expressive structure, industrial materiality and climate-conscious hospitality on a rooftop site in Vijayawada.
Custom Architectural Products – Balancing Creativity with Caution: A CPD Live presentation
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Custom Architectural Products – Balancing Creativity with Caution: A CPD Live presentation

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In a different light: The Geelong College’s Belerren Centre designed by Wardle
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In a different light: The Geelong College’s Belerren Centre designed by Wardle

The Geelong College’s Sport and Wellbeing Centre ‘Belerren’ designed by Wardle is designed around bringing in natural light. But Shade Factor’s job was to help modulate and precisely control it for the most important competitive moments.
Matter meets design in mineral magnificence
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Matter meets design in mineral magnificence

The newest brand to emerge from Cosentino’s creative crucible is Ēclos, a next-generation mineral surface that embodies the organic beauty and tactility of marble in a precision-mineral surface or material.
Alex Bain on finding his anchor in Herman Miller’s Aeron Chair
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Alex Bain on finding his anchor in Herman Miller’s Aeron Chair

In the last instalment of our three-part performance seating series, Alex Bain from Architectus explains why sitting well shouldn’t feel like sitting at all and explores an unexpected success metric of the hybrid workplace: the grounding power of emotional support.
Michael Drescher and Jacob Olsen on finding the sweet spot with Herman Miller’s Sayl Chair
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Michael Drescher and Jacob Olsen on finding the sweet spot with Herman Miller’s Sayl Chair

In the second instalment of our performance seating three-parter, we turn to DKO’s Michael Drescher and Jacob Olsen to peek behind Sayl’s confident architectural form and explore the ideas of inclusivity, adaptability and freedom to move as hallmarks of what sitting your best actually means.
When activism and creativity combine for a better future
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When activism and creativity combine for a better future

How five friends created employment and economic security for their region.
Inside Hafary House: A new shopping destination for materials and design ideas
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Inside Hafary House: A new shopping destination for materials and design ideas

Designed by FARM, the newly opened Hafary House prioritises customer engagement through an immersive and sensory shopping experience. Here’s what you can expect.
Back in full thread: VIATT to return after standout debut
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Back in full thread: VIATT to return after standout debut

Following its successful inaugural event in early 2024, the Vietnam International Trade Fair for Apparel, Textiles, and Textile Technologies (VIATT) is gearing up for its next instalment in 2025.
Embossed acoustic panels mix trendsetting colours with sustainability and commercial performance
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Embossed acoustic panels mix trendsetting colours with sustainability and commercial performance

Woven Image refreshes its popular, multi-award winning Embossed Acoustic Panel collection with a new range of colours that bring warmth and comfort to commercial interiors.

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Led by designers: Casting a curatorial eye across Melbourne Design Week
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Led by designers: Casting a curatorial eye across Melbourne Design Week

Curator, writer and educator Kate Goodwin was in town for Melbourne Design Week. Here, she reflects on how light-touch organising and designer-led spaces created some of the most impactful, distinctive exhibitions.
Michael Leeton on crafting place, protection and poetry in residential design
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Michael Leeton on crafting place, protection and poetry in residential design

In this interview, Michael Leeton reflects on his philosophy of placemaking, connection to landscape and the importance of designing homes that balance intimacy with scale, using his award-winning project House on a Hill as a central reference point. 
AJC Architects’ Southern Lookout opens Hornsby quarry to the public
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AJC Architects’ Southern Lookout opens Hornsby quarry to the public

At Hornsby Park, AJC Architects’ Southern Lookout marks the first architectural intervention in the transformation of a former quarry into a major public landscape.

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Why Bio-Based & Rapidly Renewable Materials Matter: A CPD Live presentation
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Why Bio-Based & Rapidly Renewable Materials Matter: A CPD Live presentation

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Reigniting Regenerative Architecture: A CPD Live presentation
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Reigniting Regenerative Architecture: A CPD Live presentation

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Nine Ways to Turn AI into Your Business’ Secret Weapon: A CPD Live presentation
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Nine Ways to Turn AI into Your Business’ Secret Weapon: A CPD Live presentation

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Rugs & Axminster Carpet for Commercial Applications: A CPD Live presentation
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Rugs & Axminster Carpet for Commercial Applications: A CPD Live presentation

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Specifying Fireplaces in Commercial Projects: A CPD Live presentation
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Specifying Fireplaces in Commercial Projects: A CPD Live presentation

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EOIs open for Adelaide Design Week 2026
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EOIs open for Adelaide Design Week 2026

Adelaide Design Week returns in October 2026 with the theme every*one, inviting designers, makers, studios, collectives and creative thinkers to submit expressions of interest.
Balcony Drainage Systems in Multi-Residential Design: A CPD Live presentation
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Balcony Drainage Systems in Multi-Residential Design: A CPD Live presentation

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Sydney Open gears up for some Home Truths
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Sydney Open gears up for some Home Truths

What does home mean to us and how does it shape the way we live? These questions and more will be the focus for the second Sydney Open Symposium on Saturday 23rd and Sunday 24th May, 2026.

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Six things we learned about exclusivity and accessibility at our latest editorial dinner
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Six things we learned about exclusivity and accessibility at our latest editorial dinner

As part of our ongoing series of intimate editorial dinners with Signature Appliances, we recently gathered a group of architects, designers and industry voices in Sydney for a private conversation around one of design’s most persistent questions: can everyone have access to great design and beautiful spaces?
Understanding and Respecting Country: A CPD Live presentation
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Understanding and Respecting Country: A CPD Live presentation

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An architecture of Australian cultural expression: AIA Gold Medal 2026 announced
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An architecture of Australian cultural expression: AIA Gold Medal 2026 announced

Architects Neil Durbach, Camilla Block and David Jaggers of Durbach Block Jaggers have been named as joint recipients of the Australian Institute of Architects (AIA) Gold Medal for 2026.

La Marzocco finds its Sydney rhythm
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La Marzocco finds its Sydney rhythm

Inside La Marzocco Sydney, Open Creative Studio has turned a Botany warehouse into a flexible showroom, training space and events venue — one that understands coffee culture as both technical craft and social ritual.
Architecture as a cultural negotiator
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Architecture as a cultural negotiator

As Snøhetta marks ten years of permanent presence in Australia, co-founder Kjetil Trædal Thorsen reflects on Country, civic generosity, regenerative design and why architecture must keep imagining “memories of the future.”
SyLon Report: Housing as infrastructure, housing in crisis
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SyLon Report: Housing as infrastructure, housing in crisis

AFK Studios’ Earle Arney joined STORIESINDESIGN podcast last year to speak about SyLon. Here, we reproduce a summary on a recent report with NLA that builds on research into housing as infrastructure amidst a landscape of housing crisis.

CPD Live brings expert voices to the May program
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CPD Live brings expert voices to the May program

CPD Live arrives next week, bringing together leading experts across design, accessibility, workplace wellbeing, innovation and the built environment. Attendees will hear practical insights, emerging ideas and real-world experiences from some of the industry’s most respected voices.
Shortlisters announced for mid-year NSW Architecture Awards
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Shortlisters announced for mid-year NSW Architecture Awards

The Australian Institute of Architects (AIA) has announced the shortlist for the 2026 New South Wales Architecture Awards, with more than 120 projects recognised across 13 categories.
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