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Continuity and contemporaneity: Winning design team for new National Sculpture Garden revealed

Continuity and contemporaneity: Winning design team for new National Sculpture Garden revealed

Multidisciplinary team CO-AP Holdings has been announced as winners of the National Sculpture Garden Design Competition.

Ngurra: The National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Cultural Precinct Competition

Ngurra: The National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Cultural Precinct Competition

Set in Canberra and led by Hassell, Edition Office, COLA Studio and Djinjama, the winning design concept is the National Indigenous Knowledge and Cultural Centre.

Landscape design competition news at the National Gallery Sculpture Garden

Landscape design competition news at the National Gallery Sculpture Garden

Set to undergo a $60-million revitalisation, the National Gallery of Australia has announced the launch of a landscape design competition for its Sculpture Garden.

Flying high: How The Mill Architecture + Design partnered with Milliken to reimagine a government agency HQ in Canberra

Flying high: How The Mill Architecture + Design partnered with Milliken to reimagine a government agency HQ in Canberra

The brief for the new Government Agency office in Canberra was a challenging combination of high performance and high concept. The Mill Architecture + Design turned to Milliken to bring the ambitious project to life.

Three Canberra architects on lessons from history for a planned city

Three Canberra architects on lessons from history for a planned city

We spoke with three architects currently practising in Canberra to investigate the city’s planned history and what it means to work in that shadow.

An unprecedented inquiry into precedents with Kevin Carmody

An unprecedented inquiry into precedents with Kevin Carmody

Following his recent keynote speech at the 2023 Australian Architecture Conference, we spoke to architect Kevin Carmody about his inspirations and experience.

European luxury at Louis by Luchetti Krelle 

European luxury at Louis by Luchetti Krelle 

The interior design masters at Luchetti Krelle have done it again – this time with hospitality inside a Canberra hotel.

Collaborative laboratories at the ANU with Hassell

Collaborative laboratories at the ANU with Hassell

Canberra’s Australian National University has a new facility in the Hassell-designed Research School of Physics. It’s taking science into the future and a new era of capability.

Carlo Scarpa comes to Canberra in this Italian treat by Kelly Ross

Carlo Scarpa comes to Canberra in this Italian treat by Kelly Ross

Kelly Ross’s design for Il Camino is an articulation of the architecture of Carlo Scarpa writ large with impressive detailing, sculptural form and material rigour.

“The prospect is bright” for Denton Corker Marshall on its 50th anniversary

“The prospect is bright” for Denton Corker Marshall on its 50th anniversary

A firm that plays the “occasional ratbag to their own rule making”, Denton Corker Marshall has just celebrated its 50th anniversary. Explore the rules and ratbags that make this Australian-founded architectural practice truly exceptional.

Leyla: Luchetti Krelle comes to Canberra

Leyla: Luchetti Krelle comes to Canberra

Leyla, meaning ‘night’ in Arabic, is here for use both day and night in Canberra. The hospitality space is designed by Luchetti Krelle, whose bold concepts and highly resolved details bring a lavish contemporary lens to the city.

DESIGN Canberra is on now!

DESIGN Canberra is on now!

DESIGN Canberra is running until 20 November with a program of talks, tours, exhibitions, installations, workshops… and so much more!