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Sydney Open gears up for some Home Truths

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.

SyLon Report: Housing as infrastructure, housing in crisis

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.

Student housing moves into the city

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.

Recasting density in the suburban garden

Recasting density in the suburban garden

In Melbourne, Justin Mallia Architecture reshapes a compromised heritage site into a flexible, multi-residential home — balancing density, landscape and long-term adaptability through a careful reworking of form, light and ground.

Designing density with character in our inner suburbs

Designing density with character in our inner suburbs

Kerstin Thompson of KTA and Neometro Director Lochlan Sinclair discuss density, character and the inner city during a recent gathering in St Kilda East.

Taylor Square Pride of Place event in Sydney

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.

Re-imagining Bangkok’s urban landscape

Re-imagining Bangkok’s urban landscape

A standout pavilion from this year’s Bangkok Design Week explores shade and light for people and place.

Design stewardship with John Walsh

Design stewardship with John Walsh

Following his appointment as Principal at Plus Studio’s Sydney office, architect John Walsh speaks with us about design culture, integrated typologies and why stretching the brief is often where the most meaningful outcomes emerge.

DKO strengthens leadership across architecture, interiors and landscape

DKO strengthens leadership across architecture, interiors and landscape

DKO announces senior promotions across architecture, interiors and landscape, reinforcing leadership growth across Australia and Asia-Pacific.

R.Evolution: Plus Studio completes nine-year vision for South Melbourne

R.Evolution: Plus Studio completes nine-year vision for South Melbourne

The final tower in R.Corporation’s R.Iconic precinct demonstrates how density can create connection — through a 20-metre void, one-acre rooftop and nine years of learning what makes vertical neighbourhoods work.

Melbourne Metro and the design heft of transport infrastructure

Melbourne Metro and the design heft of transport infrastructure

Ingrid Bakker, Principal and Joint Project Director at Hassell, discusses the wider importance of the “city-shaping” Metro Tunnel completed alongside WW+P Architects and RSHP.

Architecture, democracy and feeling at home in our cities

Architecture, democracy and feeling at home in our cities

The built environment is all around us; would the average citizen feel less alienated if the education system engaged more explicitly with it?