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Ideas competition to reimagine Sydney’s public spaces
The competition seeks ideas that could enhance the way public spaces bring people together and encourage inclusivity.
Industry newsA memorial to Sydney’s victims of hate
Waverley Council in Sydney has released shortlisted designs for a memorial in Bondi.
Industry newsHobart council calls for ‘playful’ bus shelter designs
The City of Hobart has launched a competition to design innovative bus shelters for the city.
Industry newsFour alternative proposals for Powerhouse Parramatta
The unsuccessful proposals from the international competition to design the design the Powerhouse Parramatta museum have been released.
Industry newsCompetition to design Barangaroo waterfront pavilion
The NSW government has launched a design competition for a new pier pavilion at Watermans Cove in Barangaroo South.
Industry newsCascades Female Factory project progresses
A development application has been submitted for the long-awaited development at the World Heritage-listed Cascades Female Factory Historic Site in South Hobart.
Industry newsJury announced for $500k Future Homes design competition
The Victorian government’s Future Homes design competition will be judged by a jury that includes eminent local and international architects.
Industry newsSingapore Founders Memorial competition winner announced
A proposal with “distinctive architectural, landscaping and place-making characteristics” has been chosen the winner of the international design competition for a new commemorative landmark in Singapore.
Industry newsWave design wins St Kilda jetty ideas competition
A Portuguese architecture practice has won a design ideas competition to replace Brookes Jetty at St Kilda Beach, near Luna Park and the Palais Theatre.
Industry newsVic gov’t launches $500k housing design competition
The Victorian government is seeking innovative ideas for designing liveable, sustainable apartments.
Industry newsJury in clash with public over Perth’s Indiana Tea House redevelopment
The future of a proposal to redevelop a historic beach pavilion on Perth’s Cottesloe Beach is murky after a jury and a public vote identified different preferred designs.
Industry newsCompetition to design new Perth university building
A competition has been launched for the design of for a new environmental education centre at its campus in Perth’s south.
Industry newsTerroir’s locomotive-inspired design for Puffing Billy visitor centre takes shape
Early works have begun for a $20 million visitor centre designed by Terroir for Victoria’s heritage Puffing Billy Railway.
Industry newsNew Arts Centre cafe sheathed in bronze curtain
The design of a new cafe in the forecourt of the Roy Grounds-designed Arts Centre play on an iconic and universally understood element of theatre.
Industry newsAustralians make Singapore Founders Memorial shortlist
Proposals inspired by the Singaporean flag, the human hand and the city’s parks have made the shortlist for a design competition for a memorial to the city-state’s independence movement.
Industry newsFour urban design projects compete in Melbourne Awards
The City of Melbourne has shortlisted for projects in the first-ever urban design category of the Melbourne Awards.
Industry newsZaha Hadid, Cox win Western Sydney airport design competition
The airport, planned for a site at Badgerys Creek approximately 51 kilometres west of the Sydney CBD, is planned to be operational by 2026.
Industry newsWinners revealed: The Future Park Design Ideas Competition
An “ambitious vision that combines a critique of a social injustice with a driver for landscape change in the city“ has won The Future Park Design Ideas Competition.
Industry newsTop firms compete to design controversial Cockle Bay Wharf tower
Six teams have been shortlisted in a design competition to design a 183-metre office tower on Sydney Harbour.
Industry news$20k design challenge for e-waste
Urgent, real-world problems need creative ideas. The NGV and Creative Victoria has set designers a challenge.
Industry newsPanel of sustainability experts to judge $2m sustainable architecture competition
Billed as “the word’s most significant” competition of its kind, the Lafarge Holcim Awards, will accept entries until February 2020.
Industry newsInternational landscape architecture prize offers unprecedented US$100,000
US-based education and advocacy organization The Cultural Landscape Foundation has launched an international landscape architecture prize worth US$100,000 to be conferred biennially.
Industry newsIdeas competition to rebuild beloved St Kilda beach jetty
A community-based organization in Melbourne’s St Kilda has launched a $5,000 ideas competition to reimagine a historic jetty.
Industry newsFour teams compete to design $600m Brisbane tower
Four local and international architectural teams are shortlisted in competition to design a proposed $600 million tower in the centre of Brisbane.
Industry newsFour competing designs for Cottesloe beach pavilion redevelopment
The developer behind Perth’s Indiana Tea House at Cottesloe Beach has released four shortlisted design concepts for the site’s redevelopment.
Industry newsYoung designers win one-day bathroom product design challenge with moveable restroom concept
A duo of young Melbourne designers has won a one-day challenge with an ingenious design for a moveable airport restroom.
Product newsBKK and Kerstin Thompson Architects win competition for community arts centre in suburban Melbourne
BKK Architects and Kerstin Thompson Architects, together with landscape architect practice Aspect Studios, have won a design competition for the redevelopment of a cultural and performing arts centre in Melbourne’s suburban east.
Industry newsOne-day bathroom product design challenge comes to Australia for the first time
A Roca One Day Design Challenge in Melbourne on 15 June will see the winning team win a $7,000 prize and a ticket to Barcelona.
Product newsBates Smart wins design competition for clifftop apartments at Kangaroo Point
Bates Smart has won a design competition for an apartment project in Brisbane.
Industry newsWoods Bagot wins competition for 55-storey hotel in central Sydney
Woods Bagot has won an architectural design competition for a mixed-use tower in central Sydney that will comprise a hotel and office space.
Industry newsJeanne Gang joins Parramatta Powerhouse jury, parliamentary inquiry slams project as ‘expensive and unnecessary’
The jury for the international design competition for a new Powerhouse Precinct at Parramatta has been finalized.
Industry newsGermany launches international design competition in celebration of Bauhaus centenary
The German government has launched a design competition to mark 100 years since the founding of the legendary Bauhaus School.
Industry newsSA gov’t pushes ahead with Adelaide Contemporary alternative
A scoping study for a National Gallery for Aboriginal Art and Cultures at the old Royal Adelaide Hospital site has been announced by the state government.
Industry newsPowerhouse Museum international design competition kicks off
The NSW government has launched an international design competition for the proposed Powerhouse Precinct at Parramatta.
Industry newsExpressions of interest sought for design of Western Sydney Airport terminal
A two-stage competitive process to find the architect of the new Western Sydney Airport terminal has begun.
Industry newsCompetition launched for 2019 NGV Architecture Commission
The National Gallery has launched a design competition for the fifth annual Architecture Commission to be installed in 2019.
Industry newsParramatta Powerhouse Museum design competition to launch in December
The NSW government has appointed Malcolm Reading Consultants to organize an international design competition for the proposed Powerhouse Museum in Parramatta.
Industry newsSouthern Cross University launches national pavilion design competition
Emerging architects, designers and artists are invited to design a dynamic, playful and innovative temporary structure for Lismore.
Industry newsOVGA releases guide to architectural competitions for government
The OVGA’s guide to architectural design competitions is aimed at helping “government organizations realize the benefits of, and prepare for, an architectural design competition.”
Industry newsJury appointed for competition to design $2b Southbank development
Developer Beulah International has announced the members of the jury that will select the winning proposal for a mixed-use development in Southbank.
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