16 May 2012 | Gold Coast-based DBI Design received three awards this week for buildings and interiors in Australia and the Middle East.
16 May 2012 | The Buchan Group have been appointed to develop a proposed 15 level commercial tower in Fortitude Valley in Queensland.
16 May 2012 | Woods Bagot architects Nicolas Thioulouse and Kim Nguyen Ngoc have designed a light installation, Cloudscape as part of the Vivid Sydney festival.
16 May 2012 | Academic Sandra Kaji-O'Grady and architect John de Manincor have been appointed Creative Directors for the 2013 National Architecture Conference.
15 May 2012 | Geoff Baker is the former chief urban designer at the New York City Planning Commission and has recently rejoined HBO+EMTB as principal urban designer.
14 May 2012 | The Jordan River Learning Federation's Senior School is set to be one of Tasmania's first Green Star-rated schools accredited by the Green Building Council of Australia.
14 May 2012 | CK Designworks have secured two commissions in China including a $500m hotel and retail complex in Beijing and a Biological, Medicine, Science and Technology Park which will span one million square metres.
14 May 2012 | Sydney's historic The Harbour Rocks Hotel has reopened last week after extensive renovations took place to expose the colonial history of the building.
14 May 2012 | A scientific ghost town worth $US1 billion is being built in New Mexico in order to research innovations to do with renewable energy, intelligent traffic systems and next generation wireless networks.
14 May 2012 | Melbourne will be hosting the Open House event for the fifth year in July with a record 100 buildings set to open.
11 May 2012 | Landscape architecture and urban design firm Habitation has submitted plans to re-develop Sydney's unprofitable and already doomed monorail into a walkway reminiscent of New York's Highline. 3 comments
11 May 2012 | The Australian Institute of Architects' National Conference opened yesterday in Brisbane with an opening party held at the Gallery of Modern Art. The co-located Build & Design Queensland expo is also abuzz.
10 May 2012 | Engineering, architecture and environmental consulting company, GHD, has added 'Behavioural Design' to its suite of capabilities.
9 May 2012 | Jonathan Solomon from the Department of Architecture at the University of Hong Kong will be giving a public lecture on Aformal Architecture at the University of Technology in Sydney. 1 comment
9 May 2012 | Approximately 60 architects, urban designers and planners met on May 1 to workshop ideas and scenarios for the future of central Geelong as part of the Vision 2 project with the idea of a 'Federation Square' meeting place discussed
9 May 2012 | Chief among concerns expressed by architects, builders and consultants with the 2012/13 Federal Budget was the failures to address house building and Australia's infrastructure backlog, and the scrapping of Tax Breaks for Green Buildings. 1 comment
8 May 2012 | A new environmental awareness centre designed by Donaldson + Warn is the latest facility to be incorporated into Perth's Kings Park and Botanic Garden.
7 May 2012 | DIA Victoria has announced twelve new fellows, with DIA Fellow Geoff Fitzpatrick granted a Life Fellowship by the National Council and presented with a certificate for his distinguished service to the profession and his outstanding contribution to the Institute.
7 May 2012 | In the lead up to the budget announcement next week, no legislation has been introduced to support the start of the Tax Breaks for Green Buildings program, prompting concern in the industry that the scheme will be postponed or dropped.
7 May 2012 | Aspect Studios in collaboration with Choi Ropiha Fighera have been chosen by Sydney Harbour Foreshore Authority to design and deliver Sydney’s Ultimo Pedestrian Network (UPN).
6 May 2012 | The new Tyree Energy Technologies Building (TETB) by Francis-Jones Morehen Thorp (FJMT) has received a six star energy efficient rating and will be home to energy research at the University of New South Wales.
6 May 2012 | The new residential development 'The Vic' by Peddle Thorp Architects is soon to open in Melbourne's CBD.
4 May 2012 | The Green Building Council of Australia (GBCA) says New South Wales is catching up with Victoria following the first privately developed apartment building Antias, located at Jacksons Landing in Sydney, to be awarded a 4 Star Green Star - Multi Unit Residential Design v1 certified rating.
4 May 2012 | Architect and urban designer Jan Gehl has made an appearance on Crane.tv to discuss the importance of urban design in for modern society. View it via here.
4 May 2012 | eVolo Magazine has announced the winners of the 2012 Skyscraper Competition, with a Chinese project called the Himalaya Water Tower taking top honours.