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Cities are made from more than buildings and roads. They are also made by ambiences – how a city makes you feel

Image: Ryoji Iwata/Unsplash How does a city feel? Energetic, unnerving, invigorating, relaxing? This is a key question often asked by designers who consider the ambience of...

A mining camp won’t cut it: Australia’s quarantine system needs a smarter design

 Screen Shot at am. The announcement that the Victorian and federal governments will build a 1,000-bed COVID quarantine hub at Mickleham in Melbourne’s north marks a welcome...

If I could go anywhere: the dizzying spectacle of Gaudí’s Basílica de la Sagrada Família

  Picture: Shuttlestock In this articles we pay tribute to the art we wish could visit — and hope to see once travel restrictions are lifted. We...

Design makes a place a prison or a home. Turning ‘human-centred’ vision for aged care into reality

  Picture: Shuttlestock The Royal Commission into Aged Care left organisations that provide housing for aged care wondering how they will put its recommendations into effect. Most of these...

Why being stuck at home – and unable to hang out in cafes and bars – drains our creativity

By encouraging random encounters and free-flowing conversation, coffee shops are engines of innovation.  Hulton Archive/Stringer via Getty Images While the pandemic has caused thousands of...

Sunday essay: why old is new again – the mid-century homes made famous by Don’s Party and Dame Edna

A Royal Victorian Small Homes House, designed in conjuction with The Age newspaper, 1955. Photo: Wolfgang Sievers. Pictures Collection, State Library Victoria Of all...

CoWork Me: Finalist in the Dulux Colour Awards

We would like to announce that CoWork Me is a finalist in the 33rd Dulux Colour Awards. The category our building is being recognised...

Melbourne Tourist tips

Waking up on the Summer morning ,sipping coffee as the birds dart in and out of the garden, is bliss, even if the rest...

The Fabric Architect

“I wanted to be an Architect” Dior French designer Christian Dior craved an artistic life as the economic world collapsed under the weight of...

MONA, the road to OZ

MONA; the Museum of Old & New Art ‘Prior to the visit I had heard plenty of favourable comments and recommendations about MONA; surprisingly...
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