Design
Education
Boosting student wellbeing through their environment
New research calls for co-creating the built and natural environments of universities to support student wellbeing
Environment
Design for (all) life
Humans create most designs for themselves, but can and should use opportunities to make spaces that benefit all forms of life
Environment
Designing homes for extreme weather
The devastating effects of extreme weather mean we must design homes to protect human life and buildings. Failure to do so risks some areas becoming ‘uninsurable’
Environment
Lifting standards in Victoria’s building industry
Victoria’s regulatory system leaves home-buyers vulnerable, but the Government has an opportunity to raise the bar for builders
Arts & Culture
Conserving Melbourne’s creative heritage
With Melbourne’s historic Nicholas Building on the market, we need to rethink the city’s urban heritage to conserve places that have played an exceptional role in our local history
Environment
Designing liveable cities for our future climate
The Climate Imaginary exhibit explores works from architects and urban designers, pushing the boundaries of our imagination to envision better and more creative climate futures for our cities
Environment
Building collective knowledge for action
Community-led research brings together cultural, economic and environmental considerations for a unique design collaboration on Olkola Country
Environment
The time is now for Indigenous design equity
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders have always been the architects, the engineers and the land managers – that deep wisdom must be reflected in tackling climate change
Environment
Reimagining international airports in COVID-19
COVID-19 highlights that our capacity to manage international travel is critical when responding to a pandemic. The way we design airports could minimise the risk of imported outbreaks
Environment
Architecture and design in a post-pandemic world
The pandemic has reinforced that design and physical space plays a role in enabling disease to spread. But the built environment can also support infection control, as the past has shown