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• Funeral rights: Empires of the dead or circle of life

  29-04-2025 06:52 via architectureau.com
  
  "Dead bodies have physical implications, and where space is ever-more contested, the right of the dead to dominate fertile soils, housing sites, harbour views or bushland must be interrogated," writes Elizabeth Farrelly.
  
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• Onslow Gardens Apartment by Youssofzay Hart

  29-04-2025 06:47 via architectureau.com
  
  An expressive and quaint apartment set within an Art Deco building has been infused with colour and clean lines, resulting in a calm and minimal haven.
  
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• Trent Jansen: Designing of Culture, Collaboration and Spirit

  29-04-2025 05:37 via indesignlive.com
  
  The latest SpeakingOut! episode, hosted by Jan Henderson, features Trent Jansen, an accomplished Australian designer known for creating evocative, culturally rich objects. This conversation, proudly supported by Designer Rugs – partner of The Influencer category at the 2025 INDE.Awards – dives into Jansen’s career, design values and his recent award-winning collaboration.Jansen is celebrated for his thoughtful approach to design, focusing on culture, heritage and
  
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• Bobbie Bayley on empowering communities with design literacy and agency

  29-04-2025 02:00 via architectureau.com
  
  To celebrate 75 years of the Byera Hadley Travelling Scholarship, we asked eminent past scholars to reflect on the legacy of the prize and their research. Here, Bobbie Bayley reflects on taking the time to listen and being persistent in advocating for change.
  
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• Leading the architectural charge

  29-04-2025 01:40 via indesignlive.com
  
  Renowned architecture and design practice fjcstudio has been in the news recently. The Darlington Public School project was awarded top honours as the Best of The Best at the 2024 INDE.Awards and also received the accolade of Building of the Year at the 2024 World Architecture Festival. The practice creates inspirational architecture and interiors and is justifiably accorded honours for its work.fjcstudio is based on the eastern Australian seaboard in Melbourne, Sydney and Brisbane, along with a
  
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• Vinu Daniel: Organic storytelling emerges from site-responsive design

  29-04-2025 01:03 via architectureau.com
  Ahead of his keynote address at the 2025 Australian Architecture Conference, Vinu Daniel of Wallmakers asserts that when design responds to the unique characteristics of a site, storytelling becomes an organic outcome of the design process rather than a predetermined goal.
  
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• Remote work: The winners and the losers

  29-04-2025 00:58 via architectureau.com
  
  While the COVID-19 pandemic forced architecture studios into virtual modes of practicing, regional architects have long been reshaping how – and where – an architectural practice can operate.
  
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• Food for thought: Long Prawn blends food, art and performance

  29-04-2025 00:35 via architectureau.com
  
  Collingwood-based creative studio Long Prawn blurs the line between food and performance, crafting immersiveexperiences that challenge taste, tradition and expectation — one cricket canapé at a time.
  
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• New South Brisbane hotel on exhibition

  29-04-2025 00:02 via architectureau.com
  Bates Smart’s design for a new 15-storey luxury hotel is inspired by the monolithic form of Robin Gibson’s Queensland Art Gallery and the warm hues of Brisbane’s volcanic geology.
  
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