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• Shortlist revealed: 2025 ArchitectureAu Award for Social Impact

  15-05-2025 06:10 via architectureau.com
  
  A sanitation block in rural Nepal and a historic factory-turned-community hub in Sydney are among the projects shortlisted in this year’s award.
  
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• Pursuit of happiness: 2025 Dulux Study Tour, Copenhagen

  15-05-2025 05:00 via architectureau.com
  
  On the first leg of the tour, discussion between the winners consistently circled back to the very Danish idea that architecture must return to the public what it takes, offering value in exchange for space and presence.
  
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• Coil House Adaptation by Karen Abernethy Interiors and Architecture

  15-05-2025 03:00 via architectureau.com
  
  An empathetic adaptation to a distinctive and celebrated house, designed in 1954 by Peter McIntyre, honours the ideas – and idiosyncrasies – of the original design.
  
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• Volker Haug awarded Melbourne Design Week Prize

  15-05-2025 02:58 via indesignlive.com
  
  “It was definitely a surprise to win an award – it’s a beautiful compliment,” says Volker Haug, founder and director of the eponymous studio.The German-born, Melbourne-based lighting designer has won the 2025 Melbourne Design Week Award presented by Mercedes-Benz Australia. The award recognises Haug and his studio’s outstanding contribution to the Australian design industry and the exhibition 20 Years of Volker Haug Studio presented in this year’s festiva
  
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• Volker Haug awarded Melboure Design Week Prize

  15-05-2025 02:58 via indesignlive.com
  
  “It was definitely a surprise to win an award – it’s a beautiful compliment,” says Volker Haug, founder and director of the eponymous studio.The German-born, Melbourne-based lighting designer has won the 2025 Melbourne Design Week Award presented by Mercedes-Benz Australia. The award recognises Haug and his studio’s outstanding contribution to the Australian design industry and the exhibition 20 Years of Volker Haug Studio presented in this year’s festiva
  
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• The cultural value of craft: How craft communities strengthen regional identity

  15-05-2025 02:43 via indesignlive.com
  
  Nicole Durling is Executive Director at Creative Victoria, having spent more than 20 years in the creative sector as an artist, curator, board director, advocate, advisor and executive leader. Her experience includes working in public, private, commercial and not-for-profit organisations and businesses. After 15 years as Director of Collections and Exhibitions with the Museum of Old and New Art (Mona) in Hobart, Nicole commenced her role as Executive Director of Craft Victoria in mid-2021.
  
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• Construction begins on new Melbourne memorial park

  15-05-2025 02:42 via architectureau.com
  
  The first stage of the Harkness Memorial Park, the largest Victorian cemetery development in 100 years, is expected to open in early 2027.
  
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• Shortlisted houses vying for the 2025 NSW Architecture Awards

  15-05-2025 01:42 via architectureau.com
  
  Fifty residences were shortlisted from the biggest pool of entries to date, comprising more than 280 submissions across 13 categories.
  
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• Throsby House by Curious Practice

  15-05-2025 01:39 via architectureau.com
  
  A refined response to a familiar suburban context yields a relaxed family home that elevates the everyday patterns of domestic life.
  
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