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• Steelcase opens hybrid showroom and workplace in Hangzhou

  24-02-2026 07:29 via indesignlive.com
  Global workplace solutions company Steelcase has expanded its presence in China with the opening of a new 1,200-square-metre showroom in Hangzhou. Designed in partnership with M Moser, the project rethinks the showroom model by combining workspace, hospitality and display in an immersive environment that evolves with changing work practices.“The new space builds stronger client connections and a strategic presence, while advancing innovative work practices locally and regionally,” sa
  
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• Light, space and amenity at the ‘People’s Hospital’

  24-02-2026 07:18 via indesignlive.com
  With the opening of the new Footscray Hospital in Victoria, the community has gained not just a superb facility to enhance health and wellbeing, but a singular precinct that supports people.The project, delivered as a public private partnership by Plenary Health consortium, in partnership with the Victorian Government and Western Health provides outstanding amenities for Footscray, an inner-western suburb of Melbourne and its community.Designed by COX Architecture and Billard Leece Partnership (
  
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• A straw odyssey: Australian architect heads to Europe for waste materials research

  24-02-2026 07:01 via indesignlive.com
  “I wish it need not have happened in my time,” said Frodo.“So do I,” said Gandalf, “and so do all who live to see such times. But that is not for them to decide. All we have to decide is what to do with the time that is given us.”I’m not Frodo and thank goodness I don’t have a cursed ring. But I am weighted, as we all are, by the knowledge that the critical window for a serious response to catastrophic climate change is now and within the next few
  
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• Urban verticality in India

  24-02-2026 06:50 via indesignlive.com
  Rising 301 metres above South Mumbai and overlooking the Mahalaxmi Racecourse and the Arabian Sea, Minerva Tower is India’s tallest completed and fully operational residential tower, completed in November 2025. With 91 floors, the project delivers expansive living and performance-driven design at a height previously unseen in Indian high-rise architecture. Situated along the city’s coastal edge and in close proximity to metro corridors, Mahalaxmi railway station and the Coastal Road,
  
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• A whole lot more than a transport system

  24-02-2026 06:00 via architectureau.com
  A tram network holds a city together, conferring a conceptual cohesion that is itself welcoming, which makes the mid-century rush to rip them out across cities worldwide all the more baffling.
  
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• Adelaide Festival Centre reopens with refurbished theatres

  24-02-2026 05:55 via architectureau.com
  Adelaide Festival Centre reopens with refurbished theatres
  
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• Distinguished architect Daryl Jackson dies aged 89

  24-02-2026 05:15 via architectureau.com
  The Victorian architect, writer and educator leaves a profound legacy, including award-winning built works ranging from sporting venues, through to schools, health buildings and commercial towers.
  
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• “Doing things differently demands an incredible sense of responsibility”

  24-02-2026 05:07 via indesignlive.com
  Objects in exhibitions have typically been displayed in white rooms, on white plinths, accompanied by simple captions with black text on a white background. However, Spanish curator Chus Martínez and Sydney-based architect Nguyen Le believe this white-cube mode of display no longer makes sense for our times.
  “Exhibition design should not be neutral,” Martínez says. She is passionate about the important role exhibition design and exhibition architecture can have in helpi
  
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• Art, design and momentum at Melbourne Art Fair 2026

  24-02-2026 05:05 via indesignlive.com
  We all know that including art in a project adds something special — an individual layer that elevates any environment. A visit to the Melbourne Art Fair (MAF) this year was the perfect place to see, experience and acquire that distinction.The 19th edition of MAF this year welcomed 20,987 visitors, up 22.3 per cent from 2025, with Champagne Bollinger VIP Preview and Vernissage attendance increasing by more than 50 per cent. Total artwork sales reached a record $16.4 million, underscoring t
  
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• Point Lonsdale House by Field Office Architecture

  24-02-2026 01:05 via architectureau.com
  Inspired by coastal modernism, this new residence on the Bellarine Peninsula capitalises on borrowed views to create a calming home that caters for seclusion and sociability.
  
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• 2025 Byera Hadley Travelling Scholarship recipients announced

  24-02-2026 00:12 via architectureau.com
  In 2025, the New South Wales Architects Registration Board awarded four scholarships with a total value of $105,000.
  
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