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• Living small, thinking circular

  19-05-2026 10:03 via indesignlive.com
  There is something familiar about Mod-u, in the way that it is an invitation to play: to stack, rearrange, assemble and reassemble. Designed by Melbourne-based Joanne Odisho, the winning entry of the 2026 Australian Furniture Design Award draws on the instinctive logic of modular building blocks, translating childhood memory into a sophisticated response to contemporary compact living.Presented by the National Gallery of Victoria and Stylecraft as part of Melbourne Design Week, the Australian Fu
  
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• Built environment bodies respond to Federal Budget

  19-05-2026 04:27 via architectureau.com
  This year’s Federal Budget promise to grant free access to mandatory Australian Standards has received wide support from peak industry bodies.
  
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• Brewing a new rooftop typology in Vijayawada

  19-05-2026 03:46 via indesignlive.com
  A brewery on a rooftop is already a kind of contradiction. It suggests weight, heat, machinery and production, lifted above the street into the open air. At Brunit, a new hospitality project by 23 Degrees Design Shift in Vijayawada, that contradiction becomes the basis of the architecture.Located atop a commercial building on MG Road, Brunit is conceived as both a brewing unit and a social destination. Its name folds those two identities together – Brewing + Unit – and the architectu
  
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• Matter meets design in mineral magnificence

  19-05-2026 01:47 via indesignlive.com
  Traditional stone is born of forces beyond human control – it is created in the lava-filled chasms and forges of volcanic activity, moulded by aeons of pressure within continental plates, or interactions between chemistry and physics over millennia. It has been treasured as one of the most enduring materials in the architectural lexicon, a sign of luxury, strength and timeless aesthetics.In the 21st century, innovation has delivered new, ecologically responsible ways of achieving the perfo
  
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• UNSW Health Translation Hub by Architectus

  19-05-2026 01:09 via architectureau.com
  Strategically positioned between a university and hospital campus, a new translational research building optimises opportunities for collaboration to deliver innovations in, and better outcomes for, patients’ health.
  
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