Australia
Rob Adams: balancing density + quality of life
21 June 2010
Rob Adams: balancing density + quality of life

Rob Adams presents a plan for increas­ing dens­ity and improv­ing qual­ity of life in Mel­bourne, Aus­tralia: the good news is that major change can be gentle, and that the future looks familiar.

Video: Informalism inspires with activist architecture
18 May 2010
Video: Informalism inspires with activist architecture

Hugo Moline takes us on a tour of community-created hous­ing across our region, and intro­duces us to Sydney’s Kapit-bahayan Filipino hous­ing co-operative, a poten­tial model for a medium-density city.

Designers at play: tracking trains
23 April 2010
Designers at play: tracking trains

Design­ers around the region are pick­ing up on the play­ful pos­sib­il­it­ies that lie in the struc­tures and signs around us. Yiy­ing Lu and zeroperzero are let­ting their ima­gin­a­tions loose on sub­way maps…

The round-up: thanks for showing us your cities!
20 April 2010
The round-up: thanks for showing us your cities!

Explore 12 out­stand­ing entries in our Show Us Your City com­pet­i­tion, as cre­at­ives and urban thinkers guide us through great cre­at­ive cit­ies around the region.

State. Respond: sustainable design gets personal
24 March 2010
State. Respond: sustainable design gets personal

Cre­at­ive dir­ect­ors of five Aus­tralian design stu­dios respond to the chal­lenges and oppor­tun­it­ies presen­ted by sus­tain­able design at Object Gal­lery in Sydney.

Biodiversity begins in your backyard
6 March 2010
Biodiversity begins in your backyard

The green cor­ridors cre­ated by back­yard biod­iversity provide an import eco­lo­gical link, con­nect­ing the urban hab­itat to its rural counterpart.