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Tomás Saraceno’s The Seeds of Flight at Parkline Place above the Gadigal metro station in Sydney.

The artwork taking flight above one of Sydney’s busiest metro stations

Tomás Saraceno has been called the artist most likely to change the world. His first permanent public artwork in Australia has just opened in Sydney.

  • Julie Power

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The lush pool area.

More than 50 years on, grand Singapore hotel goes green

More than 35 per cent of the Grand Hyatt’s staff has been with the hotel for more than a decade, some for multiple decades.

  • Julietta Jameson
A calf at the new elephant habitat at Werribee Open Range Zoo.

The elephants with room to move and trumpeting their happy habitat

The new habitat at Werribee Open Range Zoo includes a swimming pool, space to explore and underpasses where visitors can walk underneath the herd.

  • Cara Waters
Judith and Brian Preston, chief judge of the Land and Environment Court, and their architect Glenn Murcutt, almost 90 years old, at their house which he designed in the Sydney suburb of St Ives for, which was completed in 1992.

Why exploring this Sydney home is like finding an unplayed Mozart

The 89th birthday of Australia’s most celebrated architect, Glenn Murcutt, has prompted a major celebration of his work and his style of climate-friendly design.

  • Julie Power
Inside a Neometro townhouse development on Martin Street, Thornbury that has won design awards.

‘Tick-box’ apartment standards stifle housing solutions, award-winning developer warns

Victoria’s apartment standards mean that unconventional plans, like boutique “lofts” similar to warehouse conversions, struggle to meet definitions for approval, Neometro says.

  • Lachlan Abbott
The F/A-18 Hornet under the Aperture in the Middle East Gallery, seen during a visit to view construction work of Anzac Hall at the Australian War Memorial in Canberra on Wednesday 2 July

From Black Hawks to $2 pool noodles: Inside the new Anzac Hall

Engineering and architectural nous is behind the controversial expansion of the Australian War Memorial, which will include helicopters, armoured vehicles and an F/A-18A Hornet.

  • Julie Power
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Architect Rowan Opat (left) and home owner Russell Jessop stand in front of the 64-year-old Edgewater Towers in St Kilda.

Let there be light: Lessons from Melbourne’s first apartment high-rise

Apartments in the 1961 tower are larger and more light-filled than modern ones. An architect who has done refurbishments of the building says rules around high-density development must be loosened.

  • Sophie Aubrey
Pohio Adams Architects selected “Obleco”, the French glass block embedded with a raised circle that adds depth and texture as well as increasing privacy.

There was plenty of scope for things to go wrong for this home reno

The tired old Edwardian was in Melbourne, the architect was Sydney-based, and the client was also an architect. What could possibly go wrong?

  • Stephen Crafti
NSW Housing Pattern Book.

A mini-Aussie dream for $1? The future of Sydney housing revealed

Affordable fast-track homes are here in the NSW Housing Pattern Book, designed to stop young people fleeing the state. See all eight plans and vote for your favourite.

  • Julie Power
39S House by Andrew Noonan Architect in Petrie Terrace is part of Brisbane Open House 2025.

How a tiny workers’ cottage in Petrie Terrace became a luxe five-bedroom award-winner

The house near Suncorp Stadium is one of 91 buildings that opened their doors for Brisbane Open House.

  • Nick Dent

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