Painting Industry News

In this edition of Products in Practice, Kerry Kounnapis shares how a versatile timber product helped shape an award-winning hospitality interior.

Christine Rose Design has reimagined the coastal apartment, replacing whitewashed interiors with a warm, material-rich palette inspired by Manly's sandstone cliffs, native vegetation and golden afternoon light.

“So much architecture these days is about nothing,” argues Elizabeth Farrelly. She contends that what the profession needs is a set of beliefs fashioned “into a kind of theory to guide architecture and city-making into the future.”

The state government’s reforms, which target the removal of “unnecessary red tape” in order to improve housing supply, are proposed to commence on 14 August.

The draft vision for Brisbane’s Victoria Park precinct beyond the 2032 Olympic Games preserves two-thirds of the park as green space while proposing new public infrastructure to enhance recreation, connectivity and activation.

Designed to foster cultural continuity in a regional town, the adaptation of a former store into a library and community hub has made it a civic anchor and a catalyst for local culture to develop.

While viral claims about data centre water-use don’t hold up, the real story is worth understanding. It comes down to where these centres are built, what water they use and how they report it.

Celebrating 10 years this year, the 2026 festival program offers the opportunity to visit a diverse range of public and private spaces united under the theme “sustainable inclusive design”.

CFMEU administrator Michael Crosby has opened up on threats from John Setka, cast doubt on a statement made by former Victorian premier Jacinta Allan and questioned the value of royal commissions.

A new pavilion and homestead renewal on a significant site for Tasmania’s Palawa people, this year’s award-winner offers a literal and symbolic means for community to return, gather, remember, care for and speak truth on Country.

Truth Telling at Wybalenna by Taylor and Hinds Architects with the Aboriginal Land Council of Tasmania.

Fitzroy Neighbourhood House by Kennedy Nolan.

SDA Robust Housing Project by Studio Bright.

The Open Field Agency by MAPA Art and Architecture.

Wilya Janta Explain Home by Wilya Janta, Office, Troppo Architects and Paul Memmott.

Yitpi Yartapuultiku (The Soul of Port Adelaide) by Ashley Halliday Architects with Yitpi Yartapuultiku Working Group Port Adelaide, PAE Council and Wax Design.

This month, hear from architects and designers at events in Melbourne, Sydney and Perth as they discuss their first and last projects, their designs for adaptable spaces with long lifespans, and their work at the intersection of coastal and urban environments.

Edition Office has embraced the rare opportunities and extreme constraints of a site on Melbourne’s Birrarung/Yarra River to create an introspective urban refuge embedded in foliage.

In a coastal town where houses typically revere the view, this joyful dwelling instead looks inwards and upwards, creating a private haven that unfolds around a courtyard.

Elizabeth Farrelly recalls the impact of the British-born architect, academic and artist who “brought urban design in his suitcase” when he arrived in Australia in the late ’80s.