A wheat field arrives in the middle of a Perth office
September 7, 2026
This installation fills a Perth CBD office floor with a soundscape and Wheatbelt-inspired landscape under fluorescent light.
natural materials
Symbolplus fits out its Tokyo office in earth and paper
August 25, 2026
Symbolplus’ Tokyo office is fitted out almost entirely in red-earth plaster and handmade paper.
Design at the edge between city and sea: the inaugural Coastal Design Assembly
August 18, 2026
Sophie Lanigan Projects presents Coastal Design Assembly 2026 at the MCA Lecture Theatre in Sydney on 26 August, a single evening gathering recent projects that work directly with coasts, harbours, headlands, pools, reefs and waterfronts.
Salty air and sand: Barwon Dunes House by Eliza Blair Architecture
August 17, 2026
Designed by Eliza Blair Architecture, Barwon Dunes House is a two-storey coastal house where blackbutt, rammed earth and stone have been chosen to weather against salt air and wind.
Deans Marsh House is built for now, and years to come
July 29, 2026
Designed by Tecture, Deans Marsh House is a rammed earth and timber home in rural Victoria, arranged as two pavilions either side of an earthen spine.
Glulam (glued laminated timber): an Australian guide
July 25, 2026
Glulam, or glued laminated timber, explained: how it’s graded in Australia, where it works, how it performs, and how it’s produced.
CLT House is a retreat designed to weather in the open
July 23, 2026
Designed by nArchitects, CLT House is a lake house built almost entirely from exposed cross-laminated timber, scaled down from an unbuilt 2008 scheme.
Rugs woven with silk, wool, hemp and allo
July 16, 2026
A collaboration between Marc Phillips Rugs and architect Jamie Bush, Field Studies translates aerial paintings of crop fields into rugs layered from silk, wool, hemp and allo – a wild Himalayan nettle.
What is rammed earth? A comprehensive guide
July 7, 2026
Rammed earth walls bring high thermal mass, fire resistance and raw beauty. Here is a complete guide to building with earth.
Built from the ground it stands on: Lot 8 in Arles, France
June 22, 2026
The renovation of a former nineteenth-century electrical depot draws its materials, almost entirely, from the few kilometres of southern France around it.
