Art, Architecture & Design

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Bypassing planning regulations is likely to have impacts on social inequity and wellbeing that could prove very costly for both governments and people.

Quay Quarter Tower

How we reduce CO2 emissions in the built environment is changing – with focus moving from energy efficiency to reducing embodied carbon, according to UNSW’s Philip Oldfield.

rafael lozano-hemmer poses inside one of the exhibits

This new show at the Powerhouse Museum reflects the chaos of the digital world and the ubiquity of digital tracking.

Pile of fabric scraps

Greater consideration of the clothes we buy and how we look after them can lead to more equitable and environmentally friendly practices, says UNSW Associate Professor of Design Alison Gwilt.

Artist Nicole Monksat UNSW Galleries barangga exhibtion

An immersive exhibition of First Nations design invites visitors into the creative process through workshops and videos sharing the stories behind the works.

A woman sits on stairs using a typewriter

‘Literary couples are a plague,’ wrote Elsa Morante, married to Alberto Moravia. They’re one of the couples in this lively exploration of what happens when two writers share loves and lives.

School kids play on a high rise outdoor area

In a new study, students say they want access to indoor and outdoor play spaces at vertical schools. But they don’t want too much noise.

rufus sewell and juliet aubrey in a bbc production of middlemarch

In George Eliot’s masterpiece of 19th century realism, characters are confronted with the limits of their individual capacities and visions.

Julia Gutman with her work Head in the sky, feet on the ground at the Archibald, Wynne and Sulman Prizes 2023 winners announcement

Archibald Prize winner Julia Gutman paints portraits whose stories run deep, and are layered with meaning and with textiles, too.

Barry Humphries as Edna Everage

So many of our artistic geniuses have complicated legacies. What do we do with work we love by artists whose behaviour is more difficult to admire?

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