Art, Architecture & Design

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How do we remake ourselves after unravelling? Plunge into life, says a mesmerising new work

11 May 2023

Deborah Levy’s new novel, set in our pandemic-era present, contains the heat and desire of a European summer and the upward struggle of a soul. Jane Gleeson-White says she ‘read it like a thriller’.

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More than 'model minorities': in Netflix's Beef, Asian migrants are allowed to have real emotions

09 May 2023

Beef gives permission to its feuding central characters and minority audience members to feel complex and nuanced emotions.

Australia now has its own grand mosque: a brief history of how these buildings fold into the urban landscape

09 May 2023

Grand mosques mark the urban space of major historical cities such as Mecca, Medina, Cordoba and Tunis. Now, Melbourne has its very own.

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Wanted: family-friendly apartments. But what do families want from apartments?

27 Apr 2023

Despite a surge in development, most apartments are one or two bedrooms and not family-friendly.

Adaptive reuse: should we convert empty offices to address housing shortages?

19 Apr 2023

Quality of life must lead office-to-residential conversions to ensure inequities are not built into our housing system, says UNSW expert.

Content quotas are a start - but Australia's screen industry needs more

03 Apr 2023

The forthcoming screen industry consultation needs to consider more than content quotas to ensure a strong and thriving Australian screen industry, says UNSW expert.

What is a cultural policy and why does Australia need one?

06 Mar 2023

Bold cultural visions can be useful for society and give certainty to the arts sector, says UNSW cultural data expert.

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Bedrooms: more than just a sleep space

02 Mar 2023

While bedrooms are still primarily a sleep environment, they are not just an area where we can snooze.

men at kens karate klub kensington in 1977 – William Yang

Illegal Sydney warehouse parties, AIDS, and gay liberation: photographer William Yang captured it

22 Feb 2023

Sydneyphiles remounts Yang’s 1977 exhibition, documenting mainstream Sydney and the illegal gay party scene.

Central City District Commissioner for the GCC to lead UNSW Cities Institute

14 Feb 2023

Peter Poulet has commenced his appointment as director of the UNSW Cities Institute with a mission to solve the biggest challenges facing our cities.

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