Brand new this week, ‘Reclaimed: New Homes From Old Materials’ by Penny Craswell is an inspiring collection of homes made from salvaged & repurposed materials, showcasing design ingenuity & award-winning architecture from across the globe. Look inside: bit.ly/3DkjngV

“Intensely personal, Suh’s works are about recording places and things through measuring, stitching and rubbing – sometimes over years.” From my review of Korean-born artist Do Ho Suh’s exhibition MCA Australia in Houses magazine. architectureau.com/articles/do-ho…

'I wanted to give my space object narrators the same humility, longing for love and connection, and flashes of wisdom that the best kinds of human narrators often have in fiction.' sydneyreviewofbooks.com/essay/the-pers…

With shades of rippling glass, Ceto Circlet is a new light by Melbourne designer Ross Gardam, recently launched at Milan Design Week #australiandesign #milandesignweek thedesignwriter.com.au/object-stories…

Speculation Nation exhibition at Craft ACT, Gunta by Studiopepe and Ceto Circlet by Ross Gardam, plus a small house in Sydney by Custom Mad - mailchi.mp/55570a3f0a0b/k…

Speculation Nation: Making Utopia Craft ACT, Canberra 18 May - 1 July 2023 Artists: Bic Tieu | Emma Peters | Kim Johnston | Dennis Golding | Kyoko Hashimoto | Melinda Young | Soraya Abidin Curator: Penny Craswell craftact.org.au/blogs/future-e…

This year I curated my first exhibition as a consultant (rather than in-house) curator. It's called "Speculation Nation: Making Utopia" and it features the work of seven Australian craft artists engaging with social, political and environmental issues. thedesignwriter.com.au/speculation-na…

Congrats Ben Peake for winning the Emerging Architect award at NSW Architecture Awards Ben Peake Aust Institute Archs

The Lord Mayors Prize goes to 3XN and BVN for Quay Quarter Tower Aust Institute Archs

NSW Premier’s prize goes to Bigge Street social housing in Liverpool by Turner architects Aust Institute Archs

This year the sustainability checklist was required for all projects not just those entering the sustainability category - fantastic leadership from NSW Chapter of Aust Institute Archs - fantastic stuff chair of juries for this year’s awards Helen Lochhead Helen Lochhead

Awards flying left right and centre - congrats to Grimshaw and Architectus for commercial and educational awards respectively. Also to ARM Architecture for the new Sydney Opera House interiors - incredible acoustics! Aust Institute Archs NSW Chapter Awards

Congratulations Adam Haddow and everyone at SJB for winning the Wilkinson Award for Residential Architecture - Houses (New) NSW Chapter for 19 Waterloo Street Aust Institute Archs

Wow - in their first year entering projects into the Aust Institute Archs NSW Awards SAHA have won the Sustainability awards and two residential (alts and adds) awards! Amazing work!!

And the new Art Gallery NSW building by SANAA and Architectus wins the Sulman Medal for public architecture Aust Institute Archs NSW Chapter awards - congratulations!!

Richard Flanagan's closing night address for the Sydney Writers Festival - about the Indigenous Voice to Parliament, about the complexities around telling Indigenous and Australian stories. A fantastic, incredibly well-informed rant for the ages. omny.fm/shows/sydney-w…

Sustainable design in a pottery studio by Alexander Symes and Sarah K's book on the topic, plus two exhibitions from Melbourne Design Week. - mailchi.mp/8646a646e9a7/k…

Special Announcement: My new book "The New Sustainable House" is now available for pre-order - mailchi.mp/2114cfe5cb3d/k…

Bring goodness to your festive cheer with this year's Ethical Gift Guide - mailchi.mp/7d6960832e94/k…

My Milan picks for InteriorsAU, Scott Duncan’s new ceramics in Sydney, Martino Gamper and Max Lamb at the Opera House and my Postcard from Paris. - mailchi.mp/aefbb7df32d0/k…