Northern Territory Architecture Awards entries

16 projects spanning from Darwin to Alice Springs are in the running for the Australian Institute of Architects’ 2013 Northern Territory Architecture Awards.

"This year’s award entries span the length and breadth of the Northern Territory. The architects have responded sensitively to the climate, location and culture of each place,” said Simon Scally, NT Chapter President. "The high quality of these projects highlights the significant contribution architects make to our cities and towns.”

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NSW Architecture Awards shortlist

72 residential, commercial, interior, public, heritage and urban design projects have been shortlisted for the Australian Institute of Architects’ NSW Architecture Awards.

In addition to the category prizes, further awards for Sustainable Architecture and the COLORBOND® Award for Steel Architecture will be selected from across the entire field of entries, along with the Blacket Prize for regional architecture, the President’s Prize, the Premier’s Prize, the City of Sydney Lord Mayor’s Prize, and awards for individual contributions.

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New range by Billi

Billi has launched three new tap styles a corresponding font after collaborating with architects, designers, consumers and staff. Clean and sophisticated, the new range offers design options and alternative finishes with a minimalist style, and complies with access and mobility standards, demonstrating Billi’s position as the leader in boiling and chilled water systems.

• The streamlined and elegant Levered tap is the foundation of the range and is operated with position-sensitive levers.
• The Touch tap is innovative and contemporary, with a clean and sophisticated style. It has a touch operation panel on the top of the tap.
• The Remote tap option has its operation panel located remotely. This can be installed in your desired position allowing for those with restricted dexterity, and ensures easy operation whilst still enjoying the benefits of Billi’s instant boiling and chilled systems.
• The all new integrated Flush-mount Font is the perfect addition to the new taps, creating the ultimate in modern, clean styling.

Details at billi.com.au

Cell Tables by Keith Melbourne

Inspired by microscopic plant cell structures, the Cell table collection by Keith Melbourne comprises unique side and coffee table forms. Table top finishes include a range of laminate and veneer with the mild steel legs finished in satin black or satin white powdercoat.

Details at stylecraft.com.au

OBJECT FUTURE exhibition

Emerging designers from Melbourne, Tasmania and Germany showcase their work in OBJECT FUTURE, a new exhibition independently organised and curated by Melbourne designer Dale Hardiman and emerging curator Suzannah Henty. On display at Fitzroy’s Brunswick Street Art Gallery from 3-16 May, OBJECT FUTURE brings together some of the best fresh new faces in furniture design, typography, graphic design, lighting and more, creating a unique space for emerging designers to present their  work to a diverse audience.

“OBJECT FUTURE proposes that the conceptual and aesthetic components of design permit an exhibition entirely exploring this practice,” co-curators Hardiman and Henty explained in a statement. “Here the exhibition endeavours to reclaim the gallery environment for design, as a place of criticism and a place for creative and constructive dialogue around design and its practice – while simultaneously providing a platform for emerging designers to present their work to a wider audience outside academic critique.”

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New Generation: Alison Jackson

The unique qualities of silver and the fundamentals of an ages-old craft are the inspiration and starting point for silversmith Alison Jackson.

Silver has a particular allure for Alison Jackson, something she discovered many years ago when she first began to experiment  with precious metals in an after-school  jewellery-making class.

“It is a truly beautiful material, both to look at and to work with,” Jackson says. “It has a wonderful and unique malleability and luminosity. I find that metal, silver in particular, has a freedom about it that I really enjoy. It still amazes me what you can achieve with a sheet of metal and a hammer.”

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Extra content from Monument 114

NEW GENERATION: Alison Jackson

For this issue's New Generation feature, we talked to Canberra-based silversmith and jeweller Alison Jackson about her alluring work. [Read more]

CREATE A DATE: Wine rack

We asked architect Shawn Godwin and industrial designer Surya Graf to put their creative ideas together to create a wine rack.  [Read more]

FRONTIER: Buenos Aires

Our Frontier feature took us to Buenos Aires to explore the design scene following Argentina's financial crisis of 2001. See more of photographer Ana Armendariz's beatufiul images here. [Read more]

SUBS CLUB: Win a Sonos prize pack

Just by being a Monument subscriber, you'll go in the draw to win a great Sonos prize pack valued at $641.88. [Read more]

Win a Sonos prize pack

Subscribe to Monument and you will immediately become a member of our Subs Club! This issue's draw is for a great Sonos prize pack.

(PLEASE NOTE: Tablet pictured is not included as part of the prize.)

Just by being a Monument subscriber, you will automatically go in the draw to win this great prize from Sonos valued at $641.88. Subscribe by 21/05/2013 to be included in this issue’s draw.

There are three great sounding components to this prize: a PLAY:3 wireless, all-in-one multi-room speaker; a Sonos BRIDGE to connect the system to your home; and a 12 month subscription to MOG, the premium on-demand music service for web and mobile, which allows you to stream music in high-quality 320kbps and even get personalised music.

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Create a Date: Wine rack

Surya Graf is a Brisbane-based industrial designer and Shawn Godwin is an architect and director at Base Architecture in Brisbane. For this issue’s Create a Date, the two creative thinkers teamed up to build a stylish and functional rack, perfect for storing and displaying all of your favourite drops of wine…

“In developing the design for the wine rack the main focus was on the process, rather than any specific outcome. We wanted to work collaboratively toward a design that made reference to both of our studio practices. The concept was about merging the architectural with the industrial in terms of both form and materiality.

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