Tag: Indigenous architecture
Winning design unveiled for WSU Indigenous Centre of Excellence
Western Sydney University’s Indigenous Centre of Excellence will be a community-focused facility that will integrated Indigenous knowledge into its design.
Competition launched for Western Sydney University’s Indigenous Centre of Excellence
Australian architects and designers are invited to submit expressions of interest for the re-design of Western Sydney University’s Indigenous Centre of Excellence.
Design competition launched for national Indigenous cultural precinct
The Australian government has launched the national competition to design a $316.5 million Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander cultural precinct in Canberra.
Indigenous cultural precinct to be built in Canberra
A $316.5 million Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander cultural precinct will be built on the shores of Lake Burley Griffin.
Vision for 64-hectare Brisbane park finalized
Brisbane council’s final vision to transform a golf course into a public park will include revegetated forests, native bushland pockets and restored waterholes.
Consideration of Country to be the heart of NSW planning system
Government Architect NSW has released a draft planning framework aimed at prioritizing and protecting Indigenous connection to Country.
Australia’s first Indigenous residential college to be built at UTS
The University of Technology Sydney (UTS) has announced plans to build a $100 million residential college for Indigenous students on or near its Ultimo campus.
Aboriginal traditions describe the complex motions of planets, the ‘wandering stars’ of the sky
Recent research reveals a wealth of information about the planets and their complex motions in the knowledge systems of Indigenous Australians.
The stories behind Aboriginal star names now recognized by the world’s astronomical body
The International Astronomical Union has officially recognized the Australian Aboriginal names for four stars – three names from the Wardaman people and one from the Boorong people.
The Moving City as palimpsest
In Australia our cities are built upon the lands of Indigenous peoples, but Indigenous people are still here; their culture is still here. To see it we must stop, listen and look for the signs.
New book to connect urban planners and Indigenous communities
A new book titled Planning for Coexistence? aims to connect urban planners and Indigenous communities and help the two work together effectively.