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29 Apr 2024
New research from a major retail and dining precinct in China shows retailers who adopt new ecommerce strategies are reinvigorating the city-centres main streets.
8 Dec 2023
A newly launched University of Melbourne report has proposed a series of progressive strategies aimed at acknowledging cultural heritage, fostering social capital and cohesion, and enhancing water quality and biodiversity along the Birrarung’s (Yarra's) confluences.
28 Sep 2023
Unlocking interconnected corridors of green space in densely populated areas around Melbourne is the focus of a new partnership project with the University of Melbourne and not-for-profit design practice, OFFICE.
7 Oct 2022
New housing solutions to meet the changing demographics and long-term vision for Shepparton will be explored through a new design brief project, produced in collaboration by the Committee for Greater Shepparton (C4GS) and the University of Melbourne.
11 May 2022
A new series launched today in The Lancet Global Health provides the building blocks for a global standard to measure the sustainability of cities worldwide and to assess policy to make cities healthier and more sustainable.
27 Oct 2021
A chronic shortage in affordable housing has government and industry driving frenzied building activity, but it must be guided by socially minded design and a national housing policy to achieve the best outcomes for vulnerable residents, according to University of Melbourne academics.
29 Mar 2021
Melbourne School of Design brings together exhibitions, discussions and international collaborations to envision a better and healthier future as part of Melbourne Design Week 2021.
7 Oct 2020
The University of Melbourne’s Connected Cities Lab and the City of Melbourne will work together to implement the United Nations’ Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).
10 Aug 2020
People living in share houses in Victoria have suffered significant socio-economic shocks due to the current pandemic, according to a new survey.
1 May 2020
Early-career arts researchers and practitioners will have the chance to develop their communication skills as part of a new media residency at the ABC, in partnership with the University of Melbourne and the Australia Council for the Arts.
12 Mar 2020
Melbourne School of Design’s Future Prototyping Exhibition offers glimpses of the future with prototypes of sustainable design, reduction and re-use of material as part of Melbourne Design Week 2020.
28 Jan 2020
City design combining more public transport and rail networks with smaller, low speed blocks were the best to reduce road transport injuries, according to a new global study.
14 Nov 2019
Gender equity in the built environment professions – including architecture, design and construction – will come under the spotlight as more than 30 Australian and international speakers converge at the University of Melbourne this week.
21 Oct 2019
Lecturer in architecture at the Melbourne School of Design Jefa Greenaway has been named co-creative director of the Australian Pavilion at next year’s Venice Architecture Biennale, alongside, University alumnus Tristan Wong, director of architects SJB.
4 Oct 2019
Melburnians have the chance to take a peek into utopian imaginations for the future of their city – from lagoon beaches opposite Port Melbourne to floating pods in Port Phillip Bay – at an exhibition opening today at the Melbourne School of Design.
28 May 2019
The University of Melbourne has partnered with the Department of Environment Land Water and Planning (DELWP) and the City of Melbourne on a research project to retrofit the building that houses the office of the Victorian Premier with a green roof.
21 Mar 2019
The University of Melbourne is calling on all established and aspiring architects, designers and planners to participate in this year’s Future Park International Design Competition.
3 Oct 2018
A trial housing development on a 34-unit apartment block in North Melbourne has helped people come off social housing waiting lists, thanks to a unique partnership between University of Melbourne, Melbourne City Mission, Resilient Melbourne and the City of Melbourne.
19 Jul 2018
More than 30 local and international First Nations design practitioners will present at the University of Melbourne’s Indigenous Design Symposium this week to explore the role of Indigenous design.
31 May 2018
A new study has found people are willing to pay a premium for energy efficient homes, prompting calls for a mandatory energy efficiency rating (EER) disclosure system to be rolled out Australia-wide.