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UN World Happiness Report 2021.

UN World Happiness Report 2021.

Around the web, Ideas by Open Journal

Now in its 9th year, the World Happiness Report has become a touchstone in understanding global happiness and the driving forces which impact and affect it.

Private Revelations | 2021 NGV Architectural Commission Submission

Private Revelations | 2021 NGV Architectural Commission Submission

Architecture, Ideas by Tiffany Jade

Late last year Neometro, Kosloff Architecture and Aires Mateus joined together in a like-minded collaboration to realise a conceptual response to the NGV’s 2021 Architecture Commission.

Finding Our Way in The Wake of the Bushfires

Finding Our Way in The Wake of the Bushfires

Ideas by Open Journal

The past weeks have pushed the reset button on Australian life. The massive devastation to our built and natural environments has served as a humbling reminder that we are nothing more than custodians of this beautiful land.

Nature Deficit Disorder

Nature Deficit Disorder

Ideas, Open Musings by Open Journal

A vast majority of Australian's spend their lives behind a screen, indoors, inhaling re-circulated air made slightly better thanks to a scattering of greenery for ambiance. Perhaps this saturation in the artificial is what is prompting a mini exodus from urban centres as we yearn from some unplugged nature and a deep breath of fresh air from time to time.

Mobile Hyper Kitchen by CROWD.

Mobile Hyper Kitchen by CROWD.

Design, Ideas by Open Journal

The Mobile Hyper Kitchen (MHK) by CROWD Productions is a response to current social, economic and environmental challenges on our domestic spaces and redefines the kitchen as an activity rather than a room.

Breathe Earth Collective – Hybrid Forests in Urban Environments

Breathe Earth Collective – Hybrid Forests in Urban Environments

Ideas, Open Musings by Open Journal

The sensation of walking into a room that has been treated to the humble and beautifully simple work of Austria’s Breathe Earth Collective is akin to sipping from a glass of spring water after a long period of drinking from muddy puddles.

The RACV Tiny Home

The RACV Tiny Home

Design, Ideas by Open Journal

The RACV Tiny Home, a highly engineered and fully transportable home, packs a huge amount of amenity into its small footprint yet has the capacity to massively challenge the way we view our domestic environments.

The Rooftop: Developing The Last Urban Frontier

The Rooftop: Developing The Last Urban Frontier

Architecture, Ideas by Open Journal

As our urban centers grow ever denser we are beginning to see a huge acceleration in the demand for developed rooftop space in multi-residential developments.

Below the Surface of Tasmania’s Lake Pieman

Below the Surface of Tasmania’s Lake Pieman

Ideas by Open Journal

Lake Pieman, in Tasmania's hydro lake region in the west of the state, lay relatively undisturbed until David Wise flew his Cessna high above and happened upon the secret that had remained dormant below its murky depths for over 25 years.