Become a Member

Members Directory

Upcoming Events

Sponsors & Partners

Upcoming Events

_
21 MAY
Ferrars & York walk-through: DMN 2023 Award Winner MelbourneVIC 3205

6 day/s till Registration closes
25 MAY
Contract Administration Workshop ONLINE (AEST)

Registrations Closing Soon!
28 MAY
From 6 stars, to 7 star WoH, to True Zero Carbon - Series Online Zoom

Registrations Closing Soon!
28 MAY
From 6 stars, to 7 star WoH, to True Zero Carbon: Part 1 Online Zoom

Registrations Closing Soon!
30 MAY
FirstRate5 LIVE: Model Class 2 Multi-Dwellings (v3.23/2022) ONLINE (AEDT)

Registrations Closing Soon!

Breaking News

Job Board

/images/2024/news/img_9052.jpg

A Design Practitioner's List of Planning Concerns

A Design Practitioner’s List of Planning Concerns Compiled by Design Matters National members: Ashley Thompson, Clause1; Andrew Ferris, Andrew Ferris Building Design; and Peter Lombo, Archsign

Arrow
/images/DesignMatters/ArticleImages/Greenest%20House%20Hero%20Image%201.jpg

Baranduda ‘Greenest House’ challenges mindsets to win ESD Building Design Award

MELBOURNE: Greenest House, by Massimo Loche of Ausplan Design Group, has won the Building Design Award for Environmentally Sustainable Design, sponsored by Weathertex, at the 2021 Design Matters National Building Design Awards.

Arrow
/images/DesignMatters/ArticleImages/Silver%20Linings%20HERO%20Image1.jpg

One-off monument to minimalism wins Building Design of the Year Award Victoria

MELBOURNE: Silver Linings, by Wade Stephens of Rachcoff Vella Architecture, has taken out the Building Design of the Year Award (Vic.) at the 2021 Design Matters National Building Design Awards.

Arrow
/images/DesignMatters/ArticleImages/Fyansford%20House-%204%20Gables%20Hero%20Image%201.jpg

James Hardie Award winner wows from every angle

MELBOURNE: A stunning country-Victorian home by Ryan Darling of RLD Design has taken out the James Hardie Award (Vic.) at the 2021 Design Matters National (DMN) Building Design Awards.

Arrow
_
Part time Position - Junior draftsperson Creative Arch Building Design 06/05/2024
Qualified Architect Fletcher Development Consultants Pty Ltd 03/05/2024
Sub contract Archicad Draftsperson MTLA 30/04/2024
TPA, energy & sustainability analyst Co-Perform Pty Ltd 25/04/2024

Featured Articles

Village House

Designing a home for avid gardeners was no easy feat - what’s outside the house is just as important as what’s inside and sustainable measures make the house comfortable and reduce the long term environmental impact.

Holmesglen Student Hub and Learning Commons

The Student Hub and Learning Commons building is a landmark project for Holmesglen Institute of TAFE at their Moorabbin campus. Crosier Scott Architects cohesively connected a campus of disjointed buildings within a complex multi-facility learning centre. Through clever planning the Learning Commons works as a single facility made up of several flexible study and social zones.

Project Matters: Same But Different

Same but Different delivers two luxury, spacious townhomes in an evolving coastal village environment. The true success of the double storey multi-residential development by Holman Designs’ lies in its ability to promote a sense of “one integrated home” rather than part of a multi-residential project.

Design Matters National Sponsors

Design Matters National values the partnerships it has established with Australia’s leading suppliers of goods and services to the design profession.