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NewsConcrete Playground Visits the Cornersmith Kitchen
Concrete Playground gets down and DIY at one of Cornersmith cafe's famous pickling sessions.
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NewsRussia’s Origami Summer House
Moscow-based architect Peter Kostelov has created this all-white 'origami house' for a Russian reality TV show.
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NewsThe Autark Home Floating Houseboat
The Autark Home brings a whole new meaning to living on the water.
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NewsConcrete Playground talks to Rohan Anderson (Whole Larder Love)
We preview the new book and talk about cities without supermarkets.
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News12 Innovative DIY Light Fixtures
Establish an alternative ambience, add some creative flair or improve the decor of a room simply by adding some alternative lights you've made yourself.
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NewsBrew Beer On-The-Go
Brew your own beer whenever and wherever you so desire with these tasty, transportable sachets.
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GuideGroup Dining: The Best International Restaurants for Celebrating the FIFA Women's World Cup 2023™
Get the gang together to fully embrace this footy season with a culinary journey throughout Sydney.
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GuideEight Vivid Sydney Highlights to Add to Your Diary If You Want to Farewell Winter with a Bang
Put these big-ticket items on your hit list, stat.
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GuideTen Sydney Solstice Highlights You Should Have on Your Radar This Winter
Don’t hibernate — head to debaucherous feasts, aquarium nightclubs and music-filled stargazing sessions instead.
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GuideSix Gigs to Catch During Sydney Solstice If You Can't Get Enough of Live Tunes
After so many months without live music, you've got some catching up to do — here's your chance.
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GuideNine Outdoor Adventures You Can Have in Sydney This Winter If You Unabashedly Love the Cold
Embrace your favourite season with laneway dance parties, harbourside ice rinks and kayak trips under the stars.
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NewsThe $9 Bike Made from Recycled Cardboard
A fully-functioning bicycle would not be the first thing to spring to mind when thinking of items made from recycled cardboard...
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NewsThe Top Ten Tiny Prefab Homes
Here are ten of the most sustainable, imaginative and simply bewildering tiny prefab houses that...
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NewsFacebook Goes Green
Here are six innovative groups and apps that have taken the fight for a greener future into the world of Facebook.
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NewsTurning Junk into Designer Furniture
These pieces of upcycled furniture have taken pieces of trash and turned them into treasure.
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NewsBeautiful Recycled Houses
Environmentalists have brought new meaning to the phrase "one man's junk is another man's treasure".
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NewsNew York’s Buildings on Top of Buildings
Some of the city's wealthier residents have come up with an inventive way to squeeze into The Big Apple.
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NewsRyosuke Fukusada’s Wooden Light Bulb
Using an ancient technique called 'rokuro', the bulb features an LED light wrapped in a thin layer of wood.
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NewsSydney’s Streets Set to Bloom Under New Gardening Initiative
Sydney residents will be donning their gardening gloves and taking to the streets in an attempt to vivify the city.
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NewsThe Buzz on Urban Beekeeping
Urban beekeepers in Australia are on the increase, with more and more people besotted by an unusual new love affair with backyard native beekeeping.
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NewsFormer Meatpacking Plant Transformed into Self-Sustaining Farm
A former meatpacking plant and slaughterhouse is being renovated to become Chicago's first vertical, self-sustaining farm.
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NewsMonorail: Demolish or Recycle?
It goes round and round, and no one ever really liked it. So what now?
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NewsEco-friendly Earth Day Cocktails
Try your green thumb at these organic and eco-friendly cocktail recipes this Earth Day.
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NewsAmazon Exchanges Your Old CDs for Store Credit
What are we to do with our now-digitised CD collections? As it turns out, Amazon wants them.
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NewsPlastic-Eating Fungi May Solve World’s Biggest Waste Problem
A group of Yale University professors and students discovered plastic-eating fungi.
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NewsUpcycled Beds for your Four Legged Friends
Upcycled iMac and vintage suitcase Cat Beds are a sure way to keep your itteh bitteh kitteh stylishly comfeh.
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NewsCreate an Urban Oasis with a Pallet Garden
The new trend for urban pallet gardens is simple, practical and environmentally-friendly.
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NewsFrom Pole to Pole on Bamboo Bicycles
The ‘Cycle for Water’ aims to draw awareness to the fact that water is our most precious resource and we need to make a change before it is too late.
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NewsFive Inspiring Small House Designs
Quirky micro houses are appearing in cities around the globe, as architects and owners turn their attention to designing houses with simplicity and sustainability in mind.
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NewsPhysicist Uses Lasers to Create Rain
Using his new environmentally-conscious technique, Jérôme Kasparian creates rain.
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NewsIKEA Launches Fully Furnished Prefab Homes
IKEA and Ideabox, a U.S. architectural firm, have teamed up to create a line of fully furnished, prefabricated houses.
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NewsPee-Powered Restaurant Pops Up in Melbourne
Joost Bakker introduces Greenhouse, his 100% recyclable restaurant to Melbourne's Food and Wine Festival.
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NewsVivid Ideas 2012 Program Announced
Vivid Ideas is the creative part of the extravaganza that is Vivid Sydney, and this year it's bigger than ever before.
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NewsGreenbutts Filters Turn Cigarette Butts into Flowers
A 100% natural alternative to traditional, chemical-laden cigarettes.
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NewsSaught Jewellery Supports Sustainability in Post-Conflict Countries
From the remnants of war, Saught helps people in war-torn countries design and create wearable art.
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NewsDress Up your Laptop and iPad in Vintage Clothing
Computerwear allows gadget lovers to protect their laptop and iPad with repurposed vintage clothing.
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NewsNew York’s Iconic Water Tanks To Become Public Art
The Water Tank Project aims to raise awareness about water sustainability in a whimsical urban makeover.
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NewsThe Aquaria Grande’s Luxury Balcony Pools
This new apartment development in Mumbai allows residents to plunge off their balcony into a luxury pool.
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NewsTen Incredible Prefab House Designs
Architects and designers around the globe are fusing creativity with the latest technology to build unique homes at a fraction of the price.
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NewsBondi Farmers’ Markets: Where The Farm Meets The Ocean
The farmers' markets at Bondi may be a fashionable place to shop, but its popularity isn't a superficial evolution.
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NewsConcrete Playground Meets Two of Sydney’s New Food Trucks
Are Sydney's new food trucks prepared to cope with the frenzy of a city of people who really, really like their food and booze?
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NewsiHeart’s Multipurpose Eating Utensils
A clever contraption which can be used as a knife, fork and scoop.
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NewsRooftop Farming in Berlin
Fish frolicking in beer barrels and a vegetable patch atop an old malt factory in Berlin enjoy the ultimate symbiotic relationship.
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NewsGive Your Bike a New Life
Sydney's resurgence of all things bike-related has translated into a thriving cycle culture.
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NewsCultural Disappearing Acts
UNESCO has added 'intangible' cultural traditions to the list of the world's endangered phenomena.
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NewsFrom Barley to the Bottle in the Heart of the City
Watch your beer 'grow' from start to finish at this temporary inner city brewery.
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NewsThe Spirit of Youth Awards Set to Grow in 2011/2012
With the competition's expansion into unprecedented categories, there are now more opportunities for Australia's finest creative minds to showcase their work to the world.
