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    Art Series Hotels Sells Boutique Collection for $52 Million

    Australia's famously artist-themed hotels like The Olsen, The Cullen and The Chen have been acquired by Mantra Group.

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    This New Range of Designer Water Bottles Are Flat Enough to Fit in Your Pocket

    They've just been funded through a record-breaking Kickstarter campaign.

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    Sydney Is in the Running to Become the 2020 World Design Capital

    A year-long program of design events could be headed Sydney's way, and a two years' worth of bragging rights as well.

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    You Will Soon be Able to Stay at an Immersive Star Wars-Themed Hotel

    Help Luke Skywalker in his struggle against the Galactic Empire, get rescued by R2D2 or face off with Darth Vader.

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    The Designs for Melbourne's New Metro Tunnel Have Been Revealed

    Take a look at the five new train stations that will be added to the city's rail network.

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    Aesop Teams Up with Composer Jesse Paris Smith to Launch Multi-Sensory Room Sprays

    The Australian skincare brand has just released its first ever range of scents for the home.

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    Melbourne's MPavilion Unveils Its 2017 Architecture Commission

    This year's amphitheatre-like temporary structure will have two grandstands, native plants and a translucent gridded roof.

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    A Look Inside Australia's First Capsule Hotel

    Sydney's former cheap drinks den Bar Century is now home to 70 accommodation capsules that wouldn't look out of place in The Fifth Element.

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    These Terrarium Lights Add a Mini Hanging Garden to Any Room

    Turn your overhead light fixtures into a stunning source of greenery.

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    Tokyobike Has Released a Covetable New Designer Bicycle Series

    Three slick new bikes from New York's Everything Elevated, Brooklyn's Calico Wallpaper and Joe Doucet.

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    This Swedish Golden Egg-Shaped Sauna Is the Ultimate Outdoor Meeting Room

    Artists Bigert and Bergström call it a "social sculpture", a space for locals to discuss their town problems.

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    Muji Is Selling Tiny Pre-Fab Huts

    The immaculately-designed twelve square metres of space even comes with a patio.

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    This Proposed Vending Machine Skyscraper Prints Customisable Homes Onsite

    The innovative design takes a tall structure, a busy city, 3D printing and tiny apartments, and throws them into a futuristic blender to conceive the ultimate mashup.

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    This Eye-Catching Development Takes Inspiration From An Ancient Wonder

    The proposed Birmingham buildings aim to recreate Babylon's fabled Hanging Gardens.

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    One of the World's Thinnest Towers Could Soon Join the Gold Coast's Skyline

    The metro's penchant for polarising beachfront skyscrapers continues.

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    Airbnb Is Selling 'Incomplete' Rings to Campaign for Australian Marriage Equality

    Designed by Australian industrial designer Marc Newson, the rings will launch the company's #UntilWeAllBelong campaign.

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    Melbourne Is Getting a 2.5-Kilometre Elevated Bicycle Highway

    The 'veloway' will sit above Footscray Road as part of the West Gate Tunnel Project.

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    France's New Spiral Skyscraper Takes the Vertical Garden Trend to Great Heights

    A "continuous vertical landscape" will spiral around the outside of the building like a ribbon of greenery.

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    Australian Interior Design Awards Reveals 2017 Shortlist

    More than 100 stunning interior designs have been selected from a record number of 525 entries.

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    This Greenery-Filled Table Turns An Indoor Garden Into a Living Work of Art

    As well as brightening up your house, it's irrigation system is designed to stop over-watering.

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    This Sky-High Building Design Casually Hangs From An Asteroid

    The latest high-rise design doesn’t just scrape the sky, it literally falls from it.

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    Check Out This Insane Proposal For The World's Longest Skyscraper

    Fittingly named The Big Bend, it would stretch 1.22 kilometres end to end.

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    A Look Inside the Mornington Peninsula's Extravagant New Jackalope Hotel

    It will have two restaurants, an infinity pool and a seven-metre sculpture at the entrance.

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    Melbourne Is Getting 'Female' Traffic Lights for International Women's Day

    Ten pedestrian crossing lights will change from male to female representation today.

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    Melbourne Will Soon Be the Home of Australia's Tallest Building

    Prepare to look up at 90 storeys of hotel rooms, apartments and attractions.

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    Brisbane's Ambitious Leaning Tower Features Seasonal Vertical Gardens

    New development The Jardino intends to give Pisa a run for its money.

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    Airbnb Has Created a Greenery-Themed House Based on Pantone's Colour of the Year

    Hang out in a plant-filled garden bedroom with a mown lawn, and eat in a dining room that's actually an indoor greenhouse.

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    This UK Startup Is Growing Chairs from the Ground Up

    Finally, something that does grow on trees.

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    This Inclusive New Design Project Is Creating Customisable, Accessible Hotel Rooms

    AllGo intends to make travelling enjoyable for people with disabilities.

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    20 Insanely Bold Architectural Designs We Loved in 2016

    From partially underwater villas that let you literally sleep with the fishes to the world's first freeform 3D-printed house.

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    50 Inspired Design Ideas We've Been Obsessed with in 2016

    Apartment buildings that change with the weather, Back to the Future-inspired, solar-powered clothing and an alarm clock that wakes you up by brewing you a fresh cup of coffee.

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    Ten Modern Beach Chairs for People Who Don't Have Time for Sand

    From design-chic teak to the all-time classic banana lounge, there’s a beach chair to suit every style.

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    Concrete Playground's Socially Responsible Gift Guide

    Gifts that not only benefit the receiver — but someone in need as well.

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    Pantone Has Announced Its 2017 Colour of the Year

    Maybe this will help us deal with 2016.

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    West End's $800 Million West Village Precinct Development Is Going Ahead

    With rooftop garden cafes, laneway markets, artist spaces and a 'knowledge incubator' planned for the 1920s Peters Ice Cream factory space.

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