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    These Sydney Venues Have Been Nominated for the 2017 Eat Drink Design Awards

    The shortlist for Australia and New Zealand’s only hospitality design awards program has officially dropped.

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    This New Sydney Development will Include a Large Chunk of Social and Affordable Housing

    As part of the NSW Government's Communities Plus project, the new Macquarie Park estate will include social housing for 950 tenants.

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    This Queensland Couple Makes Customisable Ceramic Keep Cups

    Each Pottery for the Planet cup blends style and sustainability.

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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's Iconic Sirius Building Has Been Saved (Well, At Least for Now)

    Public campaigners reportedly cheered in the courtroom.

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    Liverpool's The Paper Mill Will Be Transformed Into A New Community Precinct

    The heritage building will house a wood fire pizza kitchen, brewery, artisanal bakery and dessert carts.

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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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    Park Sydney is Erskineville's Massive New Community Hub

    The 6.9-hectare precinct features 7,400sqm of newly built parkland.

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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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    This Parramatta Pad Just Broke the Record for the Suburb's Most Expensive Apartment

    The sale has broken records for the suburb (and further crushed any remaining property ownership dreams).

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    Sydney Is Getting a New Three-Day Design Festival

    More than just a market, DESIGN-MADE will celebrate Australian design through talks, workshops and installations.

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    Sydney Fish Market Is Undergoing a Colossal $250 Million Redesign

    The Danish-designed building will be located on the south side of the bay with new floor-to-ceiling glass windows, large, timber boardwalk and dock.

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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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    We're Giving Away a Mid-Week Staycation at QT Sydney

    There will be free Perrier-Jouët champagne, and oysters — it's pretty decadent.

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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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    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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    Eveleigh Works Is Sydney's New Casual Blacksmithing School

    It's opening at the old Eveleigh Locomotive Workshops with a big ol' party.

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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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    Little Succers Is Sydney's New Same-Day Succulent Delivery Service

    Because — like their tagline says — flowers die.

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    Semi Permanent Drops 2017 Sydney Festival Lineup

    One of Sydney's cornerstone design events embraces 'Design for Change' as this year's theme — with one stacked speaker lineup.

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