Good Weekend

The Frasers Property building in Rhodes, Sydney.

Architecture's next frontier: You

The "livability movement" is more than a buzz-phrase – architecture’s hot topic is how to design buildings that improve our health – both mental and physical.

Breathe Architecture’s Jeremy McLeod, the man behind the innovative Nightingale 1 project  and The Commons, both in ...

The little project that could

The inner-Melbourne suburb of Brunswick is ground zero in a quiet revolution: creating community-friendly housing across Australia.

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UPFRONT

At the moment, the planet loses about six billion trees each year. Seed-planting drones may represent the most ...

Forest rangers

Desertification, wildfires, mud slides: the terrifying results of increasing deforestation. Can seed-planting drones reverse them?

Sarah Moran, co-founder of Geek Girl Academy: "The internet is largely built by men... we're consuming it all through a ...

Sarah Moran

Sarah Moran's mission is to get a million women to help build the net by 2025.

Melanie and Nonda Katsalidis.

Melanie and Nonda Katsalidis

Melanie Katsalidis is a jeweller and founder of Melbourne's Pieces of Eight gallery. Her father Nonda is the architect behind the Eureka Tower.

Illustration by Simon Letch.

Screen in the sky

At a music festival, a woman in front of me held an iPad above her head to film the entire main act...

FOOD

Mussel omelette.

Wok on by

This seafood omelette and succulent lamb stir-fry are easy to prepare.

Illustration by Simon Letch.

Less is moreish

At breakfast, when we are at our most vulnerable, we're faced with far too many choices.

LIVING

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