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Arden and Parkville:
Creating convergence in innovation precincts

Exploring the glue that makes innovation precincts thrive.

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Property X-Change: Transforming high streets through collaboration and knowledge sharing

In 2022, a new knowledge-sharing initiative — aptly called Property X-Change — was launched with a mission to support London’s struggling high streets in the aftermath of the COVID-19 pandemic. After a year of facilitating community events, collaboration and knowledge sharing, we reflect on the successes so far across all corners of the capital.

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Great Adaptations: three take-outs from our 2023 Workplace Futures Survey

There’s no ​‘silver bullet’ lying behind the return to the office that many companies are seeing. But as we discovered, there is a common theme.

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Transcendent change and connectivity: Lessons for Brisbane from the London Olympics

How can this moment of collective political will and public funds change the fabric of the city for the better?

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Cultural chemistry on campus? It’s art + science.

How can a festival that defies categorisation show universities a way of bringing specialist disciplines together to solve the world’s biggest problems? Hear from bluedot’s Professor Tim O’Brien and Professor Teresa Anderson in this episode of Hassell Talks.

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Bidi Bidi Arts and Music Centre on Monocle’s podcast The Urbanist

Sophie Monaghan-Coombs speaks to Principal Xavier De Kestelier and the team behind a new arts space in Uganda’s Bidi Bidi Refugee Settlement. Listen to the podcast.

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Global perspectives: exploring diversity and inclusivity for Pride Month

To celebrate Pride Month worldwide, we’ve curated a collection of personal stories shared by individuals across our studios, which explore the essence of diversity and inclusivity.

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Adelaide Festival Centre celebrates 50 years as a cultural beacon

Australia’s first purpose-built performing arts centre celebrates an ​‘enduring architecture’ award win and five decades in the cultural spotlight. We look at how Adelaide Festival Centre took shape and continues to evolve.

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A glimpse into the underground stations of Brisbane’s Cross River Rail

Our Cross River Rail Station mock-up facility offers a glimpse into the ​‘friendly’ concourses of Brisbane’s city-shaping underground metro project. Take a look…

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Country’s voice is loud & clear: are designers listening?

Listening lies at the heart of so much of what designers do, but listening to what Country and Culture is telling us means connecting deeply and meaningfully with the land. It’s time to tune in.

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Inside the push for net zero cities

Sustainability standards are the minimum - so how can we design beyond project boundaries toward regeneration?

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Housing Futures: Designing heart and soul into affordable alternatives

With a housing crisis affecting cities and people, we’re taking a look at the close ties between design and innovation in the residential sector.

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The ordinary, everyday buildings that could save our cities

It is time to move on from the pursuit of iconic architecture. The issues keeping our clients and collaborators up at night are the same things pushing our cities closer to the cusp of wholesale change.

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Creating amenity-rich ​‘cities’ for a new era

The 15 Minute City has become a hot topic - gaining traction in corners of the internet not typically involved in the dialogue around city planning and urban living.

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The three-day-a-week office: a strategy for the new era of hybrid working

As companies try to attract employees back to the office, a new challenge has emerged: many workers are only returning three days a week, leaving workplaces deserted on Mondays and Fridays. How do we design for this new era of hybrid working?