Geraldine Chua . Articles Melbourne's city within a forest strategy wins Victoria Medal at 2014 AILA Vic Awards Plans to save the 70,000 council-owned trees in Melbourne and continue greening the city was celebrated at the AILA Victorian Awards. Architects fear China FTA to increase local competition but see joint venture opportunities The China-Australia free trade agreement presents major risks and opportunities in the market to design Australian projects, says ACA national president. Australian collaboration beats international designers with winning NSW Queanbeyan Rivertown proposal Stewart Architecture, Stewart Hollenstein and ASPECT Studios are winners of the Downtown Q 2025 international design ideas competition for Queanbeyan Architecture's first ever icon challenge We all know the icon for a toilet, but what does an icon for sustainability look like? And what sort of icons should architecture have? Melbourne house with Asian architectural themes wins top 2014 IDEA prize Kennedy Nolan was named Overall Winner at the 2014 Interior Design Excellence Awards for its St Kilda House West project. designEX cancelled for 2015 Diversified Communications has announced that it will not be running designEX 2015, citing an unsustainable event model as reason for the cancellation.