Sarah Buckley . Articles Turner to revitalise The Block in Redfern The architecture firm, Turner, has been selected to revitalise ‘The Block’ for the Pemulwuy precinct in Redfern by designing new student accommodations. Hashim Sarkis curates Venice Biennale ‘how will we live together?’ The 17th International Architecture Exhibition has seen the board of La Biennale di Venezia meet, appoint Hashim Sarkis as curator and watch Sarkis’ assertation of the ‘overlooked role of the architect’ call upon reverie. Architecture & Design Bushfire Recovery Fund: Australia is on fire Register your brand’s products to help rebuild the lives of those who have lost everything. Syd Mead: Designer, Visual Futurist & Architect passes at 86 Designer and futurist, Syd Mead, who helped mould the future of design by the likes of movie dynasts such as ‘Blade Runner’, ‘Aliens’ and ‘Star Trek’, has died in his home in Pasadena, California at the age of 86. Cumulus opens Protagonist at Arts Centre Melbourne Cumulus Studio’s newest addition to its portfolio includes the forecourt café and bar, Protagonist, opened at the Arts Centre Melbourne (ACM) in November 2019. ‘Critical moment’ for facial-recognition technology Eyes of the City, an exhibition at the Bi-City Biennale of Urbanism/Architecture in Shenzhen by Carlo Ratti uses facial-recognition technology to spark debate in a working train station.
