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What’s on in September 2025

This exhibition, to be held between 4 September and 7 September, examines the humble shed as an enduring architectural typology that challenges dominant ideas of scale, permanence and construction. Modest and often overlooked, the shed sits between the vernacular and the experimental, offering alternative ways to think about architecture outside the mainstream. Koya: Shed Architecture presents a selection of projects by Japanese architects Mio Tsuneyama of Studio Mnm and Fuminori Nousaku of Fuminori Nousaku Architects that reimagine the shed as a new vernacular in contemporary practice. These designs will be presented alongside contributions from architecture students at the University of Melbourne.

Now in its 29th year, Sydney Design Week returns this 11 September with the theme “Community Design,” spotlighting how design can foster connection, resilience and cultural identity in a changing world. Speakers include Pritzker Prize-winning architect Francis Kéré, co-director of Incidental Architecture Daina Cunningham, Li Hu and Huang Wenjing of Beijing-based studio Open Architecture, acclaimed Dutch architectural photographer Iwan Baan, Thai landscape architect Kotchakorn Voraakhom, professor Elizabeth Mossop of Living Lab Northern Rivers and Choi Studio director John Choi.

Making Good: Redesigning the Everyday exhibition explores how designers are reshaping the products and systems that shape our daily lives – transforming them into solutions that are better for people and the planet. From sofas that embrace you to concrete made from coffee grounds, the exhibition features work from more than 50 contemporary designers, studios and brands who are challenging outdated materials, systems and social norms to reduce waste and extend product lifespans. This Melbourne-based exhibition will run until February 2026.

The Regional Architecture Association (RAA)’s third event for 2025 – Mparntwe: When you come to another country — will be held in Alice Springs on Arrernte Country between 11–13 September. The event promises that visitors will gain more than a tourist’s view, coming away with a felt sense of Mparntwe’s layered Country and a deeper reckoning with the intricate, often uneasy entanglements of community, climate, landscape and water in Central Australia. The program features site visits – including to Dunn Hillam’s Desert House – as well as presentations from Trent Woods of Officer Woods Architects, Troy Casey of Blaklash and David Donald of Healthabitat, among others.

Gold Coast Open House will return on 27 and 28 September 2025. Over this free weekend, the doors will open to some of the Gold Coast’s fascinating residences and buildings, offering an exciting opportunity to discover the rich architectural heritage and innovative design of the ever-evolving Gold Coast landscape. The program is yet to be announced.


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