All posts tagged: architecture

Open House Melbourne

Explore our city at Open House Melbourne! Ever wanted to know what the view is like from the top of the spire of Melbourne Central or what happens behind closed doors at Arts Centre Melbourne? For one weekend of the year, you can find out all this and more as you explore the city’s most historic and significant buildings, religious structures and architectural monuments. Open House Melbourne is  a free event where over 100 buildings dotted around Melbourne opens their doors for people to explore good design and architecture. The weekend also offers a range of free events, tours, workshops and exhibitions that illustrate our rich history, reflect how we live and work, and offer insights into our future city. Our top picks for 2016 include: 5×4 Hayes Lane Project | A unique, inner-city dwelling of size five by four meters! I The build is designed for sustainable living and is built and powered with both passive and active eco-driven processes, materials and performance considerations. Doll House | Explore highly sustainable living in this residential building made up of …

Imaginary Architecture Exhibition

Want to know what our future city will look like? Artist, Lara Tumak in collaboration with the children at ArtPlay worked together  using nothing but their bare hands, wondrous imaginations and recycled materials to create a mega-mini Melbourne city. Explore the minds of our future town planners, master builders and architects extraordinaire  and see their worlds full of adventure, mayhem and a little bit of the mundane. You will also be able to make your own part of the city to be added to the exhibition! Age: 5 to 12 years When: 9 September – 1 November 2015 Where: ArtPlay, Birrarung Marr, Batman Avenue Visit the website here.