Melbourne School of Design

Designing the future of design education in Australia

23 Feb 2012, 3.32 PM

The future of design education will be on display from next week, with designs for the new Faculty of Architecture, Building and Planning on showcase for the first time.

Winners announced in portable classrooms for the future comp

30 Nov 2011, 10.06 AM

An international jury has deliberated over design ideas submitted to the Melbourne School of Design competition to revolutionise the humble re-locatable classroom, and the results are now in.

Should gender play a bigger role in city design

21 Jul 2011, 9.05 AM

University of Melbourne students will be investigating how cities can be more gender ‘inclusive’ this week, as part of a travelling design studio to Montreal, Canada.

Students to explore the housing and human settlement needs of Kiribati residents

28 Jun 2011, 2.21 PM

University of Melbourne students will gain valuable experience in urban design, planning and architecture as part of a unique travelling design studio to the Central Pacific island of Kiribati.

Plan to restore Flinders Street Station a 'welcome' one

13 Oct 2010, 12.22 PM

The Director of the University's Melbourne School of Design has welcomed a plan by the State Opposition to hold a design competition for a redevelopment of Flinders Street Station.

Upcycling - building with zero waste

30 May 2011, 12.33 PM

A sporting pavilion that tries to start a Mexican wave by itself and a high-rise residential tower made of recycled shipping containers are two of the projects on display at the latest Faculty of Architecture Alumni Retrospective Series.

Students help build Indigenous community centres out of old shipping containers

22 Jun 2010, 8.32 AM

Students from the Melbourne School of Design at the University of Melbourne are converting old shipping containers into new community centres for the Gudorrka Community and Knuckey’s Lagoon Community in the Northern Territory.  

Back to the future: Architecture Alumni Retrospective Series brings history & ideas to the University of Melbourne

16 Apr 2010, 3.07 PM

Leading Australian architecture firm Jackson Architecture – behind such designs as the MCG’s Southern Stand and the Sydney Conservatorium of Music – will exhibit at the first Faculty of Architecture, Building and Planning’s ‘Alumni Retrospective Series’ for 2010.

University of Melbourne to be well represented at Venice Architecture Biennale

31 Mar 2010, 11.13 AM

Three University of Melbourne projects from the Faculty of Architecture, Building and Planning will help fly the flag for Australia at the 2010 Venice Architecture Biennale, the world’s most important architecture event. 

Chilean architect Mathias Klotz to discuss place and belonging at University of Melbourne

15 Mar 2010, 10.32 AM

Internationally recognized public, commercial and residential architect Mathias Klotz will give the first lecture in the Melbourne School of Design’s 2010 “Dean’s Lecture Series”.