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Dulux colour-matches heritage palette for Melbourne station | Architecture & Design Building & Construction

Dulux colour-matches heritage palette for Melbourne station | Architecture & Design

An iconic Melbourne landmark, Flinders Street Station is used by more than 90,000 Victorians each day. A major revitalisation project sought to preserve the station’s historic beauty and improve functionality for current and future generations. Dulux’s focus was the project management and delivery of repair and restoration works to structural and external finishes.

The winners of the 2026 Sustainability Awards | Architecture & Design Building & Construction

The winners of the 2026 Sustainability Awards | Architecture & Design

For two decades, Australia's sustainability conversation in architecture has often been framed as a technical process: How much energy does a building use? How efficiently does it operate? What is its carbon footprint? Can it achieve the requisite rating? Those questions remain important. But looking across the winners of Architecture & Design’s 2026 Sustainability Awards, it is increasingly difficult to argue that they are sufficient.

Discover Hydrowood reclaimed Tasmanian timber at Circa  | Architecture & Design Building & Construction

Discover Hydrowood reclaimed Tasmanian timber at Circa | Architecture & Design

Bringing beautiful, sustainably sourced and reclaimed Tasmanian timber into a new era of business, Hydrowood is proud to announce our partnership with Circa. Circa is recognised as a unique space in which to share the passion for superb timber products, and Hydrowood’s inclusion in this destination only deepens the value provided to the architectural community.

Tasmanian timber flooring guide: Know the wood types | Architecture & Design Building & Construction

Tasmanian timber flooring guide: Know the wood types | Architecture & Design

Tasmania is home to some of Australia’s most distinctive timber species. From the pale, understated tones of Tasmanian Oak to the deep reds of Myrtle, different Tasmanian wood types can create remarkably different floors. Many Tasmanian species are also hardwoods with a long history of use in flooring, furniture, joinery and architecture. Hydrowood adds another dimension to that story. Its timber is reclaimed from the forests submerged beneath Lake Pieman on Tasmania's west coast, where trees have remained preserved in the cold, low-oxygen water since the lake was created in the 1980s.

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