From a fire jacket grown from fungi to building blocks made from algae and oyster shells, the latest exhibition at Melbourne's National Gallery of Victoria (NGV) explores humanity's relationship with the plant world through design. More about Plant Life exhibition imagines a future where "plants return as the dominant source"
Local interior studio Crissy Zhang Design has transformed the interior of the Parkhill residence in Melbourne, Australia, using arched forms and tactile materials to create a soft, calming space. More about Crissy Zhang creates Melbourne home shaped by "modern Parisian sensibility"
A stripped-back interior of concrete surfaces and timber joinery lets sustainable production practices take centre stage at Melbourne's Contraband Coffee cafe and roastery, designed by architecture studio Taylor Knights. More about Taylor Knights designs responsible Melbourne coffee roastery to "reveal rather than replace"
Local studio Kister Architects has turned a former 1910 corner shop in Melbourne into a family home with a lush internal courtyard entrance designed to bring greenery to the urban site. More about Century-old Melbourne corner shop transformed into family home
Australian studio MRTN Architects has completed Laneway House in Melbourne, extending a Victorian terrace with a "collage" of forms in red-toned brick, metal and timber. More about MRTN Architects extends Melbourne home with cluster of red-brick volumes
Futureobjekt, the inaugural collectible design salon held within Melbourne Art Fair, gathered some of Australia's most forward-thinking designers to present contemporary design and crafted objects. More about Ten highlights from Melbourne Art Fair's first collectible design salon
Architecture studios RSHP, Hassell and WW+P Architects have created the five stations for the Metro Tunnel rail network in Melbourne, designed to provide enjoyable spaces for commuters. More about RSHP among studios to complete stations for Melbourne's Metro Tunnel
Melbourne-based Studio Edwards has collaborated with local fashion brand LOWF to create Shift Space – a relocatable modular retail system. More about Studio Edwards creates "mobile architecture" for retail spaces
Researchers at the Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology in Australia have created a building material where rammed earth is encased in permanent cardboard formwork, eliminating the need for cement. More about RMIT researchers reimagine rammed earth by encasing it in cardboard tubes
Australian architect Jos Tan has completed Melville, a compact home in Melbourne with a simple, pale brick form that mimics the appearance of the neighbouring buildings. More about Jos Tan "celebrates city living" with compact Melbourne home
Metal mesh screens for climbing plants form a leafy arbour that shades the interiors of this home in Melbourne, designed by Australian practice Studio Bright. More about Studio Bright shades Melbourne home with metal screens for climbing plants
Australian studio Lovell Burton has extended a 19th-century workers' cottage in Melbourne for its founders, "loosely demarcating space" with sliding walls and rotating glass doors. More about Lovell Burton lines Carlton Cottage extension with rotating walls
Promotion: in a time where AI can generate a design in seconds, the University of Melbourne's Faculty of Architecture, Building and Planning's showcase has pivoted away from displaying students' final pieces to focus on the experimentation behind their projects. More about University of Melbourne's student showcase spotlights the "messy and real work of design"
Australian studio Matt Gibson Architecture + Design has expanded a 19th-century terraced house in Melbourne, adding two contrasting brick extensions informed by Arts and Crafts-style architecture. More about Matt Gibson adds Arts and Crafts-style brick extensions to Melbourne home
Curved roofs and corners bring "light, height and flow" into Cereus House, a house renovation and extension in Melbourne by local practice Circle Studio Architects. More about Circle Studio Architects adds curved extension to Melbourne cottage
Australian studio Healy Ryan Architects has used a red-metal roof to crown this "simple yet impactful" extension to a house in Melbourne. More about Red roof tops Thornbury House extension by Healy Ryan Architects
Australian studio Karen Abernethy Interiors and Architecture has restored and extended a 1950s modernist home in Melbourne, Australia, nestling two small pavilions into a lushly planted site. More about Karen Abernethy adds metal-clad pavilions to modernist Melbourne home
Architecture and interiors office Foolscap Studio has combined cosy corners with buzzy social spaces in Forum, a co-working space in an area dubbed Melbourne's Silicon Valley. More about Foolscap reimagines the Roman forum for Cremorne co-working space
Melbourne City Council has decided that the MPavilion by Japanese architect Tadao Ando will remain in Queen Victoria Gardens until 2030. More about Tadao Ando's concrete MPavilion to remain on site for five years
With the fate of MPavilion 10 by Tadao Ando hanging in the balance, we look back at all the programme's past pavilions and ask, where are they now? More about Where are Melbourne's MPavilions now?