Gladiolus spp. Gladiolus is a genus of ornamental perennial flowering plants in the iris family, Iridaceae. The plant grows from a corm, which is a thick underground stem that stores food and resembles a flattened bulb. There...

Michael Bryce. Image: Office of the Governor of Queensland The Australian Institute of Architects has paid tribute to architect and designer Michael Bryce, who died on 16 January 2021 after a long illness. Bryce was born in...

The University of Sydney and the NSW government have reached a framework agreement to build a new multi-disciplinary campus in western Sydney at Parramatta-Westmead. To be located within the Westmead Health and Innovation District, the campus is...

A tea room, 18-feet high ceilings, and an indoor swing are just a few of the amenities in a particularly charming tiny house nestled in the forest of Swannanoa, North Carolina. The tiny house, appropriately titled The...

The key pieces of furniture in Danielle Brustman’s studio at Collingwood Yards are two tables: an electric blue, flower-shaped ten-seater table she was commissioned to design for The Art of Dining in 2019; and a glass travertine...

Since we have already had two snowfalls and temps have dipped into the teens a few times already, my garden is DEAD. What does that mean? It means it is time to start planning next year’s garden,...

Jorge Ramón Giacometti Taller de Arquitectura designed Casa Ocal to suit its hard-to-reach location in the mountains in the north of Ecuador.The Ecuadorian architecture practice used eucalyptus wood and recycled metal for the gabled structure.Casa Ocal is...

On a blustery afternoon in early September, a white van backed into the dock-way at the Alexander Turnbull Library in Wellington. The van had travelled from Haumoana in Hawke’s Bay. At the wheel was Jacob Scott, eldest son...

There is something intriguing about scrap fabric projects.  Maybe it is the way a maker takes various fabrics that may not be designed to go together, and turns them into something magical.  This is what I think...

How long do garden seeds last? How do you tell if your old seeds are still good? Let’s find out! Wintertime is the season when these questions matter. The gorgeous seed catalogs arrive in the mail, tempting you...