Country Culture Community: A centuries overdue conference

In this article, Jack Gillmer discusses the Country Culture Community conference, an event that took place the University of Tasmania. At the conference, practitioners and community leaders shared their experience working within the intersection of Country, culture, community and the built environment. In discussing the conference, Gillmer explains the need for activism and social change to flip the script to decolonise practice and process.

Connecting with Country: A pathway to listening

In this discussion, Andrew Broffman spoke with Dillon Kombumerri about the challenges and rewards of shifting from a human-centred approach to a Country-centred view that offers more than just sustainability. Dillon Kombumerri is principal architect with the Government Architect NSW and co-author of the Connecting with Country framework. Kombumerri discusses the principles and protocols that shaped his approach creating the Country-centred framework.

A Country-centred approach to civic biodiversity

The article takes a Country-centred approach to civic biodiversity. It outlines Indigenous Knowledge and how they can be applied to the built environment through Indigenised biodiversity.

Are yarning circles the new decal?

With requests for yarning circles becoming increasingly commonplace in design briefs, Carroll Go-Sam suggests how this element might be more meaningfully and creatively incorporated.

Six ways to Indigenize practice

The article is a summary of six articles from Architecture Australia’s Indigenizing Practice series, which details the myriad ways incorporating Indigenous knowledge can enrich the built environment.