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In North Cottesloe, a family house by Vokes and Peters with Sam Carter threads a public arcade from street to laneway, trading suburban privacy for an unusually civic generosity.

At Wybalenna, a deeply sacred place for Palawa, a community-directed project carefully creates space and amenity to support gathering, and honours a powerful story of resistance and resilience.

To mark NAIDOC Week’s fiftieth anniversary, we’ve selected standout Design Speaks Weekly podcast episodes exploring First Nations knowledge in the built environment.

Fusing a commitment to sustainable design with lessons learnt in construction and engineering, this Sydney studio produces well-crafted houses that benefit people and planet.

Despite long-awaited reforms to the Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act, the role of Indigenous peoples in matters that relate to the health of Country remain advisory at best. We cannot continue with a system that pays lip service to reconciliation while approving the destruction of sacred sites and ecosystems.