Country Always

Caring for Country

A Corner of the Empire

The Garden Palace

The Holding Pen

The Agricultural Hall

Regional Networks

Across New South Wales

A Museum of Doing

Technological Museum

Expanding Stories

Evolution of the Castle Hill site from botanical research station to Museum Discovery Centre

Transforming the Tramsheds

Powerhouse Stage 1 and the Harwood Building

A Symbol in Time

Sydney Observatory

Ongoing Transformations

Powerhouse Ultimo

Applied Arts and Sciences

Defining the terms in the 21st century

Sydney Design Week 2023 Recap

Reflections on the 27th annual showcase of contemporary design

Powerhouse Renewal

A transformative renewal program across four sites

We Rise

Blak Powerhouse

Powerhouse-1 Mission Launch to the ISS

An initiative of the Powerhouse: Future Space program

2024

Exoskeleton

Powerhouse Parramatta

Powerhouse Parramatta Topping Out

Major construction milestone achieved for the new museum

2023

Stories

Sydney Design Week 2023 Recap

Reflections on the 27th annual showcase of contemporary design

Hero still image for Sydney Design Week 2023

‘The 27th Sydney Design Week (2023) offered a platform to the critical research, industries, infrastructure and technologies that underpin design practice in our city, inviting plural perspectives from our local communities.’

Keinton Butler, Creative Director, Sydney Design Week

Titled Amodern, in response to an essay by French philosopher Bruno Latour (1947–2022), the program enlisted six fields of enquiry: Eco Systems, Material Cultures, Communal Cities, Micro Cycles, Connected Threads and Photofields, to explore the complex and interconnected social and natural ecologies in which contemporary design operates.

Tour of Punchbowl Mosque

Architect Angelo Candalepas and designer Peter Gould hosted a tour of the award-winning Punchbowl Mosque, which unites concepts of religion, history and faith. This union is most evident in the main prayer space, which references ornamental ‘muqarnas’ in traditional Islamic architecture that illuminate the space throughout the day.