The much-celebrated MPavilion 2017 has officially taken a permanent place in Melbourne’s architectural landscape at Monash University’s Clayton campus. We watched with excitement on Tuesday 8 May as the beloved structure, commissioned by the Naomi Milgrom Foundation and designed by world-renowned architects Rem Koolhaas and David Gianotten of OMA, was unveiled at its new home….
We’re thrilled to announce that MPavilion 2017, designed by world-leading architects Rem Koolhaas and David Gianotten of OMA, will soon have a new home at Monash University! This is the fourth MPavilion in a series of six to be gifted to the city by the Naomi Milgrom Foundation. With assistance from City of Melbourne, the…
The MPavilion 2017/18 season may have only just wrapped up, but when one door closes, another one opens—and we’re thrilled to introduce you to MPavilion’s next architect. The fifth MPavilion, arriving in spring 2018, will be designed by Spanish architect and educator Carme Pinós of Estudio Carme Pinós, Barcelona. With a humanist approach to architecture, Carme is…
We’re big fans of the team behind Parlour, who work hard to bring together research, informed opinion and resources on women, equity and architecture in Australia. Today, in this exclusive interview, Parlour’s Tania Davidge speaks with Naomi Milgrom AO, founder of the Naomi Milgrom Foundation, about the last four years of MPavilion, and the years…
We know it’s difficult to make it along to every MPavilion event—you can’t be everywhere at once! That’s why we’ve been regularly uploading a huge selection of MPavilion talks to our online audio library, now additionally available as a podcast on iTunes! Head to our Library page to catch up on any events you’ve missed—or…
International design bible Wallpaper* has named Rem Koolhaas and David Gianotten of OMA’s MPavilion as one of the top buildings that shaped culture in 2017. The article, published on Friday 15 December, celebrates “the best examples of the smartest new builds, canniest restorations and smoothest extensions that are upgrading the experience of life in our…
On 27 July 2017 Melbourne hosted the inaugural Living Cities Forum 2017, an international design discussion about liveability with presentations from David Gianotten, Dan Hill, Mimi Zeiger, Marisa Yiu, Rory Hyde and Minsuk Cho. Did you attend and want to revisit the talks? Or perhaps you missed the occasion—fear not! You can listen back to…
We are excited to announce that MPavilion has been extended for two more seasons. This means that when MPavilion 2017 by OMA / Rem Koolhaas & David Gianotten wraps up, we can all look forward to two more MPavilion commissions and two more great summer programs. The announcement comes amid excitement in the lead-up to the…
Great news if you love podcasts: you can now subscribe to our library as a podcast on iTunes. This means you can subscribe now, download all or listen on demand to a great selection of MPavilion events from over the years, including MTalks, MRelay and the new to 2016 MProjects, plus more. Head on over and…
Wominjeka (Welcome). We acknowledge the people of the Eastern Kulin Nations as the traditional custodians of the land on which we meet. We pay our respects to the land, their ancestors and their elders—past, present and to the future.