Guest, Riggs is the collaborative duo of Stephanie Guest and Kate Riggs.  Stephanie Guest studied literature at University of Melbourne and University of Sydney, and has recently commenced a degree in architecture. Kate Riggs studied architecture at RMIT and is working for Urban Design London. Together they won The Lifted Brow and RMIT’s non/fictionLab Prize for Experimental…

Take a moment to observe Rem Koolhaas’s and David Gianotten’s MPavilion 2017 from a flying perspective. Music: ‘Stadium’ by Philip Brophy; commissioned by MPavilion. Filming & editing: Harpy Creative 

Three Thousand Thieves, our favourite coffee curators, return to head-up our kiosk with an all-new menu and a message on sustainability. With the help of City of Melbourne and Three Thousand Thieves, MPavilion is helping to fight the war on waste, and we need you. For the entire month of October, if bring your own reusable cup of…

Taking inspiration from the cities-based dialogue around the Naomi Milgrom Foundation’s Living Cities Forum, the latest print issue of Assemble Papers—themed ‘Metropolis’—looks at people, ideas and movements that are shaping the way we live as local and global citizens—from global citizens of architecture OMA, via tiny houses in Los Angeles, to deliberative planning in Melbourne….

A superlative piece of the Australian art puzzle, Philip Brophy has against his name a long list of titles including musician, composer, sound designer, filmmaker, writer, graphic designer, educator and academic. Born in Melbourne, Philip’s contribution to Australian creative culture is influential, and his contribution to MPavilion 2017 is integral to this year’s program of events. Philip’s…

MPavilion 2017, designed by acclaimed architects Rem Koolhaas and David Gianotten of international firm OMA, is now open in Melbourne’s Queen Victoria Gardens. One of the world’s most revered architects, this is Rem Koolhaas’s first visit to Australia in nearly 40 years. Initiated and commissioned by the Naomi Milgrom Foundation with support from the City…

Jack Self is an architect based in London. He is director of the REAL foundation and editor-in-chief of the Real Review. In 2016, Jack curated the British Pavilion at the Venice Architecture Biennale. Jack’s architectural design focuses on alternative models of ownership, contemporary forms of labour, and the formation of socio-economic power relationships in space. His work has…

Each MPavilion is gifted to City of Melbourne and relocated to a new, permanent home somewhere in the city for the public to continue to enjoy. You’ll find Sean Godsell’s MPavilion 2014 at the Hellenic Museum, AL_A’s MPavilion 2015 in Docklands Park, and now, as of this week, Bijoy Jain’s MPavilion 2016 is now open to the public at…

Please note: Early bird tickets to this event have now sold out. More tickets will be released by MPavilion and MSD closer to the event date. Please register to join the event waitlist and be notified when further tickets are released. On the opening day of MPavilion 2017, Rem Koolhaas and David Gianotten head to…

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…