# Event Details

- **Event Name**: Design Futures Forum: Living Tropical
- **Event Start and End Date**: Thu, 18 Jun, 2026 at 11:30 am – Thu, 18 Jun, 2026 at 12:30 pm
- **Event Description**: Tropical cities like Cairns are evolving – shaped by climate, housing demand and changing community need. This presents a real opportunity to rethink how we design our homes and our city, creating places that are equally liveable, resilient and connected.

Housing sits at the heart of this conversation, linking design, Culture, climate and community. In the tropics, thoughtful, place-responsive approaches can improve affordability, strengthen identity and support everyday living in our unique environment.

Design Futures Forum: Living Tropical brings together interstate and local experts to share ideas and insights grounded in the realities of tropical life. Through open discussion, the forum explores housing, city-making and the role design can play in shaping Cairns’ future.

This is an invitation to come together, share perspectives and imagine design futures for Cairns as an inclusive, sustainable and thriving tropical city.


Speakers include;

Jennie Officer
Officer Woods Architects (WA), Approaches to multi res social/affordable housing - inc. NSW pattern book

Laura Harding
Urban Design, Hill Thalis, (NSW), Urban resilience, designing with climate and landscape

John Elway
Architect (QLD), Infill housing + living small

Martin O’Dea
Landscape Architect, Clouston (NSW/NT), Heat + Landscape in the Tropics  – Cooling Darwin case study
- **Event URL**: https://allevents.in/edge-hill/design-futures-forum-living-tropical/200030143264033
- **Event Categories**: business
- **Interested Audience**: 
  - total_interested_count: 90

## Ticket Details


## Event venue details

- **city**: Edge Hill
- **state**: QL
- **country**: Australia
- **location**: Tanks Arts Centre
- **lat**: -16.899219472553
- **long**: 145.75012207031
- **full address**: Tanks Arts Centre, 64-76 Collins Ave, Edge Hill QLD 4870, Australia, Edge Hill

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## FAQs

- **Q**: When and where is Design Futures Forum: Living Tropical being held?
  - **A:** Design Futures Forum: Living Tropical takes place on Thu, 18 Jun, 2026 at 11:30 am to Thu, 18 Jun, 2026 at 12:30 pm at Tanks Arts Centre, 64-76 Collins Ave, Edge Hill QLD 4870, Australia, Edge Hill.
- **Q**: Who is organizing Design Futures Forum: Living Tropical?
  - **A:** Design Futures Forum: Living Tropical is organized by Cairns Regional Council.
- **Q**: Who is this event for? Is it right for me?
  - **A:** Design Futures Forum: Living Tropical is ideal for professionals, entrepreneurs, startup founders, and networking enthusiasts eager to grow their connections. Whether you're a first-time attendee or a longtime enthusiast in Edge Hill, this event is thoughtfully curated to deliver a standout experience worth every moment. With 90+ people already showing interest, this is clearly an event worth adding to your calendar - don't miss out.

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