The organisers of the Chicago World Columbian Exposition of 1893 wanted something that would capture the world's attention in the way the Eiffel Tower had at the last World Fair of 1889. George W Ferris, a civil engineer, proposed a giant revolving wheel.

One chef, one cook, one home kitchen. In the latest edition of Kitchen Rudimental, Annie and Jonathan count all the ways one can address an abundance of tomatoes, starting with a classic tomato sauce.

Arterial roads lead to the heart of a city, parks are a city's lungs; as for it's bowels… let's not go there. But why do we continue to speak of the city in bodily terms? Marco Amati, author of The City and the Super-Organism: A History of Naturalism in Urban Planning, joins Blueprint to flesh out some answers.

What began as a bunch of friends with a shared cause and $50 in a bank account, has blossomed into the Tasmanian Land Conservancy, an organisation that has facilitated the purchase, conservation and management of millions of dollars of private land. Tasmanian Land Conservancy CEO James Hattam, and Jane Rawson — writer and editor of the new book, Breathing Space: Essays, Stories and Poems on Tasmania's Changing Relationship with Nature — join Blueprint as the conservancy celebrates its 21st birthday this year.

Who would have thought that railway safety would lead to a measuring jug, an item as common in kitchens as a wooden spoon? But that’s the story of Pyrex.

Stringy bark, coral gum, Silver top ash, lemon-scented gum… with over 900 different species, it's hard to pick a favourite.

It's time to dig, mulch and prune with Australia's award-winning landscape designer Paul Bangay. He's here to take you through the basics and give you the skills to become a confident gardener.

For Angela, food has been the starting point for many different projects examining politics, culture, ephemerality and a culinary kind of theatre. Her most recent project is a debut cookbook titled, Filipinx: Heritage Dishes from the Diaspora, co-written with New York Times food writer Ligaya Mishan.