Built Environment Book Fair: Opening Night

3553 is proud to host the Built Environment Book Fair presented by Threshold Projects & OFFICE. 

Expanding upon last year’s Carousel art book fair, this event aims to broaden the fairs scope to embrace a wider range of practices that engage with the Built Environment. Threshold Projects, in collaboration with OFFICE, have curated a diverse group of publishers, graphic designers, architects, landscape architects, musicians and artists to be involved. Contributors are invited to present works that explore, reference, or respond to the spaces we inhabit—both constructed and natural—whether through text, printed matter, books, or small objects.

Opening Event:
Date: Friday 11th April 2025
Time: 6pm - 9pm
Location: 35-53 Emma St, Collingwood

Book Fair:
Friday 11th April: 6pm - 9pm
Saturday 12th April: 11am - 5pm 
Sunday 13th April: 11am - 3pm

Public Programming:
TALK
The City is an Organ: Wild Spaces and Concrete Islands 
with Rory Maley 
Saturday 12th April: 2pm
FREE

GIG
Saturday 12th April: 6pm
$15 tickets here

Contributors:

Art & Design
Adam Cruickshank, Beci Orpin,Caeylen Fenelon-Norris, Christopher Hill, Connor Bugelli, Gabriel Cole, Isabella Darcy, James Neumann, Jaime Powell, Jesse Hoole, Jordan Devlin, Jordan Hallsall, Kashi Ruffilli-O'Sullivan, Lisa Lerkenfeldt, Luke Le, Mac Lawrence, Madeline Simm, Maggie Kontev, Marli Maddison, MPK Studio, Rory Maley, Samson Ossedryver, Sean Mckenna, Sueanne Chen, Traianos Pakioufakis, Tric Studio & William Schmitt.

Built Environment
Baracco + Wright Architects, architect brew koch, Bridget Keane, Caliper, Colby Vexler, Collective Territories, Exterior Monologue, Guled Elyas, Guillermo Fernandez-Abascal, Hannah Zhu, Inflection, Kerb Journal, Mark Romei, NMBW, OFFICE, Olaver, Second Place Collective, Simulaa & Winson Kerr.

Publishers & Libraries
Discipline Publishing, Fiend Bookshop, First Editions Library, In Form Library, Manic, Melbourne Art Library, Perimeter, Platypus Publication, Stray Pages, Tall Poppy Press, The Great Book Return & Un Projects

Threshold Projects is run by Connor Bugelli, and James Neumann. With backgrounds in fine art and design, they both come from a DIY music and art scene, which has shaped what they do and how they work. Threshold Projects is an experimental platform for artists and musicians—we curate exhibitions, publish books, organise events, and live music performances. Collaboration is central to everything they do; working with different spaces and collectives to bring their projects to life, and to keep things fresh by bringing various communities together.

OFFICE, a not-for-profit design and research practice, have self-published six publications including; The Politics of Public Space: Volumes 1-5, Papulu-ku Nyinjjiki (seeing houses) and Retain, Repair, Reinvest: Ascot Vale.