The Creative Industries Precinct is Australia's first site dedicated to creative experimentation and commercial development in the creative industries. It provides a unique opportunity for designers, artists, researchers, educators and entrepreneurs to easily connect and collaborate with others to create new work, develop new ideas and grow the creative industries sector in Queensland.

Working closely with partners from government and industry, QUT steps up as a national leader in the development of creative industries in Queensland and Australia and is set to become an internationally-networked hub of creative enterprise.

The $60 million site boasts some of the most advanced digital facilities to support the creative work undertaken and some of the most exciting partners in identifying the next generation of ideas.

Located on the western fringe of Brisbane's Central Business District, the Precinct is the lead site of a 16 hectare Kelvin Grove Urban Village. Over the next five years, QUT and the Department of Housing will develop the site as a multi-user residential and retail village. More than 800 units from low-cost student to affordable accommodation and penthouses with city views will be developed alongside a range of retail outlets including a supermarket, restaurants and cafes.

The Creative Industries Precinct is a destination for local, national and international productions, exhibitions and events which ideally showcases emerging digital and new media work. Clustered around the Precinct's cafe hub, interactive exhibition spaces, an experimental black-box theatre, a parade ground and outdoor terraces ideal for multi-media performance, will present an expansive program of exhibitions, live performance, screenings, festivals and seminars. The Precinct also boasts Australia's largest billboard - 45m x 9m - exhibiting public artwork from some of Australia's most prolific artists and designers.

Other facilities include the Enterprise Centre, computing studios for animation, virtual reality, visual arts and design technology; media labs for music and sound; newsrooms for radio, television, on-line and print production; design studios for drawing, CAD scenic/lighting design, 3-D modelling and fashion and textile design; film and television studios and post-production facilities including QUT's professional television unit; and production workshops for set construction, 2-D and 3-D production and props making.

The partners
Australasian CRC for Interaction Design (ACID)
Creative Industries Precinct Pty Ltd
Creative Industries Faculty
Creative Industries Research and Applications Centre (CIRAC)
La Boite Theatre Company