A high-profile yet ephemeral event organised by renowned international curators, Hans Ulrich Obrist & Klaus Biesenbach, 13 Rooms was an ambitious exhibition of ‘living sculptures’ on show in Sydney in April.
Features
Lifecycle: When Harry met Dick
It was a relationship that changed Sydney. Yet when Harry Seidler met Gerardus Jozef (‘Dick’) Dusseldorp in 1957 neither man could have known just how dramatically the encounter would transform both their lives and their adopted city.
Features
New York, New York: The best hotels in NYC
Amid New York’s booming hospitality scene, a new breed of hotel is emerging: from sleek and extroverted to hip and hyper-local, a slew of venues are embracing the quirks & personalities of their neighbourhoods.
Architecture
Showcase Buildings, Auckland
Left fallow in the wake of an economic downturn, a prime site in Auckland’s Britomart is transformed into top grade retail tenancies by Cheshire Architects and prefab specialists Assembly Architects.
Features
In profile: Trent Jansen
For Trent Jansen, design should embody the place, time and cultural attitudes from which it stems. His latest work for Broached Commissions continues research into the Australian design identity.
Features
Barangaroo: The Towers & the Fury
Debate continues to rage over the civic and design qualities of Sydney’s Barangaroo development. Though the discussion has largely ignored one of the forces driving the more contentious aspects of the scheme – demand.
Interiors
Harbour Rocks Hotel
Achieving subtle elegance in the heart of tourist town takes more than a little finesse, as Gillian Serisier discovers on a visit to SJB’s Heritage project, the Harbour Rocks Hotel.
Features
Forty years at the JamFactory
Since its inception in 1973, Adelaide-based organisation JamFactory has been nurturing the careers of designer-makers. Marking its 40th year in 2013, JamFactory is now stepping up to its next challenge: a second facility in the heart of the Barossa Valley.
Features
In review: 13 Rooms
Objects
Semplice table lamp
British designer, Sam Hecht, displays his characteristic formal simplicity in Semplice, a new table lamp designed for Oluce.
News
Tony Parker’s Mid-Century range at Workshopped
Workshopped and Covemore Designs are reintroducing selected pieces from Australian furniture design veteran Tony Parker’s classic Mid-Century range.
Competition
WIN! Tickets to ‘The Human Scale’ documentary at ACMI
ADR is offering e-newsletter subscribers 5 x double passes to see ‘The Human Scale’, a documentary film based on the groundbreaking thinking of Danish architect Jan Gehl.
Features
Eames: Beautiful Details
Authored by three generations of the Eames family, and accompanied by letters, anecdotes and family photographs, this new book is a visual and candid tribute to the lives of 20th-century design luminaries, Charles and Ray Eames.
Objects
Potter lights
A collection of hand-thrown and glazed ceramic pendant lights, by architect and designer-maker Bruce Rowe.
News
Brisbane Regional Architecture Awards winners
Winners of this year’s Brisbane Regional Architecture Awards were announced on Friday, chosen from 95 entries submitted to the program.
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Lifecycle: When Harry met Dick
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New York, New York: The best hotels in NYC
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Tony Parker’s Mid-Century range at Workshopped
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In review: 13 Rooms
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