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In my work as an architect and DEI lead at Gray Puksand, I have often seen how inclusion in the built environment depends less on good intentions and more on the systems that guide design decisions. When Gray Puksand developed internal guidelines for designing Muslim prayer spaces, the document ran to 37 pages. It specified […]
Late last month property developer Fortis opened a new permanent space in the affluent Melbourne suburb of Toorak. Designed in partnership with Studio Kennon, The Gallery is intended as a new way to explore off-the-plan purchasing of properties. Taking over a large empty corner building, Studio Kennon and Fortis have created a bespoke destination. Evolving […]
The only thing better than listening to your favourite music, is listening to your favourite music via a superb audio system. As the team at Addicted To Audio explains, these days that doesn’t mean sacrificing aesthetics, as some of the most impressive options are equally beautiful to look at. Are you a music lover and […]
Famed US designer Kelly Wearstler has crafted the interiors for nine Albert Park residences priced from AU$4.5 million to $14 million, in a project with architecture by Cera Stribley and landscape architecture by Myles Baldwin. The AD100 Hall of Famer, who designed the Proper Hotels across the US and Four Seasons Anguilla, has lent her […]
An interior designer at Nexus Designs, Sidney Ford’s practice spans residential interiors and collaborative, interdisciplinary installations. Below, we speak to the member of Australian Design Review‘s 30UNDER30 for 2025/2026 about designing across disciplines and the value of shared thinking. Australian Design Review: Why did you enter the 30UNDER30 program? Sidney Ford: I entered the 30UNDER30 […]
The Swiss sanitaryware manufacturer has expanded The New Classic bathroom collection with new artistic ceramic reliefs, exquisite colours and refined accessories. Under the creative leadership of Dutch designer and Moooi co-founder Marcel Wanders, the expanded New Classic range by LAUFEN helps bathroom design reach far beyond the ordinary. From gracefully contoured washstands and sculpted washbasin […]
Australian Design Review’s round-up of practice news in Australian architecture and design in March 2026. Appointments FK Earlier this month, FK appointed architect Helen Kuo as partner in an effort to strengthen the multidisciplinary design practice’s Sydney presence across Modern Methods of Construction (MMC) and scalable housing delivery. According to FK, the appointment recognises Kuo’s […]
Hosted by Australian Design Review and Rothelowman in partnership with Kogan, the series of events kicked off last Thursday at the practice’s Sydney studio. The very first quiz in the very first Pineapple Soup included the following question: Pineapple Soup events are designed to be:A) Informative lecturesB) Cooking classesC) Fun, interactive design evenings to strengthen […]
Australian workplaces are undergoing a significant cultural and generational shift. The so-called ‘silver tsunami’ – the mass retirement of Baby Boomers – is colliding with the rapid rise of younger generations in the labour market, who bring strong expectations of what the office should be. One in five Australian workers is currently aged 55 or older. […]
Escea’s next-generation holographic fireplaces bring unprecedented realism and design freedom to Australian interiors. When architects and interior designers specify a fireplace, they are making a statement about the space as much as the product but, until now, that statement has come with constraints. Flues, clearances, structural considerations and planning restrictions have dictated where fire can […]
A single specification change is all it takes to make a significant carbon saving, and Crafted Hardwoods is proving that timber glazing systems are ready for prime time. There’s a point in a project where the easy wins are done and the conversation turns to what really adds up. That was exactly the position Crafted […]
New South Wales delays its uptake of the National Construction Code 2025 by 12 months, giving builders, designers and developers time to adapt without derailing housing delivery. Architects, builders and developers working across NSW will have until 1 May 2027 to comply with the new National Construction Code (NCC), after the NSW Government announced a […]
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Late last month property developer Fortis opened a new permanent space in the affluent Melbourne suburb of Toorak. Designed in partnership with Studio Kennon, The Gallery is intended as a new way to explore off-the-plan purchasing of properties. Taking over a large empty corner building, Studio Kennon and Fortis have created a bespoke destination. Evolving […]
Ava Kim is an Adelaide-based architect at Grieve Gillett Architects whose work moves between built practice and urban research projects. Named as a member of Australian Design Review‘s 30UNDER30 for 2025/2026, she approaches every project with a desire to lead more sustainable outcomes and embed long-term thinking and care into the built environment. Australian Design […]
A new mixed-use development at 9 Wilson Avenue in Brunswick, Melbourne, aims to turn a Sydney Road backstreet dominated by cars into a pedestrian-focused locale. Designed by Richmond-based architecture studio MA+Co and delivered by design-led development group Neometro, the project marks the latest chapter in the urban renewal of Jewell Station Village. The site was […]
New South Wales delays its uptake of the National Construction Code 2025 by 12 months, giving builders, designers and developers time to adapt without derailing housing delivery. Architects, builders and developers working across NSW will have until 1 May 2027 to comply with the new National Construction Code (NCC), after the NSW Government announced a […]
As Australia’s build-to-rent (BTR) sector grows, it is changing what renters and investors expect from housing, according to a new report from the Green Building Council of Australia (GBCA). GBCA launched Keys to Change: Unlocking better, greener Build-to-Rent housing at its TRANSFORM 2026 conference last week. The report finds more than a third of Australia’s […]
A carpenter turned construction veteran, John Hill has spent a career absorbing the lessons of great architects, and has finally applied them to one measured yet disruptive house on a north-east Victorian farm. There are builders who work for architects, and then there is John Hill, a man who spent four decades absorbing their thinking […]
Zac Vassallo is an industrial designer at Reef Design Lab, a company that develops marine habitat infrastructure for a range of research and commercial applications. It’s a perfect fit for someone who has a firm conviction that “man-made creative objects should justify their existence in the world”. Named as one of Australian Design Review‘s 30UNDER30 for […]
Nissie Bungbrakearti, a computational designer at COX Architecture, has the advanced skills to solve complex challenges using data and design. However, it hasn’t been an easy road from shy young practitioner to being named one of Australian Design Review‘s 30UNDER30 for 2025/2026. Below, Bungbrakearti shares some early career lessons. Australian Design Review: Why did you […]
The wholesaler of double-glazing skylights and roof windows has launched its first virtual reality (VR)-enabled showroom in Australia. Situated at 78 Henderson Road, Alexandria in Sydney’s inner-west, VELUX’s new showroom allows visitors to walk through a physical space overlaid with four options of virtual environments. The VR experience has been created to give industry professionals […]
The Sydney-based contingent of Australian Design Review’s (ADR’s) 30UNDER30 in 2025/2026 gathered for the first time on Wednesday 11 March – here’s how it went. The 1930s art deco-inspired Clocktower Bar was the perfect meeting place for this year’s 30UNDER30. Located on the ninth floor of Shell House Sydney, designed by Woods Bagot, Clocktower Bar […]
More than a decade in the making, Melbourne’s landmark West Gate Tunnel Project designed by Wood Marsh opened in December. The rubber has well and truly met the road for Melbourne’s largest road infrastructure project since CityLink opened in 1998. The State Government counted one million trips through the West Gate Tunnel between its opening […]
Applying to join Australian Design Review‘s 30UNDER30 in order to be ‘part of the conversation’, Blake Hillebrand currently works full-time at Kerstin Thompson Architects. He says his work is driven by ‘curiosity, generosity and accountability’. Australian Design Review: Why did you enter the 30UNDER30 program? Blake Hillebrand: I entered because I care deeply about where […]
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