Architecture
Architecture
Conceptually conceived as ‘Chinese fans that circle and embrace each other in an intricate dance’ by Zaha Hadid Architects, the office and retail complex acts as a beacon on the horizon.
The much anticipated design for this year’s Serpentine Pavilion has been revealed, with renders of a prismatic cocoon released by Spanish architecture firm SelgasCano.
At 115 metres and comprising 36 levels, the building by Peddle Thorpe Architects is intended to be the starting point for a "second city within Melbourne". So how does a large scale development such as this impact our built identity?
The Sydney-based architect has won the Australian Architecture Awards Gold Medal for his diverse contributions to the architectural discipline.
With five offices across Australia and Singapore, and a staff of 120 dedicated employees, Geyer is the quintessential Australian success story.
Multi-award winning architectural practice dwp|suters, in collaboration with Sandover Pinder Architects and the WA Institute of Sport, are nearing the final stages of completing Western Australia’s newest training facility.
Tobias Partners, i2C architects and Mark Williams Architects share their thoughts on how profit has the potential to protect the integrity of architecture and design, in an insightful article by Jamie Millar of Total Synergy.
The international architecture and design firm will join MLC’s illustrious list of tenants including Freehills, the NSW Department of State and Regional Development, and the GPT Group.
How do our cultural values manifest in the built environment? ADR questions the role of race, and the subconscious motivations influencing our appreciation of foreign architecture in a local context.
Studio Link-Arc partnered with Tsinghua University for the Expo project, rejecting the typical notion of a pavilion as an object in a plaza.
ADR takes a look at the role of woodwork in the marriage of traditional and contemporary Japanese design.
One of the world’s largest architecture practices, Woods Bagot, has appointed group managing director Ross Donaldson to the position of executive chairman.
ADR takes a look at architectural design that is both inspired by, and responsive to, the realities of an increasingly volatile natural environment.
Lina Bo Bardi’s Casa de Vidro (Glass House) – built in São Paulo for her husband, Pietro Maria Bardi, and herself, in 1951 – still reflects the architect’s cherished idea of a house as an aquarium.
Jean-Pierre Biasol, of emerging architecture and design practice, Biasol Design Studio, speaks to ADR about the European design approach, Australia's booming hospitality scene, and the exciting projects Biasol is working on locally and abroad.
An archeological mindset drove TZG's redesign and development of Sydney's Old Clare Hotel and Carlton United Brewery Administration Building.
RTA Studio’s Wanaka House is situated in the breathtaking setting of Lake Wanaka on New Zealand’s South Island, nestled among 86 hectares of protected shoreline.
The wood-panelled, plant covered house was built using a raft of innovative passive design principles, and was crafted from sustainably-sourced materials.
In southern China, the Starship Enterprise faces off against traditional tulou – ‘earthen structures’ of communal housing.
Among a cacophony of incongruent architectural styles at Singapore's Sentosa Cove, Diamond House by Formwerkz Architects is a beacon of contemporary restraint.
ADR takes a look at how the front yard can be interpreted as a meeting place between home and city.
Domenic Alvaro Architects creates a small but intriguing project in the rural context of Dalefield at the Wakatipu Basin on New Zealand’s South Island.
A visit to Particular Architects’ convertible Melbourne office gives a neat insight into the fundamentals of the emerging practice’s strong design ethos. ADR speaks to Particular principal, Nicholas Ling.
Lake Hāwea House by Glamuzina Paterson Architects visually engages with the cut and carved forms of the surrounding mountains by mimicking their tectonics.
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