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New research reveals Australian workers favour ‘reused’ offices in place of demolition You’ve heard the buzzwords: renewable energy, renewable packaging, renewable products. But what of renewable real estate? A new discussion paper released by design practice FK in collaboration with research firm Ipsos, titled, ‘Adapt. Reuse. Return.’ reveals what employees value most in the workplace […]
Design culture organisation DesignFreo has launched its 2026 program, kicking off its sixth year of events celebrating design and ideas in Western Australia. The program invites audiences to tour award-winning projects by Perth’s leading architects, including spaceagency, vittinoAshe and MDC Architects, and hosts conversations that give voice to practitioners across all design disciplines. DesignFreo Conversation […]
Running until 28 February, Fire, Water, Building at Melbourne’s 3553 Gallery reimagines architecture’s relationship with elemental forces, shifting from risk aversion toward deliberate engagement. Set against the backdrop of environmental crises – bushfires, building fires and floods – the exhibition examines safety-driven design paradigms and the regulatory frameworks that shape contemporary practice. In their place, […]
Searle x Waldron won the Workplace Over 1000sqm category award at the 2025 Interior Design Excellence Awards (IDEA) for Northern Memorial Park Depot, a building for workers who deal daily with grief and loss. IDEA’s Workplace Over 1000sqm category, sponsored by MillerKnoll, has seen a line-up of deserving winners present myriad takes on office design […]
A new model of hospital opened yesterday (Wednesday 18 February 2026) in Melbourne’s western suburbs. The Footscray Hospital was designed by COX Architecture and Billard Leece Partnership (BLP) and built by Multiplex, partnering with the Victorian Government, Western Health and Victoria University. ‘Delivered on time and in budget’ is not an expression you hear too […]
Architecture with Pride returns to Sydney with a bold program of ideas, celebration and civic presence that elevates queer voices across the built environment. As the built environment grapples with questions of equity, visibility and voice, Architecture with Pride (AWP) returns in 2026 with a program that places queer designers firmly at the centre of […]
What do a product designer, an interior design practice founder, a graduate of architecture, a computational designer and ‘architecture’s biggest advocate’ on TikTok have in common? Together, they’re advancing Australia’s built environment and have been named among Australian Design Review’s 30UNDER30 for 2025/2026. Australian Design Review (ADR) is thrilled to finally reveal the cohort of […]
Australian Design Review’s regular round-up of appointments and practice news in Australian architecture and design. Mergers Carabiner and Architectus Closing out 2025, Carabiner, a Perth architecture practice with expertise in sport, education and health, has joined Architectus, with the team moving into the the Architectus Perth studio in 2026. The integration aims to extend Architectus’ […]
A researcher in Western Australia hopes microalgae‑based architecture could soon become a reality for the state. Microalgae‑based architecture is gaining global attention as a sustainable design solution. Microalgae are reported to deliver a range of environmental benefits, most notably through carbon capture and the reduction of greenhouse gas emissions. PhD student Amin Mirabbasi, of Murdoch […]
A refined mixed-use tower by Plus Studio sets a new benchmark for housing diversity and urban clarity in West Perth. As West Perth continues to recalibrate its identity between civic gravity and residential life, a newly approved mixed-use tower on Murray Street is setting out a clear proposition for how future development may engage the […]
Plans to license building trades in Victoria have slipped more than a decade behind schedule, exposing deep divisions over cost, skills and who ultimately pays for construction failures. Victoria’s long promised plan to license building trades and curb widespread construction defects has been pushed so far down the agenda it may not be implemented until […]
Two neighbouring Ballarat penthouses by Studio Nicholas explore how shared values can give rise to distinctly personal interiors shaped by family, craft and quiet confidence. Designing two neighbouring penthouses for members of the same family presents a particular kind of intimacy, one that asks for alignment without repetition and cohesion without compromise, and for Nicholas […]
A new commercial tower in Brisbane cracks open the traditional workplace typology with an office tower ‘designed to breathe’. For a decade now, Brisbane City Council has invited developers and architects delivering new high-density developments to give the city ‘Buildings that Breathe’. The Council’s aspiration has been for new buildings to embrace the subtropical climate, […]
A new harbour destination has opened, where working industry, public life and sustainable design converge. The new Sydney Fish Market has opened on Sydney Harbour, marking a decisive shift in how one of the city’s most industrious waterfront sites engages with public life. Positioned at Blackwattle Bay, the project reframes the working fish market as […]
Set at the edge of Melbourne’s sporting heart, Gate 8 reimagines the workplace as a civic participant, where human-centred design, long-term collaboration and architectural restraint shape a new model for contemporary office life. Standing at the threshold between Yarra Park and the city, Gate 8 occupies a site where Melbourne’s civic rituals play out at […]
Far from a simple rebuild, the replacement of an outdated life-saving pavilion offered multiple challenges for JCB. If there’s ever a word that gets overused, not just in the A+D space, but across the board, it must be ‘iconic’. But when you’re talking about the Brighton Beach bathing boxes in the bayside Melbourne suburb, there’s […]
From Tasmania’s rugged south, So. Architecture shapes a built world of quiet strength, guided by Liz Walsh and Alex Nielsen. There is a quiet intensity to the work of So. Architecture. The practice, founded by Liz Walsh and Alex Nielsen in Hobart, has built its reputation on an architecture of distilled clarity. Its projects hover […]
Summer in Australia is an energising season for design lovers, with plenty of inspiration beckoning outside of studio walls. Experience new ideas, discover emerging talent and reconnect with the people shaping our design landscape with Australian Design Review’s guide to summer design events below. Victoria The National Gallery of Victoria The NGV in Melbourne has […]
COX Architecture and Hassell will partner with Japan’s Azusa Sekkei to deliver the new Brisbane Stadium, the main venue for the 2032 Olympic and Paralympic Games. The Queensland Government awarded the trio the contract for Brisbane Stadium, slated for development in Victoria Park, after a three-month procurement process by the Games Independent Infrastructure and Coordination […]
As Australia searches for faster and cleaner ways to deliver housing at scale, modular construction continues to promise much yet deliver selectively. A major Build to Rent project in Parramatta shows what can shift when Modern Methods of Construction (MMC) becomes a corporate strategy rather than a project experiment. With the persistence of labour shortages, […]
The Architecture MasterPrize 2025 winners demonstrate how thoughtful design continues to redefine living, working and community spaces across continents. Now in its milestone 10th year, the Architecture MasterPrize stands as an international beacon for design excellence, celebrating projects that advance creativity, sustainability and cultural engagement across architecture and related disciplines. Drawing submissions from over 70 […]
A new creative community space on a construction site in Sydney is seeking three residents for its Placeholder program in 2026, whose practices engage with regenerative practice, care and public space. The four-month paid residencies will take place within two new custom-built structures – known as ‘Field Rooms’ – located on the working construction site […]
Wilya Janta, a new initiative out of Warumungu Country in Tennant Creek, says Aboriginal-led design could help address housing inequality in Indigenous communities. Around 500 kilometres north of Alice Springs, Tennant Creek resident and Warumungu spokesman Jimmy Frank Jupurrurla describes the houses as “prison-like”. Often overcrowded, lacking insulation and kitted with box air-conditioners that can […]
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