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SJB sought to bring a “sense of play” to a changing neighbourhood five kilometres from Sydney with a Spinach Green-coated office and childcare centre. 22 William Street in Beaconsfield was named the Grand Prix Australia Winner at this week’s Dulux Colour Awards. The jury, which included Arent&Pyke’s Sarah-Jane Pyke, Greenaway Architects’ Jefa Greenaway and Studio […]
ADR has teamed up with Sydney spirit mavericks Archie Rose for the ultimate design collaboration and competition! Earlier this year, we called on three of the country’s best interior designers to create bespoke labels for Archie Rose’s insanely good Tailored Spirits Collection. Now, we’re giving you the chance to win one of five prize packs […]
Drawing inspiration from a 1976 project from Jørn Utzon, Kennon has transformed a dilapidated workers’ cottage in the Melbourne inner city suburb of Prahran into a bright family home with plenty of natural light. The light quality was very poor, and the property still utilised an outdoor toilet. The client did not intend to live […]
“I always knew I wanted to have my own practice,” says Kennon founder and director Peter Kennon. Formerly an associate at a large national practice, Kennon now runs his own practice in South Yarra with five employees and little more than two years behind it. The practice has been formed closely in collaboration with James […]
Art and Melbourne are unanimously one with laneways and inner-city streets adorned with murals. Rising artist Atong Atem’s new dramatic piece is the latest in the city’s creative expression. Situated across two faces of Beulah House on Southbank, the public artwork is a dichotomy of painting and LED neons commissioned for BETA by STH BNK. […]
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This week, Grimshaw launched a podcast series on how global cities will “adapt and flourish” in a post-pandemic world. It comes as more and more practices and publications increasingly turn to the medium to share their insights on design, architecture and urbanism. With that in mind, ADR has waded through the myriad of podcasts out […]
Landscape architecture and urban design practice ASPECT Studios has appointed Nancy Fox to its board as a non-executive director. Fox is the practice’s third recent female high-level appointee, joining Melbourne director Kirsten Bauer and Chief Operating Officer Tamsin McLean. Serving for more than 15 years on ASX-listed and unlisted boards, and with more than a […]
For more than 35 years, Deltek has been committed to supporting the architecture industry. Throughout this time, it has been Deltek’s mission to deliver industry-specific solutions to help architecture practices connect and automate their project lifecycle by empowering them to nurture client relationships, proactively manage projects and improve financial performance. Deltek Vantagepoint is a fully […]
Speculative architect Liam Young may not have a magic bullet for climate change, but he’s proving it can be done in his provocative short film, Planet City. “This isn’t another negative story about how we’re all going to die from climate change,” Liam Young says, as his Uber navigates traffic one summer evening in Los […]
ArchiTeam has launched its 2021 Awards with the promise that categories will be “more accessible and winnable”. Now in its 14th year, the awards program open exclusively to ArchiTeam members has modified its two residential categories to better reflect the diversity of Australian homes. In 2021, the Residential New category will be broken up into […]
What better way to kill time during lockdown than to inject some of Australia’s outstanding residences into your daily dullness? From coastal to farmland, these magnificent properties are dotted across the country and the creative masterminds responsible deserve an applause. So kick back and come along as Australian Design Review takes you on a (virtual) […]
Sydney’s busiest transit hub, Wynyard Station, has been transformed into a “sweeping new front door for commuters” as the revitalisation project led by Make Architects with Architectus as executive architect comes to a close. The newly unveiled entrance on George Street is part of a much wider civic design project dubbed Wynyard Place. With practical […]
A parliamentary committee has commenced an inquiry into housing affordability and supply in Australia, with a focus on how restrictive planning and zoning measures have affected housing supply. The House of Representatives Standing Committee on Tax and Revenue announced last week that it was calling for submissions about how limitations on land and restrictive planning […]
Looking to make your next career move? Work with us at Australian Design Review. We have an exciting new role for a journalist at our Melbourne office! The role: This is an exciting new role that provides an excellent opportunity for an ambitious journalist to join our Melbourne office on a Six Month Fixed Term […]
The 25-metre-high Marsk Tower designed by BIG in Hjemsted, Denmark, was officially opened last week, after first visualisations were revealed by the practice earlier in the year. Translated as Marsh Tower and named in honour of its surroundings, the Corten steel structure spirals upwards from the Wadden Sea National Park as an observational lookout point […]
A nine-metre porcelain bar destined to be “stamped with red wine rings and drippings of olive oil” is at the centre of a new fit-out by global design label Buchan in Melbourne. Made from Calacatta-style porcelain, the piece, which runs down the right-hand side of the narrow Bar Alba in Kew, is fashioned after “nonna’s […]
Chrisney Formosa can see the future. It is bright and innovative, like the apartments she loves to design. Speaking with ADR recently, the associate and lead designer at Plus Architecture Brisbane describes her aim to shift perceptions and practices of Australian apartment architecture. Formosa envisages a housing market that thrives on smart, bespoke and considered apartment design. Recent years have seen setbacks in the industry. Cracked […]
Sydney’s Atlassian Central is the first Australian project to win a major prize in the Holcim Awards, taking home bronze for what is set to be the world’s tallest timber tower. The Holcim Awards were launched in 2005 to showcase the important role of architecture, engineering, urban planning and the building industry in achieving a […]
Diller Scofidio + Renfro and Woods Bagot have unveiled updated designs for the Aboriginal Art and Cultures Centre, which is now seeking planning approval in Adelaide. The evolved design is being described by Diller Scofidio + Renfro as a “new paradigm in cultural space design”. Initial renders of the 11,500-square-metre cultural centre, unveiled in February […]
Zaha Hadid Architects has teamed up with ETH Zurich and Holcim to design the first-of-its-kind 3D-printed bridge in Venice. Dubbed Striatus, the 16-metre-long bridge is located in the Giardini della Marinaressa in the city’s European Cultural Centre, and is freestanding and assembled without mortar. “Striatus”, a Latin word meaning grooved, reflects the “structural logic” and […]
UK-based architecture discussion platform Sound Advice has gathered the thoughts and reflections of more than 50 architects and urbanists of colour in a new compendium titled Now You Know. The book, which is available for international order online, features diverse practitioners ranging from MBES to architecture students, artists to urban policymakers, each addressing spatial inequality […]
Jorn Utzon’s Sydney Opera House was among the New York Times Magazine’s list of 25 most significant works of postwar architecture shared this week. Built in 1973, the cultural centre was celebrated for its role in inspiring “countless” other buildings, designed to not just “serve their skylines but to transform them”. The jury, which was […]
DKO Architecture has designed the first purpose-built Youth Foyer in New South Wales with “comfort, sensibility and familiarity” front of mind. The 1501 square-metre Foyer Central features 53 self-contained units to provide integrated learning and accomodation opportunities for young people aged 18-22 who are at risk of homelessness and have lived in statutory out of […]
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