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TechneÌ„ Architecture + Interior Design has launched the TechneÌ„ Artist-in-residence Program and is inviting submissions from upcoming artists and product designers to collaborate in its studio for 2020. Not the usual office, the TechneÌ„ studio contains a workshop designed to let the team get creative away from their desks. It’s this space that they are […]
The centre, which is designed by FMSA Architecture for Victoria Police, includes Australia’s first scenario training and simulation spaces dedicated to training those on the front-line of family violence. Located in Melbourne’s Glen Waverley, the new centre aims to provide police with a life-like training environment to better help them deal with family violence. It includes contemporary […]
The historic Kinley Cricket Club in Melbourne has been given a new lease of life by Winter Architecture, with the practice transforming it into a flexible community space for a developing neighbourhood. Read on for a project overview and a Q&A with Winter Architecture. Project description The conversion to the cricket pavilion has been designed […]
Architecture practice Warren and Mahoney has appointed Sven Ollmann as a principal in its Sydney studio following the firm’s recent achievement of $1billion of projects in development in Australia. Ollmann arrives with more than 25 years’ experience working at the forefront of sustainable commercial design. He began his career in Europe before moving to Sydney […]
The new Woodside Energy headquarters in Perth is one of the first projects in the city to achieve a 6 Star Green Star rating for office design from the Green Building Council of Australia (GBCA). Woodside’s new 32-storey home at Capital Square (also called Mia Yellagonga after the Whadjuk elder who lived nearby) was designed by […]
Kanye West’s architecture firm Yeezy Home, which designs prefabricated, affordable units, is taking inspiration from the Star Wars films for its latest creations. The rapper revealed the prototypes to Forbes magazine, telling the publication that the housing could be used for the homeless and even “sunk into the ground with light filtering through the top.” […]
As Tait releases Scape by Adam Goodrum, ADR catches up with the designer to talk about the inspiration behind the collection and how it acts as a respite from rapid urbanisation. With almost 70 percent of the world’s population living in cities by 2030, the thoughtful design and planning of our public spaces will be vital. […]
The proportion of the Australian population aged 65 and is expected to grow even more rapidly between now and 2028,
 as more baby boomers reach the age of 65. Their accommodation requirements mean serious opportunities for architectural practices looking to work in this sector. Over one million people in Australia currently receive aged care services. […]
Not content to design only for the here and now, Hassell’s Xavier De Kestelier, head of Design Technology and Innovation, and his team entered a competition devised by NASA to present a world for life and living on Mars. The entry shows a new way of design thinking for our future and perhaps one day […]
Architects looking to work with theatre companies need to think outside the black box. Stephen A Russell spoke to three practices embracing dramatic flourish. Hamish Lyon, director of architecture and design at NH Architecture, was thrilled and a little overwhelmed when the practice was appointed to work on the redesign of Arts Centre Melbourne’s (ACM) […]
Brand and design consultancy dn&co has created a new wayfinding system for London’s Victoria and Albert (V&A) museum to help visitors navigate the sprawling site. Located in London’s South Kensington, the museum of art, design and performance, welcomes around four million visitors a year. To meet the demands of these visitors — a mix of […]
An old toy shop in Melbourne’s Brunswick has been given a new lease of life by TechnÄ“ Architecture + Interior Design. From the use of colour akin to Brunswick Green on the exterior, a community noticeboard at the front and local personalities’ portraits gracing the walls, the new Lobbs café is a destination made for […]
Linehouse was commissioned by Canadian lifestyle brand Herschel Supply to develop a popup structure for YO’HOOD, a streetwear retail trade event in Shanghai. Architect’s statement Drawing from Herschel’s roots in Vancouver, Canada, an urban centre surrounded by nature, Linehouse took the notion of the urban forest and the kind of dwelling one might find there. In doing […]
As a founding member of the Memphis Group, architect, designer, philosopher and freethinker Michele De Lucchi’s gorgeous creations have been at the design forefront since the Memphis Group made its debut launch at Salone del Mobile of Milan in 1981. From an art and design perspective, there are two streams of readily identifiable designs to […]
The latest Nightingale residential development in Melbourne brought together seven of the city’s top firms and asked them to leave ego at the door. It could be said that there’s no better way to test your powers of collaboration and the resilience of the peer review process than to produce a large residential project with […]
Design and architecture practice Hassell has promoted seven of its designers to the role of principal as part of a number of promotions across the practice’s ten studios around the world. In Australia, Natalie Busch, Ed Mitchell, Evodia Alaterou, and Keith Allen have been made principals, as have Chong Wang, Tamagin Blake-Smith, and Klevis Koco […]
Revered Australian architect Glenn Murcutt’s design for the 2019 MPavilion has been revealed today, with the structure described by the Pritzker Prize winner as “a crisp white building that will be lit at night like a lantern”. The design, which consists of a steel-framed rectangular building with wing-like trusses covered in translucent fabric, was influenced by […]
Architecture and design studio Architectus has hired Geyer’s Mark Talbot as a principal and has also promoted Farhad Haidari and Silvia Cupik to the same role. Joining Architectus as principal this month, Mark Talbot brings over 28 years of experience across the architecture, interior architecture and industrial design disciplines. He will add “significant value” to Architectus’ […]
Articolo is an Australian lighting design studio that is making its mark on the world of fine product design. With Nicci Green at the helm, the pendant lights, lamps and wall sconces she creates can be found, specified and bought across Europe, the UK and the US. From humble beginnings, it’s clear to see that […]
In a world that tells us the most important thing is to win at all costs and increase the bottom line, how do we define success and what it means to individual architectural practices? With most architectural projects spanning at least 12 months, end outcomes can be an irrelevant concept in defining success on a […]
Love Architecture’s design for supermarket chain Spar reflects its sustainability prowess. Located in Austria, the goal for the façade of this building was to create a strong haptic quality with materials that convey the themes of climate protection and naturalness, but also modernity and innovation. Architect’s statement This market is a third-generation climate protection store with […]
Entry as a Service is the next level up of automatic door maintenance and technology, explains dormakaba’s Kevin Blacow. We’re now used to the idea of the Internet of Things (IoT) connecting many of the staple appliances and fixtures of our everyday lives to the cloud and, therefore, each other, but what may surprise is […]
Bates Smart has delivered the latest fit-out for coworking operator Hub, which is located in the iconic ICI House in Melbourne, the first skyscraper to be built in Australia and originally designed by Bates Smart + McCutcheon in 1958. The country’s largest privately-owned coworking operator engaged Bates Smart to design Hub Parliament Station with a strong […]
HUT has designed a luxury boutique in London’s Soho for Mr NICE, a cannabis lifestyle brand that sells accessories from around the world. The aim was to create a design that showcases the product whilst uplifting the public’s perception of cannabis and CBD Oil. In keeping with the organic nature of CBD oil, products are displayed on natural […]
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