Melbourne Marriott Hotel Docklands features “a beautiful curvaceous form” inspired by the nearby yachts. Designed by DKO Architecture and opened in mid-2021, the 17-storey dual towers hovers over District Docklands (the new name for the Harbour Town shopping precinct) on what interiors director Michael Drescher describes as a small footprint. “It’s a complex building and […]
Yarra One by Fender Katsalidis is an apartment tower that gives more than glass, timber and steel beams to its South Yarra neighbourhood. In this video, ADR takes you behind the scenes of Fender Katsalidis’ Yarra One with Hurst to uncover an architecture, design and urban landscape that are as beautiful as they are inspiring. […]
Australian furniture company Cult has been restoring some of its most iconic pieces – the Wishbone, Ox, Series 7 and Swan chairs – for years. In fact, it has been actively encouraging designers – and the general public – to bring any original piece bought from Cult into a showroom to be repaired and restored […]
A remote community hospital in Bangladesh has won the RIBA International Prize 2021 as the world’s best new building. Friendship Hospital Satkhira by Kashef Chowdhury/URBANA beat a shortlist of 15 projects, which was narrowed down to three finalists in November 2021. The 80-bed hospital, which came about following a donation from a local philanthropist, brings […]
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