Christopher Elliot Design has designed a new trade showroom for EST Lighting Showroom inspired by the way light interacts with curved surfaces. Offering a curated mix of both architectural and decorative lighting products EST Lighting wanted to open a ‘destination’ showroom, featuring a central workstation where it could present products and workshop plans with clients, who […]
Located on “perhaps the most constricted site with which any of the design teams have had to deal,” designing the four-storey Prahran high school was not without its challenges. The school, which will house 650 students, is one of a crop of vertical schools in Melbourne and with an extremely limited amount of land, required […]
Architecture and interior design practice Carr has announced two new leadership appointments. The appointments of Rosie Morley and Stephen McGarry to associate directors were jointly announced to the studio by directors Dan Cox and Chris McCue who commended the designers on their ‘impactful contribution and firm commitment to the ongoing success and growth of the […]
Sir Nicholas Grimshaw has stepped down as chair of Grimshaw, the now global practice he set up almost 40 years ago. The 79-year-old architect, who won the RIBA Royal Gold Medal 2019, is handing over the reins to Andrew Whalley, the company’s deputy chairman, who has worked alongside Grimshaw since 1986. Founded in 1980, the practice became […]
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