Author: Natalie Mortimer
Fieldwork has honoured a former brothel’s colourful past through a residential restoration in Melbourne’s Fitzroy. The architecture practice was approached by client Paul Ghaie, co-founder of wine and craft beer store Blackhearts & Sparrows, who was keen to celebrate the space’s sordid history, rather than erase it. The brief was to design a beautiful and practical […]
SHoP Architects and Gensler are among eight practices that have created concept designs for Uber’s ‘skyports’, where customers will be able to board and disembark from Uber Air vehicles. Sixteen designs were released this week at Uber Elevate, the company’s annual summit, with practices Pickard Chilton working with Arup, The Beck Group, Boka Powell, Corgan, Humphreys […]
Australia’s major cities are in the grip of a housing affordability crisis. Sydney and Melbourne in particular, which are growing at an exponential rate, urgently need better, smarter ways to build housing. The residential building sector represents an important part of the Australian economy, representing approximately eight percent of GDP. This sector is large and multifaceted […]
German food retailer ALDI has entered the Chinese market for the first time, opening two prototype stores in Shanghai last week. The format and design is an evolution of Landini Associates’ work for ALDI Australia, aimed at celebrating and conveying product quality and value. There are key differences however in scale, layout, and tone. In […]
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