Author: Sophie Berrill
One woman and her growing community of protégés are leading a renaissance of architectural glass design in Melbourne. Architectural glass design was an endangered sector in Australia after the turn of the century. Veteran Melbourne-based practitioners Donna Kennedy and Dr Bronwyn Hughes conducted a survey on leadlighters in 2012 that revealed an ageing workforce. “The […]
Melbourne’s heritage-listed multi-arts precinct Abbotsford Convent has engaged architectural practice Kennedy Nolan to play a key role in its renewal. Abbotsford Convent’s Sacred Heart building, previously restored in March 2018. Photo: Derek Swalwell. Renowned for its rich history, striking built and natural landscapes and the community-led campaign to preserve it from commercial development, the six-hectare […]
Flack Studio celebrates a bold and prosperous first decade as a practice with a new coffee table book featuring well-known and as-yet unpublished projects. Out now through Rizzoli, Flack Studio: Interiors captures the meteoric rise of one of Australia’s most-admired interior design studios, which was founded in Melbourne in 2014 by David Flack. Thirteen projects […]
Gubi and Cult Design are reissuing the 20th-century modernist classic, at once a work of art and feat of comfort. When it first appeared in the late 1960s, French designer Pierre Paulin’s F300 Lounge Chair caused quite a stir. Unlike anything ever seen before, with its organic curves and novel materiality, it looked like a […]
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