Branding, wayfinding and placemaking firm Studio Ongarato has been selected to work on Beulah International’s Southbank project in Melbourne. The studio will work alongside Dutch architecture firm UNStudio and Melbourne-based Cox Architecture to deliver the visual identity for the project, which is composed of two twisting terraced forms. Conceived as an extension of Melbourne’s Southbank […]
Located on the rooftop of Westfield Sydney, Babylon Rooftop Bar and Restaurant is inspired by The Hanging Gardens of Babylon. Designed by architecture and interior design practice Hogg&Lamb, the Babylon dining concept was born from the idea of feasting among the ruins of a lost and ancient city. Archways, colonnades and travertine plinths form a sequence […]
As the buildings in our cities become ever brighter thanks to the lights of digital media, Niels Wouters academic specialist, Microsoft Research Centre for Social Natural User Interfaces, University of Melbourne, says that councils need to set out specific guidelines on design and decision criteria to promote long-term sustainability and acceptance. Looking over the Melbourne skyline […]
Federation Square in Melbourne has been listed on the Victorian state heritage register just 17 years after its completion. The push for heritage status was provoked by the now-abandoned Apple store proposal for the city-centre site. Heritage considerations will now guide this important public space, widely known as Fed Square, as it evolves now and […]
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