inside speaks to the founders of ethical rug company Armadillo & Co about its inception, its ethos and its change in direction. Sally Pottharst, from Zimbabwe, studied as an accountant before immigrating to Australia where she became a charted accountant and enjoyed a career with KPMG before shifting focus to her family’s floor covering company […]
Chadstone Shopping Centre development has won an International Council of Shopping Centers VIVA (Vision, Innovation, Value, Achievement) award for design and development excellence. The shopping centre picked up the award for Stage 40 of its development, which was designed by architecture firms Buchan and CallisonRTKL. The pair have collaborated on the design for Chadstone Shopping Centre across several decades […]
One year on from an electrical fire that ravaged La Mama Theatre, the Melbourne institution has revealed the design of its rebuild, which architect Meg White says will retain the original spirit of the building. The non-profit theatre, which was established in 1967 and designed by Carlton architect George S. Clarke, burnt down on 19 May 2018 after […]
Eschewing the conventional colours of a hospital environment, French architecture firm Dominique Coulon & associés has chosen a strong colour palette for this aged care facility in Normandy, France. Architects statement This care and retirement home has been built in the heart of the Normandy bocage near the village of Orbec. The building follows the […]
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