Zintl aluminium cladding system is an elegant and enduring material that offers a world of design possibilities as well as enhancing the sustainability of a building due to its corrosion resistance and recyclability. Zintl provides architects with façade profiles that are versatile and 100 percent non-combustible, certified to AS1530.1 (a test that rates the fire-safety of […]
Architecture firm Kaunitz Yeung Architecture is redefining multi-storey childcare with the launch of the Paisley Park early learning centre in Brookvale, New South Wales. The two-storey, learning and play area provides an efficient layout that maximises the number of children while eliminating corridors and increasing natural light and ventilation. David Kaunitz, director and co-founder of Kaunitz Yeung […]
In the first of an occasional series looking at business models of practices outside of Australia, AR meets with the young, ambitious team behind Amsterdam-based civic architects, founding partners Rick Ten Doeschate and Jan Lebbink, and receives a bonus two cents from team member Georgia Taylor-Berry. AR: How old is Civic, and how did you […]
Designed by Killing Matt Woods, the interior of Percy Plunkett café in Penrith, NSW is a unique response to heritage, as inside co-editor Gillian Serisier discovers. Approaching each project as a unique entity, Killing Matt Woods (KMW) produces interiors that are never expected, always interesting and, more importantly, completely relevant to area, client and aspiration. […]
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