A refined mixed-use tower by Plus Studio sets a new benchmark for housing diversity and urban clarity in West Perth. As West Perth continues to recalibrate its identity between civic gravity and residential life, a newly approved mixed-use tower on Murray Street is setting out a clear proposition for how future development may engage the […]
For a toy that will celebrate its 100th birthday in six short years, LEGO remains one of the most popular playthings across the planet. Its assistance with developing young (and not so young) imaginations is well-established, but that’s just the start of its selling points. A new guide has been developed and released by engineering […]
Plans to license building trades in Victoria have slipped more than a decade behind schedule, exposing deep divisions over cost, skills and who ultimately pays for construction failures. Victoria’s long promised plan to license building trades and curb widespread construction defects has been pushed so far down the agenda it may not be implemented until […]
Two neighbouring Ballarat penthouses by Studio Nicholas explore how shared values can give rise to distinctly personal interiors shaped by family, craft and quiet confidence. Designing two neighbouring penthouses for members of the same family presents a particular kind of intimacy, one that asks for alignment without repetition and cohesion without compromise, and for Nicholas […]
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