2018’s Interior Design Excellence Awards (IDEA) – Australia’s largest and most successful independent design awards program – launched yesterday at an event in South Melbourne. Now in its 16th year, IDEA was launched by inside magazine and celebrates the best of Australian interior and product design across 13 categories and five Special Awards. “Every year […]
As part of a regular series, AR asks a panel of industry experts their response to the following question: What does legacy mean to you and what would you like yours to be? Elizabeth Watson Brown LFRAIA Design director, Adjunct Professor, School of Architecture, University of Queensland You know you have been around for a long […]
As Australia’s ageing population increases, Chantelle Balliro, head of Interior Design for CHT Interiors, and Joshua McAlister, associate director of CHT Architects, talk to inside about the changes and challenges for design in the sector. inside: CHT Interiors is very involved with designing aged care and seniors living accommodation. What changes have you seen over the […]
AR spotlights a recent Heritage intervention by Six Degrees Architects, a practice that is expert in adaptive reuse. The project addresses the needs of a progressive contemporary school, while celebrating early 19th and 20th century construction and materials. Hard hats and speed sketches Compared with new construction, Heritage work generally delivers more surprises and changeable […]
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