A Melbourne CBD intervention achieves warmth, intimacy and a 50 to 75 percent reduction in embodied carbon through keeping what already exists. Across Australia’s major cities, the pressure to reposition ageing commercial assets has become one of the defining challenges of the built environment, and all too often the default response is demolition, a cycle […]
The software company’s first permanent Victorian office is a two-level adaptive reuse project inside the Queen & Collins tower. Designed to be flexible and frictionless, the new CBD workplace features 93 ergonomic points to pull up and work, with space for events of up to 100 people, including employees from Melbourne and Atlassian’s global network. […]
An eye-catching pop of Palm Springs boldness has arrived on the Great Ocean Road in Victoria. The Monty is the latest in a string of tired (albeit affordable) Australian motels to be transformed into boutique, design-driven accommodation. Completed in late 2025, the project is preceded by refurbishments like Motel Molly by Richards Stanisich and The […]
After 40 years of hosting the performing arts, Arts Centre Melbourne’s heritage State Theatre is undergoing preservation, modernisation and meticulous gilding before reopening this year. The State Theatre has been closed for almost two years for its first refurbishment since doors opened in 1984. The revitalised venue is set to reopen in October 2026, making […]
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