Category: Projects
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 […]
Drawing from 1950s Italy, American Art Deco, French Modernism, 1980s Hamer Hall and the Industrial Revolution, Melbourne’s Hannah St Hotel inside the new Queensbridge Building has a layered web of design references within, courtesy of interior designer Flack Studio (architecture by Fraser & Partners). Founding director David Flack reveals how these influences converged to capture […]
A new commercial tower in Brisbane cracks open the traditional workplace typology with an office tower ‘designed to breathe’. For a decade now, Brisbane City Council has invited developers and architects delivering new high-density developments to give the city ‘Buildings that Breathe’. The Council’s aspiration has been for new buildings to embrace the subtropical climate, […]
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