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, […]
Far from a simple rebuild, the replacement of an outdated life-saving pavilion offered multiple challenges for JCB. If there’s ever a word that gets overused, not just in the A+D space, but across the board, it must be ‘iconic’. But when you’re talking about the Brighton Beach bathing boxes in the bayside Melbourne suburb, there’s […]
National architecture and interior design practice Rothelowman has opened a studio shaped by local character on Perth’s main street. Occupying level eight of 190 St Georges Terrace, the new studio aims to strengthen Rothelowman’s presence in Western Australia. Design-wise, it is a “deliberate expression of Western Australian identity” according to the firm, characterised as “warm, […]
The co-founder and director of residential architecture and interior design firm Buck & Simple lives inside a modernist pavilion-style home along Sydney’s Northern Beaches with his wife, their four kids and “loving, fluffy” dog. A recent renovation has brought life back to the way the Crisp clan cohabits. Australian Design Review: How long have you […]
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