Drawing Room Architecture has restored a worn and tired house that had good bones back to its form glory. This 1920’s Dandenong Range home had been renovated in the 1970s and after years of being a holiday home was bought by a new family with young children as their family home. It had great bones but was […]
Pascale Gomes-McNabb is a talented designer who excels with every project. Primarily known for her hospitality projects such as The Stokehouse, Penfolds Magill Estate Restaurant, Bentley Restaurant and Bar, Monopole, Yellow, Cirrus (to name but a few) and lately Jackalope, working with Carr Design and Fabio Ongarato Design, her talent and expertise is much sought […]
In the lead up to the highly anticipated IDEA Gala party in November, ADR shines a light on the projects that could bring home a trophy. Registry of Births, Deaths & Marriages by Plus Architecture is shortlisted in the Workplace Over 1000sqm Category of the 2018 IDEA Awards. The winners will be announced at the […]
Fretard Design was commissioned to produce Australia’s first Tealive store, introducing the successful Malaysian bubble tea company to Melbourne’s CBD. The practice has presented a colourful tea stop in the city’s largest transit hub, Southern Cross Station, and the project is a visually stimulating space of vibrant purples and yellow that attracts customers and energises […]
Reflecting the entrepreneurial design firm’s hands-on approach to achieving best practice, Ewert Leaf secured, designed and moved into its dream office space over the course of four months. Located on the corner of Stead Street and Palmerston Crescent in leafy South Melbourne, the four-storey office enjoys panoramic views of Melbourne’s ever-changing cityscape with abundant natural […]
Western Sydney University’s new Liverpool campus is a 10-storey vertical building designed to deliver the high-quality educational opportunities to one of Sydney’s emerging central business districts. In line with the University’s ‘Western Growth’ initiative, the new campus supports the fastest growing area in the Sydney region by providing opportunities for local enterprise and institutions to […]
In the heart of Collingwood, one of Melbourne’s quintessential creative hubs, sits a new design institute, LCI Melbourne. The campus forms part of the global education network LCI Education, which is committed to providing high quality, creative education in a collaborative environment with close connections to industry. The new campus was designed by Melbourne-based architecture […]
In the lead up to the highly anticipated IDEA Gala party in November, ADR shines a light on the projects that could bring home a trophy. Aje Perth by We Are Triibe is shortlisted in the Retail Category of the 2018 IDEA Awards. The winners will be announced at the exclusive IDEA Gala party on […]
As the demand for childcare centres in inner-city areas increases, operators are looking to architects to create a point of difference while overcoming space constraints. One example is the recently completed 114-child, high-rise Skyplay North Perth School of Early Learning. The family-owned operator employed the services of Tom Godden Architects and Matthew Crawford Architects who […]
Working in conjunction with architects and interior designers Workroom, Developer Bear Agushi has created a stunning home for his family in the charming Melbourne suburb of Armadale. The house unfolds dramatically from the street; an imposing 3-storey box cantilevered over glass rooms and embedded in sunken gardens. It’s an exotic experience to enter the home […]
Emerging architectural practice Tecture’s Concrete Conceal house is a finely resolved success for client and architect, and a triumph of beautiful design. As a new build, Concrete Conceal house is a glorious modern interpretation of a family home that marries functionality and form with a pared back aesthetic to achieve a stunning result. The project […]
Richmond’s Veneziano Coffee Roasters has opened its Melbourne flagship showing the full ‘bean to cup’ process to customers while challenging the regular setup of cafes. Designed by Technē Architecture + Interior design, Veneziano Coffee Roasters in Melbourne offers much more than a standard café. In an industrial Richmond building, Veneziano encompasses a café within a […]
Softening an industrial interior aesthetic, while working within strictly defined brand constraints, provided a challenge for the design team charged with remodelling global sports brand Nike’s Sydney office. Melbourne-based practice Project 12 Architecture was part of a successful joint venture team comissioned to remodel Nike’s Sydney office. The 580-square metre office accommodates approximately 20 employees […]
Australian paint manufacturer and supplier Haymes has released new colour palettes that extrapolate the successful launch of their 2018 colour forecast trends. The curated 2019 range, entitled Colour Conscience, consists of three entities – Cohabitate, Contribute and Comfort – and each pays homage to the way we live, sustainability within our environment and the need […]
Tickets for the 2018 Interior Design Excellence Awards (IDEA) are on sale now. Join the best of Australia’s design talent for a night to remember! Book now! IDEA 2018 is excited to invite you to an evening of celebration as the hotly anticipated winners of this year’s awards are revealed. The Gala will take place at the […]
Shaun Lockyer Architects has transformed an old Queenslander from a small timber cottage into an expansive family home where there is room to entertain family and friends in contemporary comfort. It is not unusual for a family to settle in a place they love, to put down roots and stay for years, but the progressive […]
Shaw Contract has introduced a new carpet tile collection that aims to create impact and moments of pause in our busy, digital lives. Named Off The Grid, the collection is deeply textural and can be used to create subtle or dynamic shifts in scale and texture density. The design of the tiles was inspired by […]
Sydney-based INK interior architects has transformed an Italian restaurant lacking in warmth and personality into a space with a moody and intimate quality, which reflects the richness of hearty Italian cooking. Located in Sydney’s Queen Victoria Building, Vanto has been renovated to enable an easy transition from a day to a night venue. Previously, the restaurant only […]
Ikea has announced that it has inked it’s first Australian partnership and will be working alongside Australian Indigenous artists from Pwerle Gallery to explore how stories can be interpreted into art. The Swedish furniture company says it’s on a quest to “democratise art” and is “especially curious about how art is influenced through different parts of the world”. “We […]
Loke Architects has designed the latest Melbourne studio for pilates brand KX Pilates, with a focus on creating a bold and edgy personality in combination with luxurious post-workout facilities. KX Pilates is a fusion of traditional reformer pilates with cardio and endurance training and so the studio had to nurture physical workouts while also nourishing […]
AAP residence is a quintessential Mim Design project with creative director Emma Mahlook creating an interior rich in style that translates to pure and simple elegance, writes Jan Henderson. As a contemporary home for a family of four, AAP residence proudly showcases authenticity at the heart of its design. With a restrained palette in both […]
David Jones and Country Road Group’s new corporate headquarters makes its mark at the Shaw Contract Design Awards. Gray Puksand’s work for the first stage of the new David Jones and Country Road corporate headquarters has recently been announced as a final winner in the 2018 Shaw Contract Design Awards, chosen from a pool of […]
Meet three designers who work separately yet together. It’s a smart move to pool knowledge and resources when you’re making your way in the world of product design and Michael Gittings, Jonathan Ben-Tovim and Makiko Ryujin are leading the way through their talent and collaboration. These days collaboration in design is approached as a meaningful […]
March Studio, a multidisciplinary architecture practice, has been a leader in design since it was established in 2007. It has amassed a critical portfolio of completed projects that are truly individual, embrace new ideas and directions and inevitably set trends. In the latest issue of inside directors Rodney Eggleston and Anne- Laure Cavigneaux discuss their […]
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