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The 2019 AILA Queensland Landscape Architecture Awards were announced at a gala ceremony on 20 June at the Calile Hotel in Fortitude Valley in Brisbane. The awards program was celebrating its fifth year running the competition, with this year’s entry number reaching 62 over the 13 categories, which included tourism, infrastructure, cultural heritage, play spaces and […]
Christopher Elliot Design has designed a new trade showroom for EST Lighting Showroom inspired by the way light interacts with curved surfaces. Offering a curated mix of both architectural and decorative lighting products EST Lighting wanted to open a ‘destination’ showroom, featuring a central workstation where it could present products and workshop plans with clients, who […]
Melbourne-based interdisciplinary design firm ODO has been appointed to design the interiors of Australia’s first 1 Hotel. Situated on the northern bank of the Yarra River, 1 Hotel Melbourne will form part of Seafarers, a $450 million mixed-use project by Riverlee that will transform the forgotten site into a lively precinct. The nature-inspired and sustainably-designed […]
Fieldwork has honoured a former brothel’s colourful past through a residential restoration in Melbourne’s Fitzroy. The architecture practice was approached by client Paul Ghaie, co-founder of wine and craft beer store Blackhearts & Sparrows, who was keen to celebrate the space’s sordid history, rather than erase it. The brief was to design a beautiful and practical […]
Shaw Contract has released the Category Winners for its annual Design Awards, which recognise the creative vision of the architects and designers who inspire new ways of living, working, learning and healing. This year’s program saw over 700 submissions from around the world. To select the Category Winners, Shaw worked with a panel of ten […]
German food retailer ALDI has entered the Chinese market for the first time, opening two prototype stores in Shanghai last week. The format and design is an evolution of Landini Associates’ work for ALDI Australia, aimed at celebrating and conveying product quality and value. There are key differences however in scale, layout, and tone. In […]
Carr Design Group’s vision for the penthouse of the $2.8 billion Melbourne Square precinct in Southbank is that of a ‘live-in art gallery’. The penthouse forms part of the building’s Couture Series: an arts-led collection located on levels 55-68 which draws on Melbourne Square’s location on the doorstep of the Arts Precinct. Carr, in collaboration […]
Designed by Mason Studio, The Saint George Hotel by Kimpton’s interior design communicates a narrative of local pride, diverse heritage and contemporary culture. The 14-story hotel integrates elements of Toronto’s culture and personality, giving guests a distinct sense of place. With 188 guest rooms, including 20 suites, a presidential suite, a fitness centre, meeting and […]
This coffee-come-cocktail bar in the heart of south-east London’s Deptford was inspired by the site’s original stone flooring. Drawing on the flooring, EBBA Architects decided to use a raw and earthy colour palette for the venue, named Stockton. Instead of simple painted walls, a rough plasterwork was explored to line the walls; a technique that dates […]
ADR yesterday hosted a lively breakfast event where a panel of experts took a deep dive into our latest trend report on aged care design. Moderated by PTID senior associate Ben Lornie, the panel featured Tieran Kimber, group director – seniors living at ThomsonAdsett, Alex Hopkins, principal designer at Studio Tate and Sharon Sullivan, clinical/health planner […]
Hospitality specialist Technē Architecture + Interior Design has been appointed to undertake its first commercial tower project, further signalling the convergence of hospitality and office spaces. Technē, the practice behind The Espy’s revitalisation, launched a workplace division within the practice last year. “Following on from the creation of our own new workplace, we are looking forward to seeing our office designs come […]
Harbord Diggers Club, a 90-year-old destination located on the headland at Freshwater Beach north of Sydney, has been reborn by Fender Katsalidis. The completed first stage of the $200 million project now encompasses a new Ocean Terrace, bars, lounges, restaurants, a bistro, café and kitchens and more, with a cave concept at the core of […]
inside speaks to the founders of ethical rug company Armadillo & Co about its inception, its ethos and its change in direction. Sally Pottharst, from Zimbabwe, studied as an accountant before immigrating to Australia where she became a charted accountant and enjoyed a career with KPMG before shifting focus to her family’s floor covering company […]
As Australia’s ageing population increases (by 2096, 25 percent of Australia’s population will be 65 years old and over), so do the opportunities to radically reimagine aged care facilities and services. To aid designers and architects entering the sector, ADR, in collaboration with Interstudio, has compiled a design checklist that provides useful information for creating […]
Inspired by the surrounding migrant architecture and the desire to evoke a strong European sensibility, Flack Studio has imagined a space that speaks of community and a desire for neighbourly connection. Design statement Referencing Italian modernist Gio Ponti, the studio harnessed a strong interplay of materiality that flows in unexpected harmony. A sense of permanency is […]
A new fine dining restaurant Located in Yarraville in Melbourne’s inner west, Navi has the feel of rural, earthy Australia with the background of the Westgate bridge. Designed by Finnis Architects and with interiors by Catherine Francis, Navi was an exercise in creating architecture that would flow on and become an extension to the meals […]
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Last year, green magazine and MINI invited architects to explore the potential of laneways as part of MINI LIVING – INVERT 3.0. The architects were provided with a brief to design an independent dwelling on a piece of land carved from a suburban Melbourne block. The goal was to create affordable housing in the inner […]
A pared-back palette with locally sourced jarrah, slate-like tiles and retro white bricks were chosen to give WeWork’s Central Park location a “coastal, yet warm and rich” feel. Designed in-house, the space is WeWork’s first in Perth and 21st in Australia with the American commercial real estate company set to open more spaces in Sydney […]
Melbourne’s latest addition to the hotpot craze is a breezy and luscious offering to all the things we love about a Thai holiday, nestled on the first floor of an old city building. JiYu first opened in Phuket in the ’90s, making its way to China before being brought to our shores last year by […]
A design focused architect, Gill joins Gray Puksand’s Brisbane office as an associate and brings over 10 years’ experience. In his new role, Gill will focus on leading project teams on current work as well as building new relationships. With portfolio strengths in retail, mixed-use and commercial projects, Gill sees his move to Gray Puksand as an opportunity to […]
As the first principal of HASSELL’s strategy team, Evodia Alaterou combines data with curiosity to determine what exactly makes ‘good design’. The South African-born designer studied architecture before doing a Masters in Environmental Psychology. She now leads a team dedicated to developing a deeper understanding of the people at the centre of HASSELL’s projects. It […]
In 2013, WilkinsonEyre principal Chris Wilkinson was puzzling over the brief for the new Crown hotel in Sydney while on Christmas holiday at the family home in Lucca, Italy. “I spent most of the Christmas going through this brief. It was very detailed with the spaces they wanted, plus or minus figures for the area,” […]
Like something out of a science fiction novel, BIG and Toyota’s Woven City will have in-home robotics to cater to daily needs and monitor residents’ health. The Danish architecture firm headed by Bjarke Ingels unveiled plans for the “world’s first urban incubator” earlier in the week at the Consumer Electronic Show in Las Vegas. It’s […]
Hundreds of architecture studios across Australia have offered their services free of charge to communities affected by the recent bushfires. At the time of writing, close to 300 architecture and building design practices from across the country have signed up to Architects Assist, an initiative started by Atelier Jiri Lev principal Jiri Lev, who was born in […]
It’s the Aussie dream to have the big house with all the amenities, a garden and a pool, but in our current property market, James Legge from National Sustainability Award winning-practice Six Degrees says for many of us, it’ll never be anything more than that – a dream. In the latest ABS Residential Property Price […]
The afterlife of everyday objects will be one of the highlights of this year’s Melbourne Design Week courtesy of local designer Dale Hardiman and his collective, Friends & Associates. A 2019 IDEA Highly Commended finalist, Hardiman’s show will encourage a broader conversation about the ecology of objects, their consequences and the implications of materials, supply […]
From our pavilions at the Dubai Expo and the Venice Biennale to the best new buildings in our capital cities, these are the projects we’re most looking forward to in 2020. New Museum for Western Australia, Perth, Hassell + OMA Opening in November 2020, the New Museum for WA is a little vague on its […]
With Christmas just around the corner, we’ve compiled a last minute Christmas gift guide for architects and designers. It includes one very stylish coffee pot, the obligatory desk accessory and an amazing print from a ground breaking young artist. Breaking Ground by Jane Hall ‘Would they still call me a diva if I were a […]
An Igloo Shared VR cylinder was introduced by Lanes Group as part of a wider program of learning and development and health and safety initiatives. About the client Lanes Group is the UK’s largest independent drainage and utilities specialist. One of its most important contracts is to unblock, clean and repair drains and sewers for […]
Today practitioners in the AEC industry are looking for immersive experiences – technology that can genuinely show them the solutions to their built environment challenges in new and exciting ways. Shared VR is one such platform… Igloo designs, develops and delivers immersive 360-degree domes, cylinders and all of the enabling technologies. Stepping inside one of […]
We love a good profile. This year had its fair share of movers and shakers making waves in the design world from artists telling architects to find a new job to women speaking about the challenges they face in the industry. For our review of the year, we look at the 10 top profiles. “Everywhere […]
With not just a new year, but also a new decade almost upon us, ADR editor Elisa Scarton looks back at the architecture projects that made an impact in 2019. DANGROVE gallery, Alexandria, NSW, Tzannes If there was one project that blew us away in 2019, it was Tzannes’ DANGROVE art storage facility in Alexandria, […]
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