With Melbourne being one of the world’s most locked-down city, MPavilion 2021 is determined to have its biggest season yet. More than 150 days of free events filled with talks, workshops, performances, family-friendly experiences, community projects and installations are slated for the annual architecture and design festival. With a vast array of events scheduled for February and March, […]
Tickets for the Interior Design Excellence Awards (IDEA) 2021 are on sale now. Join the best of Australia’s design talent for a night to remember! This year’s tickets are $220 (includes GST and Eventbrite charges). Buy yours now. The winners of IDEA 2021 will be announced at the new Winx Stand at Royal Randwick in Sydney […]
Woods Bagot’s ABN Group HQ in Perth has won the Large Workplace category in the 2021 Shaw Contract Design Awards. With more than 700 entries from 37 countries, this year’s Shaw Contract Design Awards was judged by a global group of esteemed jurors, who, for the second time, met virtually to select the five final winners. […]
As we near closer to the IDEA gala in Sydney, ADR is shining a light on the next generation of emerging designers. Today, Prue Dabelstein from Dreamers & Shakers is showing us how it’s done. The 2021 winners are set to be announced in person at the IDEA gala in Sydney on Thursday 24 February 2022. Buy […]
In its latest project, DREAMER harmonises the desire for “family connectedness” while also creating a retreat for a front-line medical worker. Seeking a nature-filled retreat primed for hosting large gatherings of extended family and friends, while still being suitable for “restorative seclusion”, the client – a nurse who often works nightshifts – approached the Melbourne […]
COX with Neeson Murcutt + Neille created a singular civic space in a effort to “give heart” to one of Australia’s oldest cultural institutions. The Australian Museum project won big at Friday’s Australian Institute of Architecture NSW Chapter awards, picking up The Greenway Award for Heritage, The John Verge Award for Interior Architecture and the […]
For its latest project, Koichi Takada Architects has used the artificial to recreate the natural in the world’s third largest city. If you stroll down the streets of the Minhang District, 20 kilometres south-west of Shanghai, you’ll come across 32 “architectural trees” forming a canopy over a new marketplace that’s set to be completed in […]
A quiet achiever, the online marketplace Fiverr has been operating in Australia for over five years, connecting local architects and designers with skilled on-demand freelance talent. Offering digital services in more than 500 categories, across 10 verticals including graphic and product design, digital marketing, programming, data, video and animation, Fiverr is one of the world’s largest freelance marketplaces. Launched in […]
Representing qualities of the backstreets (Li’long), ASPECT Studios has unveiled The Roof – a Shanghai project “infused with the characteristics of its traditional context.” In 2018, Chinese property develop group CIFI commissioned the Australian landscape architects to create a living facade for its new office and commercial hub, designed by French architect Jean Nouvel. Speaking […]
Hully Liveris Design Company drew from the concept of ‘Genius Loci’ in its design for the George Brown Botanic Gardens Visitor and Event Centre in Darwin. The “elongated tropical longhouse pavilion” won the Australian Institute of Architecture Northern Territory Chapter’s highest prize, the Tracy Memorial Award, last week. The jury commended the project for embodying […]
Actively involving and mentoring emerging architects creates a more “unified industry,” says Sydney architect Eva-Marie Prineas. Speaking to ADR recently, Prineas says established architects and the industry both have a role to play in providing graduates with more opportunities to develop their skills. “I think you lead by example. In my own practice, I have […]
In an international exclusive, the National Gallery of Victoria (NGV) is presenting a major exhibition of more than 100 masterworks of French Impressionism in partnership with the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston (MFA). Open now as part of the Melbourne Winter Masterpieces exhibition series, French Impressionism features works by Claude Monet, Pierre Auguste Renoir, Edgar […]