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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 […]
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Melbourne’s Hotel Esplanade has taken out the title for Australia & Pacific Bar at the 2019 Restaurant & Bar Design Awards. The award, won by Technē Architecture + Interior Design for their design work on the venue’s reincarnation, was announced at a ceremony in London, officially making The Espy the best-designed bar in the region. […]
green magazine has announced its third MINI collaboration: MINI LIVING – INVERT 3.0. The previous two iterations have challenged our understandings of how and where we live in urban environments, and MINI LIVING – INVERT 3.0 continues this legacy. This year, the exhibition will focus on laneways, which are common to the suburbs of most Australian […]
Industrial design firm TILT supplied innovative technologies and manufacturing techniques to provide shading for the new UTS Central building at the University of Technology Sydney. The UTS Central concept, by architects FJMT (with the original Broadway Podium design by Lacoste + Stevenson and DJRD), was to design a building that responds to its harsh urban […]
Returning this year from 10 to 19 October, the Sherman Centre for Culture and Ideas’ (SCCI) Architecture Hub brings leading architects, developers, designers, academics and other innovators to Sydney. Across 10 days, the SCCI Architecture Hub presents ground breaking, controversial and speculative ideas shaping the past, present and future of architecture in Australia and globally. For […]
Allowing enterprise agreements to run the full length of major project construction is a sensible and long overdue reform, critical to securing the next wave of resources and energy project investment, according to AMMA (Australian Resources and Energy Group). Life-of-project agreements are the subject of a policy discussion paper recently released by Attorney General and […]
Port Phillip Council in Melbourne is calling for nominations for its biennial City of Port Phillip Design and Development Awards 2020, presented in conjunction with the National Gallery of Victoria’s Melbourne Design Week. The nominations are for awards that have been held every two years since 1998. The awards encourage and celebrate design excellence in urban design, […]
In anticipation of IDEA 2019, which will be held at the Timber Yard in Port Melbourne, we’re profiling some of the many standout projects that have been shortlisted. In this edition, we visit Hecker Guthrie’s entry into the hospitality category, Many Little. Located in Red Hill on Victoria’s Mornington Peninsula, Many Little represents the sort […]
The Architecture Drawing Prize deadline has been extended until Friday 4 October. Entrants can submit their drawing work across four categories: hand-drawing, digital, hybrid and working detail. The Architecture Drawing Prize is an international competition that celebrates the art and skill of architectural drawing. Now in its third year, the prize is curated by Make Architects, […]
Planning and Public Spaces Minister Rob Stokes today announced the appointment of Abbie Galvin as the 24th NSW Government Architect. “I’m delighted Ms Galvin will be our new Government Architect and the first woman to hold the position since it was created more than 200 years ago,” Stokes said. “The Government Architect has been one […]
The Naomi Milgrom Foundation has released highlights of the MPavilion 2019 program. MPavilion 2019, designed by Australia’s only Pritzker Architecture Prize laureate Glenn Murcutt AO, will open to the public from 14 Nov 2019 to 22 Mar 2020. The season comprises over 400 free events, including talks, workshops, performances, kid-friendly experiences, community projects and installations, […]
As advancements in technology bring about change in the education sector, Architectus principal Ruth Wilson writes building design must adapt also. University and TAFE have traditionally been very different higher education offerings, attracting students with quite different intentions, interests and expectations. TAFE has been hands-on and real-world while university has been viewed as the bastion […]
The Business of Small Practice (BoSP) forum series is an initiative of the Western Australian Committee of the ACA (Association of Consulting Architects). It brings together architects to share insights about the behind the scenes functions of practice. The most recent event – which took place in Perth in May – focused on Money Matters. […]
Sydney’s Powerhouse Museum has announced an Australian exclusive event with internationally-renowned architect Jeanne Gang, FAIA. For the first time in Sydney, the founding principal of Studio Gang and MacArthur Fellow will discuss her award-winning practice and design process in a free talk at the Powerhouse Museum on 28 October 2019. Gang is the founding principal and […]
While the big hotel names still dominate the hospitality industry, the rise of the boutique hotel offers myriad opportunities for architecture practices looking to branch out. And they can make an instant impression if they get the entry right… As is so often the case these days, we are captive to our first impressions. Hotel […]
Computation is digitising design and architecture practices need to ensure they stay ahead to stay in the game. It is the year 2019, and I have just watched a generative design algorithm help design a state-of-the-art roof for Macquarie University’s Central Courtyard Precinct, accurate right down to the weight and structural integrity of the steel trusses. There were humans at the […]
ADR today hosted a lively breakfast event at the new Prahran High School, where a panel of experts took a deep dive into our latest trend report on education design. Moderated by Meaghan Dwyer, principal, John Wardle Architects, the panel featured Ben Lornie, senior associate at PTID, Stephen Turner, partner at Gray Puksand, Debbie Ryan, owner of McBride […]
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