The wait to find out which projects have been shortlisted for IDEA 2021 is almost over! The 2021 shortlist reveal will kick off on Monday 20 September with largest category – Residential Single. On Tuesday 21 September, we’ll be sharing our Institutional, Public Space, and Event finalists, followed by our Object – Furniture and Lighting […]
Inspired by Australian designers and Italian masters equally, Sydney-based lighting designer Alex Fitzpatrick is one to watch. The founder and director of A Design Studio, Fitzpatrick is thoughtful and expressive – the human embodiment of his pieces, which are just as considered and contemplative. Using both traditional skills like glassblowing and metalworking and contemporary lighting […]
Ikea is coming to a computer screen near you with its first-ever 24-hour festival featuring artists, designers, DJs and chefs. Kicking off at 4pm AEST on 16 September 2021, the program is set to include concerts and DJ sets, home visits, food demos and kitchen talks, as well as behind the scenes peeks into life […]
Haymes Colour Library Volume 15: Awakening is all about embracing the change we see all around us. The Australian paint brand‘s latest colour library explores how we are adjusting to the “new normal”, encouraging us to “let our personality shine through” and “live the life we’ve always dreamed”. The new library features a set of three […]
After a long search Woods Bagot has announced Maureen Mitchell Boyer, AIA, as the new San Francisco studio chair. With over 25 years of professional experience in the commercial and institutional sectors, Boyer is a recognized leader in the San Francisco Bay Area. Her expertise encompasses both adaptive reuse of historic buildings and new buildings […]
Jakarta-based architecture practice andramatin showcases both emerging and long-established Indonesian design vernaculars in Ubud’s Titik Dua. Titik Dua is a creative hub and hospitality venue, a hybrid of public and private spaces. Ubud’s vibrant arts, film, architecture, graphic design and music community finds a home on the ground floor, and hotel guests stay in 22 […]
Drawing from research and consultation with Indigenous students and other college stakeholders, Wilson Architects’ latest project is a study in inclusivity, cultural understanding and sensitivity within the Australian university landscape. On the rooftop of the University of Western Australia’s newest Indigenous student accommodation, phones are banned, and students discuss issues and ideas, fears and hopes […]
Jakarta-based Andra Matin talks about beginning his practice in an economic crisis and the need for a paradigm shift in Indonesian contemporary architecture. To herald local, traditional design while simultaneously championing a nationwide modernisation is a balance few could find with the elegance of Andra Matin. Since founding his eponymous Jakarta-based studio andramatin in 1998, […]
Cassandra Keller says transparency and differentiating confidence from competence are vital to combating architecture’s gender pay gap. It’s easy to slip into thinking the habits of pay and working conditions that you may have experienced as a graduate or employee are normal. It’s up to each employer to make a conscious decision to do things […]
Made For is a Melbourne-based architecture and design practice founded in 2016 by husband and wife team Mitchell Jones and Cara Stizza. We speak to Jones about Made For’s troupe of eight and the future of design after COVID. “I go under the guise of creative director because it’s one of the only titles in […]
The Mayor of Paris, Anne Hidalgo, has confirmed the French capital’s plan to convert the city’s main Champs-Élysées boulevard into an “extraordinary garden”. In the announcement yesterday the mayor said that the city would spend £225m converting the traffic-clogged 1.9 km avenue into a green public space reminiscent of its promenade history. The project will […]
London-based designer Adam Nathaniel Furman and Melbourne’s Sibling Architecture have designed Boudoir Babylon, transforming the NGV’s café into “super-camp” aesthetic abundance. The task was to “queer” the NGV’s 400 square-metre café and surrounding spaces for the gallery’s 2020-21 Triennial program. NGV curator Ewan McEoin played matchmaker for the commission, coupling Adam Nathaniel Furman and Sibling […]