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There’s not much to dislike about an Airbnb office. Whether it’s the California office that features an LA dive bar filled with vintage items from the 1980s or in Tokyo where there’s a meditation area, complete with tatami mats and phone booths reminiscent of a tea-house, each of the company’s 22 offices aim to reflect […]
In the lead up to IDEA 2018 ADR is running a series of interviews with the esteemed jury panel, kicking off with Kirsten Stanisich, director of SJB Interiors. We caught up with the architect-turned-interior designer to find out what inspires and informs her interiors style as well as what she will be looking for as an IDEA […]
It’s a new way to work out and go clubbing… at the same time. So what is this place? inside co-editor Jan Henderson sees Ascot Vale in a different light, albeit a dim one inside a gym with attitude, and discovers getting fit can be so much more than working up a sweat. They say […]
The Shaw Contract Design Awards recognise the creative vision of the architects and designers who inspire new ways of living, working, learning and healing. The Awards place a spotlight on a diverse range of talents from across the globe, celebrating design in action and purposefully rewarding the innovative and truly inspiring work being done by […]
The Passive House concept – an internationally recognised, performance-based energy standard in construction – found its way to Manhattan, New York City in the shape of a brownstone revival. Renovated by Baxt Ingui Architects, the project consisted of restoring the Renaissance Revival style front façade, originally built in 1888-89 by Thom & Wilson, by bringing […]
At fast growing technology start-up Slack, each of its international offices are housed in former industrial buildings with designs that honour the property’s legacy, renew its productivity, and reflect the San Francisco-based company’s values. For its newest location in Toronto, Canada, communications app Slack sought to create an imaginative space that reflected its company culture […]
Anchored on the edge of the Jardin Public in the centre of Bordeaux, France, this four-floor mansion from 1850 has a strong heritage context, which raised the challenge of creating a new living environment for today, without distorting what was already there. The renovation involved a complete refurbishing of the interior, which has been designed to […]
Interior design studio Tom Mark Henry has created a rich and colourful office space to inspire the team at global digital marketing agency MullenLowe Profero. MullenLowe Profero’s new workplace is located in a late-1930s building on Cleveland Street in Surry Hills, Sydney. The building has undergone a process of adaptive reuse with its original timber-paneled windows, exposed brick […]
There’s a well-kept secret in this lakeside Canadian home. Nestled deep within the heart of the house is a long indoor pool, accessed by crossing a Paleolithic mosaic that adorns the walls of the shower. L’Accostée House is located in the Adstock area of Québec, on the shores of Lac St-François. The clients have lived on […]
Despite creating a wonderful folio of custom furniture pieces, the bespoke road is one B.E Architecture design director Broderick Ely walks with caution. The imposing dining table that sits in the kitchen of the St Vincent Place residence looks decades old. Crafted from two huge slabs of an elm tree that have been cut down […]
Located in the foothills of Lecco, Italy near the shores of Lake Como, this subtle yet contemporary architectural restoration reinterprets the character of local 1970’s residential buildings. The building landscape in the area is clearly marked by 1970s residential construction methodologies and architect Francesca Perani, working with Bloomscape Architecture, wanted to restore and remodel the […]
When Coastal Neurosurgery in Gosford, NSW turned to Ricci Bloch Architecture + Interiors to overhaul the design of its practice, ergonomic considerations were custom tailored into a contemporary aesthetic. There is a serene beauty to these rooms that hides an enormous amount of task-specific thought. From a client flow and internal referral perspective, the entire layout has […]
While most clothing retailers are more likely to place the fruits of their labour front and centre, this Sydney-based clothing brand is bucking the trend by opening up its working studio, mess and all. With over 35 years’ experience, George Marbo is a master craftsman. His namesake label Marbo Shirt offers men a bespoke tailoring […]
A new pharmacy has sprung up in Brooklyn, New York that blends its online and physical worlds through playful visual cues and ease of use. Medly Pharmacy is a neighbourhood pharmacy that wants to override the often impersonal experience that people have when they visit a pharmacy. Owners Marg and Sahaj Patel wanted to create […]
Sydney-based design practice Tom Mark Henry has won Emerging Interior Practice of the Year at the WIN 2017 Awards hosted by World Interior News. The awards draw submissions from practices around the world and this year’s finalists for emerging interior practice included studios in Taiwan, Hong Kong, England, Austria, Italy and Australia. “It is a […]
On 18 February one of the greats of Australian design passed away quietly in Melbourne. Janne Faulkner, AM was a dynamic and visionary designer who led the vanguard of change to modern interior design in our country. Faulkner was born in Tasmania in 1933 and, although she received no formal training in design, was led […]
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Brand and design consultancy dn&co has created a new wayfinding system for London’s Victoria and Albert (V&A) museum to help visitors navigate the sprawling site. Located in London’s South Kensington, the museum of art, design and performance, welcomes around four million visitors a year. To meet the demands of these visitors — a mix of […]
An old toy shop in Melbourne’s Brunswick has been given a new lease of life by Technē Architecture + Interior Design. From the use of colour akin to Brunswick Green on the exterior, a community noticeboard at the front and local personalities’ portraits gracing the walls, the new Lobbs café is a destination made for […]
Linehouse was commissioned by Canadian lifestyle brand Herschel Supply to develop a popup structure for YO’HOOD, a streetwear retail trade event in Shanghai. Architect’s statement Drawing from Herschel’s roots in Vancouver, Canada, an urban centre surrounded by nature, Linehouse took the notion of the urban forest and the kind of dwelling one might find there. In doing […]
As a founding member of the Memphis Group, architect, designer, philosopher and freethinker Michele De Lucchi’s gorgeous creations have been at the design forefront since the Memphis Group made its debut launch at Salone del Mobile of Milan in 1981. From an art and design perspective, there are two streams of readily identifiable designs to […]
The latest Nightingale residential development in Melbourne brought together seven of the city’s top firms and asked them to leave ego at the door. It could be said that there’s no better way to test your powers of collaboration and the resilience of the peer review process than to produce a large residential project with […]
Design and architecture practice Hassell has promoted seven of its designers to the role of principal as part of a number of promotions across the practice’s ten studios around the world. In Australia, Natalie Busch, Ed Mitchell, Evodia Alaterou, and Keith Allen have been made principals, as have Chong Wang, Tamagin Blake-Smith, and Klevis Koco […]
Revered Australian architect Glenn Murcutt’s design for the 2019 MPavilion has been revealed today, with the structure described by the Pritzker Prize winner as “a crisp white building that will be lit at night like a lantern”. The design, which consists of a steel-framed rectangular building with wing-like trusses covered in translucent fabric, was influenced by […]
Architecture and design studio Architectus has hired Geyer’s Mark Talbot as a principal and has also promoted Farhad Haidari and Silvia Cupik to the same role. Joining Architectus as principal this month, Mark Talbot brings over 28 years of experience across the architecture, interior architecture and industrial design disciplines. He will add “significant value” to Architectus’ […]
Articolo is an Australian lighting design studio that is making its mark on the world of fine product design. With Nicci Green at the helm, the pendant lights, lamps and wall sconces she creates can be found, specified and bought across Europe, the UK and the US. From humble beginnings, it’s clear to see that […]
In a world that tells us the most important thing is to win at all costs and increase the bottom line, how do we define success and what it means to individual architectural practices? With most architectural projects spanning at least 12 months, end outcomes can be an irrelevant concept in defining success on a […]
Love Architecture’s design for supermarket chain Spar reflects its sustainability prowess. Located in Austria, the goal for the façade of this building was to create a strong haptic quality with materials that convey the themes of climate protection and naturalness, but also modernity and innovation. Architect’s statement This market is a third-generation climate protection store with […]
Entry as a Service is the next level up of automatic door maintenance and technology, explains dormakaba’s Kevin Blacow. We’re now used to the idea of the Internet of Things (IoT) connecting many of the staple appliances and fixtures of our everyday lives to the cloud and, therefore, each other, but what may surprise is […]
Bates Smart has delivered the latest fit-out for coworking operator Hub, which is located in the iconic ICI House in Melbourne, the first skyscraper to be built in Australia and originally designed by Bates Smart + McCutcheon in 1958. The country’s largest privately-owned coworking operator engaged Bates Smart to design Hub Parliament Station with a strong […]
HUT has designed a luxury boutique in London’s Soho for Mr NICE, a cannabis lifestyle brand that sells accessories from around the world. The aim was to create a design that showcases the product whilst uplifting the public’s perception of cannabis and CBD Oil. In keeping with the organic nature of CBD oil, products are displayed on natural […]
Jessica de Rome had to overcome a fear of expressing her creativity before embarking on a career in architecture. Here, she tells Architectural Review about her path into the industry and how she set up her own practice. I had always wanted to do architecture, but initially, I was far too intimidated by the thought of […]
Woods Bagot, as part of a design consortium, has been awarded the contract to design the new Crows Nest metro railway station. The Crows Nest Design Consortium is led by SMEC, a multidisciplinary and professional services engineering company, and includes its partners Woods Bagot (architect), Robert Bird Group (sister company to SMEC), NDY, and Oculus […]
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