The latest in interiors
Anna Breheny of Gray Puksand's Sydney office shares her passion for biophilic principles and how she always knew she wanted to be a designer.
Wanting to disrupt the staid pharmaceutical model, Waterfrom design has completely remade Molecure pharmacy in Taiwan. As third generation pharmacists, the owner’s of the Molecure pharmacy hoped to subvert the traditional image of a pharmacy and create modern and diverse space. Just as the name Molecure is a portmanteau of molecule and cure, the design […]
Every week in our Q&ADR column, ADR interviews an architect, designer, object maker or industry person about who they are beyond the work – their life, inspiration, challenges and aspirations. This week we meet Maria Correia, who has recently been appointed interior design director at Gray Puksand’s Brisbane office. Correia shares her inspiration, from artists […]
“Commencing professional interior design practice at Woods Bagot while still a student, Brittany Pearce contributes to the workplace sector, starting with a sophisticated biomimicry concept for a major project, now nearing completion. Three years later she has a ream of projects. The recipient of several design awards and a travel scholarship at age 25, Pearce […]
Interactions sets out to create a series of spaces where visitors can socialise, watch, collect and interact by Tomek Archer of NOMI.
Nestled in the heart of Seminyak, there is a villa that perfectly encapsulates the ideas of luxury and relaxation and stands out in design, form and function from the many homes that are located in this chic district of Bali. With the major thoroughfare of busy Jalan Raya Semanyak just a two-minute walk away, Villa […]
A new Parisian office has been designed for the global property juggernaut Airbnb. Co-designed by STUDIOS Architecture, the new Parisian office takes cues from its own branding to create a homely office space. Taking the brand’s ethos of ‘belong anywhere’, the space encourages communal working and connection, and doesn’t shy away from Parisian cultural references. […]
Co-working spaces have continued to pop up, both in Australia and particularly overseas, so much so that they’ve almost become ubiquitous. Madeleine Joyce, an interior design associate at Architectus, recently experienced a gamut of co-working spaces across London. ADR asks Joyce to share some of her insights – from bottom-up design methods through to the […]
The go-to person for art on a grand scale, Barbara Flynn is the adviser behind some of Sydney’s most beloved public sculptures.
"The timber portal pergola and deck ... pushed the spatial qualities well beyond the basic site." Melbourne architect Claire Scorpo discusses how she took a two-bedroom red brick semi of 103 square metres and made it feel light, active and spacious.
A once down-at-heel Victorian house in Melbourne has been reinvigorated by a thoughtful and sensitive alteration and addition by Antony DiMase, principal of DiMase architects.
"Conceptually, the whole of the building was developed as a Cuban mansion. Layers of paint were removed through a peeling process to reveal the age of the building to help tell the story of the past that was present within." Studio Gram discusses Hotel Harry, a Heritage listed hotel that sits proudly as the leader of Sydney's artistic heart and soul, Surry Hills.
We talk to Marcy Ewing, the global studio design director at Shaw Contract, to find out what it takes to design for such a niche field – carpet.
"I think the best architecture comes from restrictions of some sort." Brad Swartz discusses how he cleverly packs a lot into small spaces – from a home for his parents, to one for himself – for MEZZANINE.
Extrapolating the idea of sustainability to basically mean ‘no more new s**t’, Matt Woods has a design stratagem like no other. Here, he shares with us 5 of his favourite things.
ADR speaks to Sarah Smith, who started her career designing prisons and has since moved on to work at Hayball in the education sector. She discusses the transition from designing correctional centres to designing schools, how the layout of schools is changing, and her favourite space in Australia – by Johnson Pilton Walker.
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Hecker Guthrie, Jackson Clements Burrows (JCB) Architects, and developer Piccolo have come together for the third time to create a collection of 34 apartments, which pay homage to the heritage of the site. Located on the corner of Argyle Street, the site is included within the South Fitzroy Heritage Overlay Precinct and is surrounded by several buildings […]
Covering current challenges, micro-trends, ergonomics and new perspectives, ADR’s Workplace Design Trend Report is a must-read for all designers and architects. Launched at a breakfast panel event last week, the report provides a deep dive into the office design landscape now and in the future. Based on insight from a variety of design experts and academics the […]
The Gold Coast Suns Elite Training and Administration Facility was designed as a new home for the AFL team that breaks down the segregation of players, coaching staff and administrative staff. Designed by BVN the facility provides a new transparent and cohesive home for a young AFL team within the wider Gold Coast Sports Precinct. The ambition […]
The Interior design Excellence Awards (IDEA), Australia’s largest and most successful independent design awards program, launched its 17th iteration last evening at an event in South Melbourne. Launched by inside magazine in 2003, IDEA celebrates the best of Australian interior and product design across 14 categories and five Special Awards. “Each year the design bar is raised higher than […]
Green Building Council of Australia (GBCA) has snapped up the former general manager of sustainability and corporate procurement at Stockland, Davina Rooney, for the role of chief executive officer. GBCA chair Rod Fehring says Rooney’s “inspirational leadership capacity” together with her deep technical knowledge would enhance the organisation’s industry perspective as it furthered its goals to […]
Having designed the original playground 25 years ago, Gardiner Architects has designed the new Eltham North Playground after it burned down in 2017. The playground is part of a community recreational precinct and is an iconic landmark for the area. More than just playground, it is a community meeting place that caters for an age […]
As Studio Ongarato celebrates 25 years, ADR catches up with founders Fabio Ongarato and Ronnen Goren to talk about the practice’s design journey. What were the origins of Studio Ongarato? How did the studio begin? We both studied at RMIT University. Fabio Ongarato studied visual communication, where the emphasis was more on art direction rather than graphic […]
HASSELL has announced Jared Thorp, graduate of the Queensland University of Technology’s Bachelor of Design (Landscape Architecture), as the winner of the 2019 HASSELL Travelling Scholarship – Robin Edmond Award. Thorp was selected following interviews with 19 students, nominated by seven participating universities around Australia. His presented project, titled ‘ZOOSubverted’, challenges the traditional design of zoological […]
Woods Bagot has won an architectural competition to design a luxury hotel in Sydney, which the firm says is the “first luxury city hotel in 20 years”. Woods Bagot’s winning design for the hotel and office tower at 4-6 Bligh Street in central Sydney proposes “an extraordinary urban experience from street level to crown”. Competition […]
Japanese architect Arata Isozaki has received this year’s Pritzker Prize, widely considered to be the profession’s highest honour. The 2019 jury says: “Possessing a profound knowledge of architectural history and theory, and embracing the avant-garde, he never merely replicated the status quo, but his search for meaningful architecture was reflected in his buildings that to […]
The Australian Trellis Door Company (ATDC) recently completed a project for the members’ bar at the prestigious Cruising Yacht Club of Australia (CYCA) at Sydney’s Rushcutters Bay. The project required the installation of bar closure doors along a curved bar counter top. The CYCA is one of Australia‘s leading yacht clubs and is widely reputed […]
Geoff Hanmer, adjunct lecturer in Architecture, UNSW, weighs in on the landmark Lacrosse fire ruling, which could have industry-wide ramifications. On the last day of summer for 2019, the Victorian Civil and Administrative Tribunal (VCAT) delivered a burst of sunshine to apartment owners at the high-rise Lacrosse building in the Melbourne Docklands precinct. Lacrosse suffered […]
Christopher Elliot Design has breathed new life into this Heritage school building where only minor structural changes were allowed. St Michael’s Grammar School had a problem. It had an ageing facility, Marlton House, and a group of youthful, vibrant students who used the rooms of the building as their classrooms. To create a space more […]
Four Australian universities have been ranked among the world’s top 25 schools for architecture according to the latest QS World University Rankings. The QS World University Rankings by Subject ranks the world’s top universities in individual subject areas, covering 48 subjects. QS says the rankings “aim to help prospective students identify the world’s leading schools in […]
When BLP designed Fujitsu Melbourne’s Headquarters, the brief was clear: to honour Fujitsu’s refined Japanese heritage and create a culture of ‘One Fujitsu’, while also incorporating the local Melbourne flavour into the design. BLP’s design took inspiration from Melbourne’s stylish population as a baseline, which manifests in the workplace in the form of crisp and […]
Molecule Studio has designed a new workplace in Sydney for wealth management firm Escala Partners, which is a “sibling space” to the Melbourne HQ both in functional brief and aesthetic design. The brief was to achieve a unique identity for the Sydney workplace, without creating a major deviation from the design characteristics executed in the […]
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