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For six decades, Guildhouse has operated as a quiet but powerful force within South Australia’s cultural landscape, backing artists at moments where time, trust and resources shape what comes next. In 2026, that commitment sharpens with the announcement of an expanded Guildhouse Fellowship, a nationally significant professional development program that lifts both ambition and expectation […]
Drawing from 1950s Italy, American Art Deco, French Modernism, 1980s Hamer Hall and the Industrial Revolution, Melbourne’s Hannah St Hotel inside the new Queensbridge Building has a layered web of design references within, courtesy of interior designer Flack Studio (architecture by Fraser & Partners). Founding director David Flack reveals how these influences converged to capture […]
Here’s a question for you: what do Pedro Almodóvar, Joana Vasconcelos, Jiang Qiong Er, Hans Hopfer, Jean Nouvel, Sacha Lakic, Marcel Wanders and Jean Paul Gaultier have in common? If you answered that they’re all incredibly talented creatives, globally recognised and consistently working at the top of their game, you’d be only half right. For […]
Indonesia International Furniture Expo returns to Jakarta in March 2026 with scale, substance and a sharpened international focus that places it firmly on the global design calendar. As one of the world’s most influential furniture and craft exhibitions, IFEX Indonesia has earned its reputation by bringing together serious buyers, progressive designers and manufacturers operating at […]
HDR took on the challenge of delivering a co-location facility that prioritises functionality, but not at the expense of creativity and a human-centric approach. Data centres are playing an integral role in the transformation of our virtual world. Every sector from health to banking, or finance to education increasingly relies upon them for scalable, reliable […]
Three women redefine furniture through material intelligence, craft lineage and objects designed for everyday life. At first glance, Escultura reads as a furniture brand. Spend a little time with its founders, and it becomes clear the studio operates closer to a design philosophy, one shaped by material intelligence, lived experience and an insistence that furniture […]
At the 2025 Interior Design Excellence Awards (IDEA), Breathe Architecture won two awards for projects completed more than a decade apart, both espousing the firm’s enduring clarion call for smaller, more sustainable housing. A lot can happen in 12 years in the world of A+D. New studios rise up, projects reach completion, material innovations emerge, […]
A refined mixed-use tower by Plus Studio sets a new benchmark for housing diversity and urban clarity in West Perth. As West Perth continues to recalibrate its identity between civic gravity and residential life, a newly approved mixed-use tower on Murray Street is setting out a clear proposition for how future development may engage the […]
From the lobby to the bathrooms, the design details inside Hotel Indigo tell a story of Melbourne Walk’s urban context and heritage. The first major development in Bourke Street Mall in more than 50 years, Melbourne Walk unites a collection of eight buildings of different eras across an entire block, and is located between Bourke […]
For a toy that will celebrate its 100th birthday in six short years, LEGO remains one of the most popular playthings across the planet. Its assistance with developing young (and not so young) imaginations is well-established, but that’s just the start of its selling points. A new guide has been developed and released by engineering […]
Two neighbouring Ballarat penthouses by Studio Nicholas explore how shared values can give rise to distinctly personal interiors shaped by family, craft and quiet confidence. Designing two neighbouring penthouses for members of the same family presents a particular kind of intimacy, one that asks for alignment without repetition and cohesion without compromise, and for Nicholas […]
An interior redesign of a classic Victorian workers’ cottage delivers a bolt of colour and materiality, while gracefully preserving its historical foundations. When FYC Architects was tasked with adding a single-storey extension to a traditional four-room, double-fronted Victorian terrace house, director Fei Chau opted to modernise the home with quiet restraint, retaining its historic nature. […]
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Are you an emerging interior designer, architect or product designer hoping to join Australian Design Review’s prestigious 30UNDER30 program? Now is your chance to enter the 2025/2026 stream. Australian Design Review’s (ADR’s) 30UNDER30 is now open to entries from interior designers, architects, product designers or innovators of the built world seeking life-changing career development opportunities. […]
Construction is complete on stage one of the new Sydney Children’s Hospital and Minderoo Children’s Comprehensive Cancer Centre project, located within Sydney’s Randwick Health and Innovation Precinct. Claiming to be one of Australia’s most significant health projects in the country, the Sydney Children’s Hospital and cancer research building, designed by Billard Leece Partnership (BLP), boasts […]
Located in the heart of Melbourne’s Southbank, Sento, designed by architecture firm FK, blends Japanese-inspired wellness rituals with minimalist, luxurious design. Melbourne-based developer Holder East has secured more than $80 million in presales for its latest project, Sento – meaning ‘bathhouse’ in Japanese. The design for the 48-storey residential and hotel tower at 56 Clarendon […]
Kaunitz Yeung Architecture is expanding, Gray Puksand and Wardle have announced a number of internal promotions, while David Hicks celebrates 25 years in practice – all in this mid-year round up of industry appointments. Kaunitz Yeung Architecture strengthens senior leadership team Kaunitz Yeung Architecture has boosted its expertise with the appointment of Karen Sangster in […]
A first-of-its-kind program is offering architecture and design professionals a new way to launch and grow practices with business support that speaks their language. CO-architecture has announced the launch of The Studio Accelerator, Australia’s first industry-backed accelerator tailored specifically for founders and early-stage practices in architecture and design. Powered by a national ecosystem of business […]
Melbourne’s Bell Station has been named one of the World’s Most Beautiful Passenger Stations of 2024 by the prestigious Prix Versailles, becoming the only Australian project recognised in its category this year. Designed by acclaimed architecture studio Wood Marsh and delivered under the Victorian Government’s transformative Level Crossing Removal Project (LXRP), Bell Station is a […]
As climate instability intensifies, causing a dearth of resources, a new design ethic is emerging in the built environment. Regenerative design invites a deeper kind of engagement, asking architects and designers to move beyond harm reduction and instead create places that restore the land, support the climate and strengthen the communities they serve. With deep […]
Running from 6 to 13 July, NAIDOC Week 2025 marks 50 years of honouring and elevating Indigenous voices, culture and resilience. This year’s theme, ‘The Next Generation: Strength, Vision and Legacy’, celebrates not only the achievements of the past but the bright future ahead, highlighting the strength of young leaders, the vision of communities and […]
The City of Melbourne has extended public access to the acclaimed public structure until 2030. Japanese designer Tadao Ando, a Pritzker Prize Laureate, revered for his unique approach to architecture, which sculpts natural light in captivating forms, opened the MPavilion in Melbourne’s Queen Victoria Gardens in November 2023. Since then, it has hosted hundreds of […]
As Brisbane prepares to host the 2032 Olympic and Paralympic Games, the real opportunity goes well beyond sport. The Olympics offer a once-in-a-generation chance to reshape the city, not just physically, but culturally and socially, writes Andrew Hoyne. This is city shaping and placemaking on steroids. Not the banned kind, but the stuff that cuts […]
Nearing its 20th year, the public event invites Melburnians inside some of the city’s most arresting – and mysterious – landmarks. Open House Melbourne, the city’s annual weekend of talks, tours and events, has been a staple of the Naarm cultural calendar since 2008. This year’s proceedings, taking place across the weekend of 26 and […]
The newly opened airport in Western Sydney brought together creative input from some of the country’s boldest design studios, offering a striking way of looking at terminal design. The recently completed Western Sydney International Airport stands as both the first major airport built in Australia in over 50 years and an expression of civic design […]
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