The latest in interiors
"We’re facing a crisis. I call it ‘ecofatigue’. Many architects and designers feel sustainability is a bit of a fad, or a style. Almost constraining enough to rebel against." Steele Associates architect and founder, Oliver Steele, discusses the challenges and rewards of innovating sustainable home design.
MEZZANINE magazine takes a journey through the personal work of a select group of Australia’s leading interior and architecture photographers, to discover the works they create for the walls they inspire.
Expanding the Bond University's Gold Coast offering, the Abedian School of Architecture sits within the faculty of architecture and sustainable design, as co-editor of inside magazine Gillian Seriser finds, while Cook Robotham Architecture Bureau's (CRAB Studio) design works splendidly with Arata Isozaki's campus design of the '80s.
“Public art can bring back intimacy”, says artist Elliat Rich. A look at recent and upcoming projects across the country yields myriad works that interact with the environment and the public in subtle and multi-stranded ways, facilitating a creative connect between people and their surrounds.
"The perception of luxury has largely shifted, particularly in the Australian context." Carr Design Group's Rosie Morley discusses the contemporary shift in hotel design, and their current hotel project in Mornington Peninsula.
In line with the resurfacing of timber and other natural materials in interior and furniture design, leather is on its way back and not always as you would expect. Stephen Todd looks at the ways the material is being used in product and interior design for MEZZANINE magazine.
"In my opinion, Hay seems always to be creating a buzz, and this year at Milan was no different." Following his trip to Salone del Mobile, Canberra-based furniture designer Chris Hardy gives his insight on the stand-out exhibitions and highlights this year.
With open-plan living on the way out and our homes becoming hubs for multifunctional inter-generations, MEZZANINE magazine explores how the facilitation of privacy and social interaction inspires the decisions architects and designers make when forming the spaces we inhabit.
"I feel that we are in a very conservative cycle of design," says Trent Jansen. The acclaimed designer touched down in Milan as part of the exhibition New Craft, with his Briggs Family Tea Service design on display as part of XX1 Triennale International.
Manuelle Gautrand is a French architect who creates buildings and interiors that push the boundaries of style and innovation. Inside magazine chats to Gautrand about the highlights of her 25-year career, throughout which she has created countless projects that embrace people and places.
St.George’s Barangaroo branch has been awarded a 6 Star Green Star – Interiors rating, becoming the first bank branch and the first retail fit-out in Australia to achieve the impressive rating.
Spending three days exploring the depths of north-western Tasmania with Nathan Day, Western Australia’s first formally accredited furniture-maker, is as much an education in timber as it is an eye-opening experience.
After a career spanning almost 20 years as senior associate of MA Architects and Neometro, Maria Danos has embarked on a new professional phase by launching her own practice – Maria Danos Architecture. Built within what was formerly a mechanics' studio, her latest project, Mister + Miss café, is an upscaled space that embraces its past.
The rise of online shopping continues to present a challenge for brick-and-mortar stores, with architects and designers evolving the retail experience in attempts to engage hands-on, real life shopping.
Andrew Mellios was given a brief to design a seaside home on the Victorian coast with heritage and a vista that defies description. inside co-editor Jan Henderson steps inside the Sorrento Beach House to experience the exceptional levels of style and substance it provides.
Associate Professor Joanne Cys visits the Hindmarsh Residence for inside magazine, exploring a project that pays homage to the old and welcomes the new in design and utility, form and function.
The Podium
The latest in architecture
Moshe Safdie is undoubtedly a starchitect of the 20th and 21st centuries, who appears not to have fallen for his own hype. At almost 80, he claims not to entirely understand the tricky process of winning projects. Marian Edmunds asks, ‘what can we learn from the Israeli-Canadian architect?’ Sometimes people seek you because of your […]
Studio Ongarato has injected a uniquely Queensland feel into the W Brisbane hotel, which is the first 5-star hotel to open in Queensland’s capital in more than 20 years. The project is the latest in a string of engagements for Studio Ongarato with the W brand, with the studio having worked on W Shanghai and […]
Polly Harbison has a Sydney-based practice that specialises in coastal residences. Here she shares some recommendations with AR for the best materials to use when constructing in this environment. AR: What are the particular design challenges in this space? Polly Harbison: A lot of the buildings on the south coast are quite cold. They have […]
Emotion can render all manner of situations uncomfortable. A relationship break-up, bidding on a dream home at auction… or the merger of three architectural practices comprising 400 employees. Senior management of The Buchan Group, unified and rebranded as Buchan since May, recognised several years ago that a merger was in everyone’s best interest. But they also […]
Brisbane-based prefabricated home company Happy Haus has designed a home with a central lush courtyard that takes advantage of the South East Queensland sub-tropical climate. The clients, a young couple building for the first time, wanted an open courtyard-style home on their medium-sized block, which is closely bordered by the estates’ project-style-homes. To meet their needs, Happy […]
After a six-month global search, Green Spine by Dutch architecture firm UNStudio and Melbourne-based Cox Architecture has been announced as the winning design for the Southbank by Beulah competition. Conceived as a “conceptual extension” of Melbourne’s Southbank Boulevard, the Green Spine will be home to a vertical city of green spaces with a strong focus […]
Some would find working alongside their partner a sure path to divorce, but Rosa Coy and George Yiontis says the only drawbacks are talking about work too much at home and organising family holidays… There are many different business models for an architecture practice, but one of the most fraught, surely, would be one run […]
As part of a regular series, AR asks a panel of experts their response to the following question: does your practice have a communications plan in place and do you think this is important? Brooke Lloyd, director, head of interiors, Cox Architecture As an architect or designer, it’s natural to assume a circular relationship of […]
One half of Amsterdam-based designed studio Scholten & Baijings, Carole Baijings is renowned for her innovative use of pattern, colour and graphic elements. As she launches her ColourForm sofa collection with Herman Miller & Maharam, ADR spoke to Baijings about design inspiration and what excites her about the industry. ADR: You have collaborated with Herman Miller […]
“We are creating homes and pushing institutionalisation to the background. We’re designing for residents, not patients, who want to be treated as such,” says James Kelly, associate at ClarkeHopkinsClarke.
Perched above Lake Michigan and surrounded by the Indiana Dunes in the US, this house by Bamesberger Architecture captures the essence of a modern lake home. The home of approximately 5,000 square feet is separated into three functional boxes, which rotate towards each other and face the lake to accentuate views of the trees and water, while […]
AR begins the first in a planned series looking at typologies currently undergoing significant growth – exploring their particular requirements and potential for architectural practices looking to branch out and extend their range. We start with religious buildings via DKO’s experiences designing a megachurch in the outer Melbourne suburb of Knox. DKO architects completed City […]
With interior designer parents and a life-long love of building and creating, Adam Kane was almost destined to work in the architecture industry. AR talks to him about how that passion led him to set up his own practice. I’ve always had a fascination with design and construction and if I wasn’t an architect I’d […]
The Australian Institute of Architects (AIA) has sacked its CEO Jennifer Cunich, replacing her with national president Clare Cousins in the interim. According to the Australian Financial Review (AFR), Cunich’s departure follows “months” of ongoing discussions between the two sides. Cunich joined AIA IN 2016 during a period of financial difficulty, and one of her first […]
Fender Katsalidis and Mim Design have come together to design Australian Unity’s latest retirement project, which features unique ‘courtyard community clubs’ that run vertically through the building. Located at Melbourne’s Albert Park Lake, the $120m, vertical, independent retirement community will comprise 79 one, two and three bedroom residences across 18 levels. The focus for the design was to ensure […]
ADR catches up with global director and education sector leader at Woods Bagot, Georgia Singleton, to find out the biggest challenges that architects are facing and how the design of educational institutions is evolving. What does a ‘typical’ day look like in your role as global leader of Science and Education? The only consistency is […]
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