IDEA 2021 will open for entries on 26 February with the discounted early-entry period running until 5 May. Enter your project or studio from next week on and sign up to the IDEA newsletter to receive more information! Now in its 19 year, IDEA is Australia’s oldest architecture and interior design awards and has become a benchmark […]
Architects and interior designers from all over Australia cheered on extraordinary local design at The Timber Yard in Melbourne for this year’s IDEA Gala party. A couple of months ago, we made the decision to postpone our awards ceremony, which was originally scheduled for November 2020, until we could all come together safely and securely. After the scare that was […]
To celebrate the release of the new portable &Tradition Flowerpot Portable Table Lamp by Verner Panton, ADR has teamed up with Cult for a very special giveaway. In 1968, Danish designer Verner Panton penned a vividly coloured lamp that embodied the experimental attitude of its creator. Now, more than five decades later, fellow design brand […]
Esoteriko, Flack Studio and Richards Stanisich took home the top prizes at the IDEA 2020 gala party in Melbourne tonight. Esoteriko was named best emerging designer, while Flack Studio was Designer of the Year and Richards Stanisich picked up Overall Winner. The winning studios were chosen from more than 300 submissions by a jury of […]
MPavilion 2020 has teamed up with Open House Melbourne and Melbourne Music Week to invite five Australian artists to play in a selection of heritage locations this month. The initiative is part of MERGE—a collaborative music and design initiative commissioned by MPavilion for Open House Melbourne’s July and MPavilion/Melbourne Music Week’s November 2020 program. The artists will […]
It’s a dying art, but one that John Sargood preserves in a workshop cluttered with perfectly detailed miniatures of Woods Bagot buildings destined to grace skylines the world over. It’s an almost impossible task to capture John Sargood’s world in print. Reading back over our conversation, it’s quickly apparent that so much is missing. Sargood […]
A covered outdoor community space, change rooms, kiosk and public toilet sit under one “civic scale” roof in the Marsden Park Amenities by CHROFI. The project took out the Robert Woodward Award for Small Project Architecture at the 2020 New South Wales Architecture Awards this week, where it was praised for its “ephemeral and playful” […]
Chenchow Little has created three-dimensional internal voids with expansive arched windows in this family home in the inner Sydney suburb of Glebe. Known for its Victorian terrace houses and narrow streets, Glebe has small allotments and a high density of housing in comparison to other Sydney suburbs. The site for Chenchow Little’s Glebe House is […]
The ability to work, live and play all within 20 minutes’ reach is the new gold standard. In planning circles, it’s a concept known as the 20-minute neighbourhood, and it has surged in popularity during the COVID-19 pandemic. The rise of the 20-minute neighbourhood has come from people’s desire to return to living locally and […]
Carr has announced the elevation and appointment of three members of the leadership team. Joining the team at Carr as an associate in the residential interiors team is Anouche Levy. With over 20 years’ experience, Anouche brings a wealth of expertise having both run her own studio and worked in several practices. Encompassing a broad range […]
As the light at the end of the COVID-19 tunnel comes into view, the design community must rally to make employees feel safe as we begin to reoccupy shared spaces. Zenith Interiors consulted their market leading clients to provide a vision of the health-centric office post-pandemic. The Association of Consulting Architects Australia (ACA) conducted three […]
ADR heads back into the Tasmanian wilderness to explore how one of Australia’s most striking example of Indigenous architecture – Krakani-lumi – has adapted to its surroundings and the community that cares for it. As the timber pavilions of krakani-lumi were airlifted into the Mount William (wukalina) National Park, architects Mat Hinds and Poppy Taylor […]