The latest in interiors
With the advent of reality TV, where choosing a sofa qualifies anyone as an interior designer, the struggle for industry recognition has been dealt a blow.
Entrecôte by Flack Studio is a playful take on a typical Parisian bistro, serving sumptuous steaks against a backdrop of vibrant colour, contemporary art, and stately old-world charm.
Conceptual director Wes Anderson has exclusively designed a cafe for Prada's new art and culture complex, Fondazione Prada. The result is a nostalgic space reminiscent of his famed film sets.
Co-editor Jan Henderson discovers all that is stylish is encapsulated in this two-bedroom apartment located in Singapore. The design has been executed with finesse and, through the use of fine materials and accomplished craftsmen, the project has been resolved to perfection.
Tena koutou world, Christchurch Regional Airport Lounge has affirmed its place in the league of airports par excellence. Designed by BVN in association with Jasmax and winning accolades, including the IDEA international category for 2014, the airport is sensitively harmonious with the landscape, people and culture of New Zealand.
Launching in time for Mother's Day, the new venture from owners of popular South Melbourne boulangerie Chez Dré is sure to lure sweet tooths with a plush fit out by Melbourne-based Breathe Architects.
Since forming in 2013, Yasmine Ghoniem (interiors) and Katy Svalbe (landscapes) have been creating indoor and outdoor spaces that focus on holistic living experiences. We speak to the Sydney-based designers about their approach towards developing their vision for the future of shared living.
We Are Huntly, a Melbourne based design studio has created a working environment that not only reflects the company it houses, but ignites inspiration and encourages creativity for its workers.
Elegant and sophisticated, the offices of Escala Partners are more like a club than a place of work. Molecule has delivered a flawless interpretation of its client’s requirements, which has become a home away from home for Escala’s clients and workers alike.
As we head into the winter months, Melburnians can be found seeking refuge not in the comfort of their own homes but in a café. Where do you head when you want to enjoy a good book?
A large crowd gathered in the Seneca showroom in High Street, Prahran recently to view the latest collection of beautiful wall coverings from Élitis, world-renowned French wall covering, wallpaper and fabric company.
New research from Think Education reveals that young designers and creatives are twice as likely as graduates in other professions to cite a ‘lack of industry connections’ as their biggest career hurdle. How do you see young designers and architects overcoming barriers to fulfilling experience in the industry?
Born in Argentina and based in Brisbane, the bold Alex Lotersztain of design house Derlot gives us his insight into this year's Salone del Mobile.
Nestled among the picturesque suburb of Sherbrooke in Melbourne’s outer south east is The Piggery Cafe – the first phase of the Burnham Beeches project by Shannon Bennett and Adam Garrisson, with architectural partners Woods Bagot.
"If architects are the defenders of the public interface, why aren't all buildings designed by architects?" asks Monique Woodward, of the playful and 'radically conservative' emerging practice WOWOWA.
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The latest in architecture
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 […]
A group of eight Hong Kong-based emerging designers are visiting Melbourne during Design Week to showcase their work as part of the Hong Kong Design Centre’s (HKDC), Business of Design Week (BODW) initiative at the NGV. ADR caught up with the Chairman of HKDC, Professor Eric Yim, to find out his aims for the pilot program […]
How to beautifully frame its million-dollar views while also providing a secure lock up was the challenge confronting Ferrari when it set up a showroom at Sydney’s Star City Casino recently. The solution came in the form of The Australian Trellis Door Company’s (ATDC) high-end folding doors. The brief ATDC received was to protect the […]
Located in Flinders on the Mornington Peninsula, the Eastwell House is one of the oldest homes in the seaside town, which has been sympathetically extended through strikingly sculptural contemporary design. The client’s brief to Technē Architecture and Interior Design was to create a relaxed beach house for a growing family and one that could accommodate […]
The existing campus at Parade College, Bundoora is a robust brown brick modernist design, but a new learning hub eschews the established context. The Nash Learning Centre is located at the forefront of the school and with its clean, white built form is a deliberate point of difference from the college’s 1960’s chocolate brick. The […]
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 […]
As part of a regular series, AR asks a panel of industry experts their response to the following question: Architecture has long been a male dominated industry. Why do you think this is and is it changing? Kerstin Thompson, principal Kerstin Thompson Architects Rather than answer this question I’d prefer to pose a related, but slightly […]
American architect and Pritzker laureate Richard Meier is to take a leave of absence after five women have come forward accusing him of sexual harassment. In a statement on the Richard Meier & Partners website, Meier said that he was “deeply troubled and embarrassed” by the claims and announced that he would be taking six […]
Coffs Harbour City Council is calling on the local community to give feedback on three separate designs for its new Cultural and Civic Space, which have been devised by Designinc and Lacoste + Stevenson, FJMT and Dominic Finlay Jones Architects. The new complex will be built on the site of 23-31 Gordon Street and will include […]
Construction is now complete on South Melbourne Primary School, Victoria’s first high-rise state school, with over 160 students now settled in for term one. The Hayball-designed project – and recipient of the 2016 World Architecture Festival Awards Future Project of the Year award – offers a contemporary building with modern teaching principles at the core […]
Adding space and amenity to a single-fronted victorian on small block with heritage guidelines, presented a number of challenges for Dan Webster Architecture. To stay within council confines, Dan Webster says he started with the basic form of the addition to ensure there was no shadowing to the southern neighbour. “Being in an area where […]
The winning design for a new History and Interpretation Centre has been unveiled by the Hon. Elise Archer MP at the Cascades Female Factory Historic Site in South Hobart. The architectural design competition launched in March last year called for a design that would celebrate the significance and heritage values of the World Heritage-listed Cascades […]
Being true to the authenticity of place is the driving force behind . Located on a street of lovely workers’ cottages in Wilston, Brisbane, Wrightson Stewart’s Wilston project is very much at home and a continuation of the neighbouring aesthetic. To some extent, this sentence is at odds with the radical nature of the expansion, but […]
When Westfield commissioned Australian artist Jade Oakley to produce ambient art pieces for their central escalator cladding and a multi-storey lift well at Westfield Parramatta she was instantly inspired by the indigenous plants of the area. “I was amazed to find Lake Parramatta, tucked in behind a busy road, with some really beautiful original forest around it, […]
As technology continues its relentless disruption of our day-to-day lives, forward-thinking designers and developers are responding in creative new ways. The University of Newcastle’s NeW Space development, which was designed by Lyons Architecture in collaboration with local practice EJE Architecture, is a case in point. The nine-story vertical campus in the heart of Newcastle eschews […]
In an age when social media emphasises image – which in turn encourages consumption, size and excess – the Lean-2 house by Ben Callery Architects celebrates modesty of scale, quality of space, and simplicity of materials. We all know the classic Australian lean-to: three walls and a single pitched roof abutting a taller existing building as […]
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