The latest in interiors
“The support Futurespace has had from Cult and Richard over the years has been a true partnership that gets stronger and stronger. We value their excellent service and commitment to Australian design, and look forward to working on many more projects together in the future.” – Angela Ferguson (Futurespace) Celebrating 20 years at the forefront […]
Little Octopus is a restaurant in Nashville, Tennessee that serves up a mix of Carribean-inspired food and rum-based cocktails. In creating a new interior for the eatery, design firm Design, Bitches took inspiration from ‘old-school Miami’, equipping the space with flora, linen, and stained sherbet-coloured glass. Transforming the space meant taking it out of the […]
Fabio Ongarato Design, a multi-disciplinary award-winning design studio with offices in Melbourne, Hong Kong, and Dubai, was recently engaged to create the site narrative for W Shanghai – The Bund, a newly opened luxury hotel occupying two elegant towers overlooking the Huangpu River in Shanghai. Famed for its exotic allure, Shanghai boasts a vibrant fusion […]
Positioned in the Jardin Public quarter of the historic centre of Cognac, south-west France, this home renovation is reminiscent of the quintessential Paris apartment. The design of the house, which dates from before 1850, was created by Sydney-based interior designer Andrew Loader Design who took on a complete “back to bones restoration” beginning with the […]
Nobody walks in L.A, as the saying goes, but this corner walk-up cafe aims to inspire and enhance the area’s rare pedestrian culture. Little Ground Cafe is located in a district where thousands of workers drive into their fully serviced closed campuses for 8-12 hours a day and seldom leave, primarily due to the lack of outside […]
Interior design practice Geyer has appointed Wendy Geitz as CEO to drive the future vision and strategy of the five studio business. Wendy will head up the award-winning 40 year old company as it continues to deliver strategy led design solutions for top tier clients across Asia Pacific. Previously, Geitz has worked for Lendlease in various […]
From creating an interactive flagship retail space for Telstra to a road safety project for children at Melbourne Museum, innovation and design company Downstream is fusing design and technology to transform the way we experience corporate environments and public spaces. Technology has radically changed and is continuing to change our lives. With smarter than ever […]
A new beauty retail chain has opened in the US, with a unique ‘zoning strategy’ design concept that allows customers to explore products through play. Named Riley Rose and launched by clothing retailer Forever 21, the boutique’s various zones transform the vast spaces into digestible areas for browsing, relaxing and trailling. The stores are designed […]
Brisbane is riding the crest of the co-working wave with the recently opened The Cove, a loft-style workspace that draws on a fusion of Scandinavian and Japanese design. Designed by Collectivus, alongside builders Unita, lighting specialists Viv-id and The Cove Founder Courtney Norris, the space is functional with clean lines and an overarching palette of […]
When Anne-Claire Petre of Anaca Studio and Elizabeth Bull of One Fine Print joined forces last year to open a pop-up shop, they were taken aback at the creative power of the collaboration. The temporary shop in Melbourne’s Fitzroy proved so successful that it sparked the idea of creating an event where smaller design brands […]
Housed within a former noodle bar, Bad Love Club (BLC) is a new boozy bakery in Footscray, located in Melbourne’s inner western suburbs, that approached architecture and interiors practice BOARCH with an unusual brief. What was the brief? Our clients came to use with one hell of a brief, we were asked to imagine the […]
As Australia’s ageing population increases, Chantelle Balliro, head of Interior Design for CHT Interiors, and Joshua McAlister, associate director of CHT Architects, talk to inside about the changes and challenges for design in the sector. inside: CHT Interiors is very involved with designing aged care and seniors living accommodation. What changes have you seen over the […]
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As competitive design businesses, we are pushed to continually change – by new initiatives, tech updates, project-centred workloads, ever-adapting workflows and evolving competition. Change is as inevitable as it is hard. No arguments here. Around 50 percent of our 16,000 users are architects. A majority of those either are currently or have been recently in throes […]
“Asia is going to be the powerhouse of the future…” Harold Holt, Prime Minister of Australia, 16 December 1967 – the day before he drowned. It’s a bit late for spoiler alerts when talking about Asia’s tremendous business opportunities. More than five decades ago, Australian Prime Minister Harold Holt told his British counterpart, Harold McMillan, that “…the […]
The Powerhouse has appointed writer and editor Stephen Todd as the creative director of Sydney Design Week 2020. Todd will draw on his specialised expertise in design to create a dynamic seven-day program directly responding to the design industry. Taking place from 16 to 22 September 2020, Sydney Design Week will refine the previously titled Sydney […]
Arcadis has announced the appointment of Jacqui Banks to its Global Cities Team as city executive Melbourne. Banks is an experienced leader in urban renewal, precincts, place-making, planning, urban design, and building and infrastructure delivery. Most recently Banks played a leading role in the planning and development of the Fisherman’s Bend Urban Renewal Area, Australia’s largest […]
“Australia’s economic growth rate remains stuck at a decade low, but the Government has what’s needed to get it moving again,” says Denita Wawn, CEO of Master Builders Australia. “What’s urgently needed is an acceleration of infrastructure projects to the construction phase and more discussion of measures to encourage business investment. We need investment in […]
The Business of Architecture and Design (BoAD) is a brand new one-day conference created to prepare practice leaders for success. Brought to you by the publisher of Australian Design Review (ADR) and Architectural Review (AR), BoAD is all about looking to the future. The A&D industry is evolving quickly and this conference has been designed to provide […]
Australian Design Review (ADR) is excited to announce the launch of the Business of Architecture of Design (BOAD) podcast series, created to help architectural and design practices run their businesses better. Each episode will bring you interviews with leading architects and designers who will share their business experiences and expertise and give you valuable insights into running […]
Lexus is calling on young creatives to enter its 2020 Design Awards, offering mentorships, funding for prototypes and the chance to exhibit at Milan Design Week. Now in its eighth year, the program aims to inspire innovations in design that ‘lead to a better tomorrow’. To enter the awards, entrants will need to demonstrate how their creative ideas […]
Australia’s first Passive House (Passivhaus) Certified apartment building, located 300m from Redfern station, will be officially launched by the Lord Mayor of Sydney on 17 September. Called The Fern, the 11 one-bedroom serviced apartments are the first in the country to be built using the German approach to home design that uses a combination of high-performance […]
Branding, wayfinding and placemaking firm Studio Ongarato has been selected to work on Beulah International’s Southbank project in Melbourne. The studio will work alongside Dutch architecture firm UNStudio and Melbourne-based Cox Architecture to deliver the visual identity for the project, which is composed of two twisting terraced forms. Conceived as an extension of Melbourne’s Southbank […]
Located on the rooftop of Westfield Sydney, Babylon Rooftop Bar and Restaurant is inspired by The Hanging Gardens of Babylon. Designed by architecture and interior design practice Hogg&Lamb, the Babylon dining concept was born from the idea of feasting among the ruins of a lost and ancient city. Archways, colonnades and travertine plinths form a sequence […]
As the buildings in our cities become ever brighter thanks to the lights of digital media, Niels Wouters academic specialist, Microsoft Research Centre for Social Natural User Interfaces, University of Melbourne, says that councils need to set out specific guidelines on design and decision criteria to promote long-term sustainability and acceptance. Looking over the Melbourne skyline […]
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