The latest in interiors
Project — Auvers Practice — Matt Woods Design Location — Rhodes, Australia Photography — Dave Wheeler Briefed to take inspiration from the French village of Auvers-sur-Oise, the language of the design is drawn from the materials of the town, while the feature light references Auvers-sur Oise as Vincent van Gogh’s last home. And, while van […]
Cult Scandinavian brand Acne Studios has worked with local practice H&E Architects to execute its latest retail offering in Sydney. Building on an existing partnership, H&E was the executive architect on the project, working with Acne Studios’ in-house design team to bring the brand’s minimalist aesthetic to life. Designed as a site-specific response, the L-shaped […]
The physical result of design talent, solid collaboration and a touch of kismet, the Shadow house is a successful project in all senses – achieving beauty, preservation of Heritage, and resulting in a home that moulds snugly to the clients' lives.
Seeing inside a creative’s studio is like getting the chance to lift the lid on the whole creative process. ADR takes a look at seven such projects.
Technology is rapidly changing the workplace, Marnie Hammond discusses ways design is keeping abreast.
In suburban Melbourne, one of the world's best restaurants has emerged from an interior renovation, and inside co-editor Jan Henderson experiences the splendid result.
"When I was a year into the course I had a ‘duh’ moment, realising that of course I was destined for interior architecture… I was the daughter of a builder!" This week we meet Nicole Pollak, co-owner and managing director of Siren Design. Pollak discusses what it takes to be a director, her love for MONA and how she finally realised her passion...when it was under her nose all along.
Flexible design is not necessarily new, but the different ways in which flexibility can be integrated can still present some surprising solutions.
Woods Bagot has transformed the iconic Palace Hotel into its new Perth Studio, delivering an agile workplace for the 70-person strong team. Positioned on the corner of St Georges Terrace and William Street in the Perth CBD, the new studio fitout enables a highly flexible work environment which supports new modes of work, with wireless mobile technology and no allocated seating for staff, offering freedom of movement and choice.
The annual Dulux Colour Forecast has been released with 2018 homing in on the concept of ‘Balance’. The collection of four colour palettes has been carefully considered and pulled together by creative director Bree Leech and Dulux’s colour planning and communications manager Andrea Lucena-Orr. Each palette within the forecast comes back to the overarching theme […]
Extraordinarily grand, yet entirely a home, there is a sublime kind of majesty to the simplicity of this SJB interior. Yet, of course, this is an illusion of scale materiality and an almost fetishist approach to detail. There is also a familiarity of personality rarely explored with such care.
Luchetti Krelle this week delivered Longrain Tokyo, a warm and earthy interior on the 39th floor of a skyscraper in Ebisu, Tokyo. Floating high above the skyline, with a panoramic city view below, the layout gives subtle nods to its founding Surry Hills warehouse, while also paying respect to Japanese symbols and craftsmanship. To discuss […]
The latest in architecture
The latest Nightingale residential development in Melbourne brought together seven of the city’s top firms and asked them to leave ego at the door. It could be said that there’s no better way to test your powers of collaboration and the resilience of the peer review process than to produce a large residential project with […]
Design and architecture practice Hassell has promoted seven of its designers to the role of principal as part of a number of promotions across the practice’s ten studios around the world. In Australia, Natalie Busch, Ed Mitchell, Evodia Alaterou, and Keith Allen have been made principals, as have Chong Wang, Tamagin Blake-Smith, and Klevis Koco […]
Revered Australian architect Glenn Murcutt’s design for the 2019 MPavilion has been revealed today, with the structure described by the Pritzker Prize winner as “a crisp white building that will be lit at night like a lantern”. The design, which consists of a steel-framed rectangular building with wing-like trusses covered in translucent fabric, was influenced by […]
Architecture and design studio Architectus has hired Geyer’s Mark Talbot as a principal and has also promoted Farhad Haidari and Silvia Cupik to the same role. Joining Architectus as principal this month, Mark Talbot brings over 28 years of experience across the architecture, interior architecture and industrial design disciplines. He will add “significant value” to Architectus’ […]
Articolo is an Australian lighting design studio that is making its mark on the world of fine product design. With Nicci Green at the helm, the pendant lights, lamps and wall sconces she creates can be found, specified and bought across Europe, the UK and the US. From humble beginnings, it’s clear to see that […]
In a world that tells us the most important thing is to win at all costs and increase the bottom line, how do we define success and what it means to individual architectural practices? With most architectural projects spanning at least 12 months, end outcomes can be an irrelevant concept in defining success on a […]
Love Architecture’s design for supermarket chain Spar reflects its sustainability prowess. Located in Austria, the goal for the façade of this building was to create a strong haptic quality with materials that convey the themes of climate protection and naturalness, but also modernity and innovation. Architect’s statement This market is a third-generation climate protection store with […]
Entry as a Service is the next level up of automatic door maintenance and technology, explains dormakaba’s Kevin Blacow. We’re now used to the idea of the Internet of Things (IoT) connecting many of the staple appliances and fixtures of our everyday lives to the cloud and, therefore, each other, but what may surprise is […]
Bates Smart has delivered the latest fit-out for coworking operator Hub, which is located in the iconic ICI House in Melbourne, the first skyscraper to be built in Australia and originally designed by Bates Smart + McCutcheon in 1958. The country’s largest privately-owned coworking operator engaged Bates Smart to design Hub Parliament Station with a strong […]
HUT has designed a luxury boutique in London’s Soho for Mr NICE, a cannabis lifestyle brand that sells accessories from around the world. The aim was to create a design that showcases the product whilst uplifting the public’s perception of cannabis and CBD Oil. In keeping with the organic nature of CBD oil, products are displayed on natural […]
Jessica de Rome had to overcome a fear of expressing her creativity before embarking on a career in architecture. Here, she tells Architectural Review about her path into the industry and how she set up her own practice. I had always wanted to do architecture, but initially, I was far too intimidated by the thought of […]
Woods Bagot, as part of a design consortium, has been awarded the contract to design the new Crows Nest metro railway station. The Crows Nest Design Consortium is led by SMEC, a multidisciplinary and professional services engineering company, and includes its partners Woods Bagot (architect), Robert Bird Group (sister company to SMEC), NDY, and Oculus […]
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