The latest in interiors
Instyle's new fabrics are ideal for use in upholstery, screens or wall panelling in a wide array of environments.
Co-authored by noted design experts David Clark and Meryl Hare, the book was launched at a special event in Sydney last night. It will be reviewed in Inside magazine’s issue #84.
Architecture collective SIBLING will soon launch its latest collaboration – the architecture for DUST, a progressive publishing and retail concept located in Melbourne.
The entries have been shortlisted across various categories including Residential, Office, Hospitality, Retail, Education, Aged Care and Healthcare.
The Interior Design Excellence Awards (aka IDEA) records a bumper number of entries this year.
A contemporary urban village, the Ham Yard comprises a 91-room hotel, restaurant and 24-apartment residential complex.
World famous trends forecaster, Li Edelkoort was at designEX talking about a return to the cosy and the comforting.
Armadillo&Co's fifth anniversary was an opportunity to both highlight its woven wares and raise money for underprivileged pre-schoolers in India.
Design aficionados have been spoiled for choice this week with designEX exhibiting at its new location on Glebe Island and the annual Good Design Awards event held at White Bay on Wednesday evening.
While its creative green project will feature in the ‘Alpitecture meets Biennale – Topographic Structures’ exhibition at the Palazzo Bollani, its award‐winning solution for revitalising old buildings will feature in ‘Augmented Australia’ exhibition at the Australian Pavilion.
The design competition aims to provide a platform for new and emerging designers to showcase their works and launch themselves into the industry.
As the preeminent thought leader in her field, Leyla Acaroglu, and her firm Eco Innovators, has been championing systemic life cycle sustainability as key to a sustainable future.
The event is divided into two parts: the Good Design Showcase in Martin Place, which features this year's award-winning products; and the Good Design Lounge presented by Electrolux that showcases new design projects by young designers from around the world.
Founded on ideals of quality, aesthetics and social sustainability, door hardware designer, Halliday & Baillie is as finicky about detail as its clients.
Born in the midst of the global financial crisis, VAV Architects is made up of three practitioners, Daria Leikina, Darragh Breathnach and Pablo Bolinches Vidal, based respectively in Australia, Ireland and Portugal. Their mutual love of architecture and passion for follies and interventions is what drives the practice forward.
Starck’s design appeals to many people and, in its combination of aesthetics and practicality, represents a milestone in bathroom history. Even after 20 years, his creations still stand for sustainable product design.
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The latest in architecture
Assembly is more than your average apartment building. Living here, you are presented with not just a home to live in, but also a community, a connection to the surrounding precinct and amenities that make saying 'hi' to your neighbour inevitable.
Bookings for Open House Brisbane's ticketed tours open this Thursday, 21 September, so ADR has compiled a list of some of the must-see homes and buildings from this year’s ticketed selection.
Thomas Bailey explains how the sheds and school buildings of country Tasmania sparked his love of architecture, a love that would eventually grow into him opening his own studio, Room 11.
Wedged between a regional train line and the town of Moe is the Frank Bartlett Library & Service Centre designed by fjmt. The new civic building has been named a Global Award winner at the Shaw Contract Design Awards. The five winners, chosen out of 497 entries, have been announced today. For an Australian project, the win […]
The shortlist has been revealed for the 2017 Australian Institute of Architects' National Architecture Awards. The competition this year received a record 983 entries across 14 categories, making it the largest of its kind in the southern hemisphere.
"Often it's the little detail here or concept there; that cool idea you got the client to agree to, that component or part of the programme that brings a sense of play, something that makes you stop and say, 'Cool'." ADR meets Kurt Crisp and Peter Ahern, co-founders and directors of buck&simple. The pair discusses how details can make a project, taking risky, but great leaps, and the thrill of being free of plans.
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.
Taking a focus on student health and well-being, BVN has designed the Artemis Centre at Melbourne Girls Grammar School.
The 10 Star home by Clare Cousins Architects and The Sociable Weaver is estimated to cost only $3 a year to run, and produced only three bags of landfill during its construction. Is it Australia's most sustainable home?
Professor Donald Bates chats with New York based Jesse Reiser and Nanako Umemoto (Reiser + Umemoto).
The Fifty Fifty house: At first glance For the curious and perceptive people among us, there is a house in the inner suburbs of Melbourne that is not quite what it seems. At first glance, the brick façade appears just like all the other 1950s creations it’s surrounded by, but look again and that unassuming […]
“Tribe offers a high-end, designer hotel experience at an affordable rate. Unless you’re an expert on construction techniques you could stay in one of our offerings and you wouldn’t necessarily know it’s built using modular construction.” Tribe Hotel Group is applying the benefits of prefabrication to bring a fresh, international approach to the hotel industry.
"We can see that [prefabrication] is going to become the way of the future." Prefab is allowing buildings to take shape in new and different ways than ever before.
A great merger is like a great marriage, with two parties finding they are better together than they were on their own. But how do you find the one who will be the right fit? Paul Gillett and Dimitty Andersen of Grieve Gillett Andersen say their experience was very like a courtship. And so far it's been a very happy marriage indeed.
"Since opening, we have been asked to host weddings, parties and even a funeral wake." Paul Gillett of Grieve Gillett Andersen and his client discuss the Petaluma Cellar Door, designed by the studio in 2015.
"Mother Nature is the greatest architect." ADR talks to Steele Olney, founding director of Studio Dot, a practice that he named after his daughter. Olney discusses how travel made him a rounded architect, designing his family home, and his teenage dream of designing cars.
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