Lawless & Meyerson stripped back to “reveal the beauty and scars” of the existing building fabric in its new office in Sydney. Located in the former Wilsons Steam Laundry in a Heritage-listed warehouse in the heart of Surry Hills, the space spans two levels and is shared by the studio and architecture firm MHNDU. When […]
Richards Stanisich has created bright and colourful spaces in this substantial Sydney renovation and addition to a single storey house designed by Harry Seidler. Dubbed ‘Private Residence’, the house was built in 1958 as a tribute to the modernism of the city. A self-confessed lover of the post-war era, the client purchased the home with […]
DESIGN Canberra returns to the nation’s capital in November with more than 200 events, talks, exhibitions and artist demonstrations. The annual design event will run from 9-29 November with plenty of online resources for those of us who can’t make it to the capital as a result of COVID-19 restrictions. Speaking to ADR, CEO of […]
PTID has given the new Stockland office in Melbourne’s Rialto Tower an open layout to better reflect the “egalitarian Australian urban community.” “The new workplace aptly branded ‘Evolve’ was an opportunity to reimagine a new way of working,” explains the practice. “The open layout without boundaries or borders provides a diverse landscape of activity settings […]
In celebration of International Women’s Day, ADR looks ahead to upcoming projects from female-run, Australia-based architecture studios. “As a profession – despite being very comfortable with change in our design practise – we are weighted by our pronounced conservatism,” SJB’s Monica Edwards told ADR in 2019. “We operate under archaic structures that reinforce power; power […]
Melbourne Design Week 2020 kicks off on 12 March with 300+ talks, exhibitions, tours and workshops exploring this year’s theme – How Can Design Shape Life? With so much to see and so little time, we’ve narrowed down the list of events to a compact unmissable 14 that you can easily slot into your calendar. […]
Tim Ross explains why we’re often afraid to let our buildings age, preferring to knock them down and replace them with “crappy modern buildings that make no impact on the future”. Speaking to ADR in the lead up to the premiere of his new show Designing a Legacy in Melbourne, the comedian and TV presenter […]
Japanese Modernism, an exclusive exhibition at the National Gallery of Victoria, graphically explores Japanese architecture, design and fashion in an era of cultural flux. Following the Great-Kanto earthquake of 1923 that flattened much of the Tokyo-Yokohama metropolitan area, Japan experienced a period of democratic freedom as the country went about the work of rebuilding. The […]
The 2020 Venice Architecture Biennale has just been postponed until 29 August in response to “recent precautionary measures” taken to prevent the spread of the coronavirus (COVID-19) in Northern Italy. This announcement comes just one week after La Biennale di Venezia president Paolo Baratta live-streamed a video in which he confirmed the exhibition would go ahead […]
Co-founders of the Irish practice Grafton Architects Yvonne Farrell and Shelley McNamara have just been named the 2020 Pritzker Architecture Prize laureates. The duo were awarded the prize for “their integrity in their approach to both their buildings, as well as the way they conduct their practice, their belief in collaboration and their generosity towards their […]
Make Architects has teamed up with Cera Stribley to sculpt a curved timber structure at the entrance of the Chadstone Shopping Centre in Melbourne’s south-east. The Link is designed to connect the shopping centre to the Tower 1 office building and Hotel Chadstone Melbourne, MGallery by Sofitel and is inspired by the arched glass roof […]
IDEA 2020 launched with a party in Melbourne attended by last year’s winning and highly commended local practices, as well as a few fresh faces from the industry. The launch event, which celebrates IDEA 2020 being officially open for entries, was hosted by Miele at their South Melbourne Experience Centre. For guests, it was a […]