The latest in interiors
Tucked into the corner of Manchester and Flinders lanes, Elio’s Place is an all-day trattoria that channels Southern Italian warmth with an unmistakable Melbourne flair. Designed by Studio Co & Co, Elio’s Place is as much a tribute to memory as it is a statement of contemporary hospitality design. Rich, confident and full of character, […]
During a recent field trip to Japan with Brahman Perera, Australian Design Review witnessed the creative inspiration behind LANDMARK by Lexus – a hospitality pavilion he has designed for this year’s Melbourne Cup Carnival, writes Jane Rocca. A new three-level architectural building within the glamorous Birdcage enclosure at Flemington Racecourse will see LANDMARK by Lexus […]
Cristina Napoleone was among Australian Design Review’s 30UNDER30 cohort in 2024/2025. Below, we get to know how the young founder spearheaded Terrain, an experimental community space in Fitzroy, Melbourne, where ecology, design, technology and culture intersect. Australian Design Review: What is Terrain? Cristina Napoleone: Terrain is an initiative that creates playful physical and digital spaces […]
There’s an old adage that ‘the key to success is sincerity… and if you can fake that you’ve got it made’. Was it Groucho Marx who said it? George Burns? French playwright Jean Giraudoux? The gloriously acerbic character actor Celeste Holm? The notoriously tongue twisted Hollywood producer Samuel (‘Gentlemen, include me out’) Goldwyn? The truth […]
On a cold mid-winter day, Australian Design Review ventured into Rydges Melbourne to experience Spectra, a temporary immersive project by award-winning artists Rowena Martinich and Geoffrey Carran. In the second instalment of our feature series exploring site-specific art and its power to shape place and experience, we discover that when artists are given creative free […]
One of Australia’s most admired and prominent contemporary designers, Ross Gardam‘s practice merges traditional craft with modern know-how. A natural collaborator who believes that designing in a vacuum should be discouraged, he explains why he’s excited to join the panel of esteemed mentors for the 2025/2026 30UNDER30 program. Australian Design Review: Why did you want […]
ABI Interiors is a multiple-award-winning global leader in premium architectural fixtures and fittings, celebrated for shaping Australia’s interior design and renovation landscape. Widely acknowledged for offering the best tapware, ABI Interiors also provides tiles, showers, basins, wastes, bathroom vanities and hardware amongst their comprehensive range of bathroom, kitchen, laundry, and outdoor fixtures. Every piece reflects […]
Noosa-based creative Nicholas Gilbert has accomplished the impressive feat of becoming director of his own interior design practice at just 25. The ambitious designer has long held a passion for visual flair, rooted in his earlier fashion studies. With a bachelor’s degree in interior architecture, combined with a worldview informed by extensive overseas travel, Studio […]
COX Architecture director Brooke Lloyd credits her early-career accomplishments to a willingness to say yes and figure things out later – a lesson she is eager to impart as a mentor to the next cohort of Australian Design Review (ADR)’s 30UNDER30. Australian Design Review (ADR)’s 30UNDER30 program provides mentorship and career development in the architecture […]
Sophie Kebbell is an interior designer from Australian Design Review‘s 30UNDER30 cohort of 2024/2025, and also a senior interior designer for Melbourne-based design practice Hassell. We speak with the future-focused creative to learn more about their artistic inspirations and how it feels to be among ADR‘s select group of 30UNDER30 members. Australian Design Review: How […]
London-based designer and studio Doshi Levien co-founder Nipa Doshi presents a lively new work A Room of My Own at the National Gallery of Victoria (NGV). Doshi is the fourth female artist to have her work presented in the gallery’s Collection of Contemporary Design and Architecture. Joining Tatiana Bilbao, Bethan Laura Wood and Christien Meinderstma, […]
Australian architectural firm Cox has identified an increasingly common duality facing the workplace design sector, writes director and interior designer Brooke Lloyd. Macquarie Group’s global headquarters by Cox. Photo: Brett Boardman. Workplace design for professional services has always carried symbolic weight. More than places of work, offices are also instruments of reputation, carefully calibrated to […]
The latest in architecture
Foolscap Studio elevates the cultural currency of ANZ Gothic Bank, one of Melbourne’s architectural gems, in a remarkable restoration, writes Kiri Sawtell for inside. ‘A museum where you can bank’ was the brief given to Melbourne-based practice Foolscap Studio tasked with reviving ANZ’s historic Gothic Bank. The newly restored space, which reopened in May, showcases […]
Heritage restoration and conservation architecture is an ongoing learning and unlearning process. It demands interdisciplinary collaboration, strategy, a willingness to compromise and a penchant for adapting and improvising, as these industry figures tell inside. The purpose of heritage restoration and conservation is subject to ongoing evolution. Victorian-era art historian John Ruskin equated restoring buildings with […]
Beyond the turnstiles and the red and yellow flags, the future of Australia’s ageing public pools and surf lifesaving clubs remains at the mercy of rising energy costs and increasing climate change threats. Warren and Mahoney is harnessing regenerative practices in the revival of our aquatic assets by futureproofing them for years to come. Australian […]
Capturing the essence of a building or space through the lens of a camera, reflecting its subtle nuances and the designer’s true intent, is a unique art form that requires a specific skill set. Indeed, photography can be the one thing that stands between a project winning an award, gaining media coverage or being completely […]
Breathe creates a new role, RIZEN Atelier unveils its maiden team, Hames Sharley celebrates three new senior team members and more in Australian Design Review’s end-of-year round up of industry appointments. Breathe’s new post for Penny View this post on Instagram A post shared by Breathe Architecture (@breathearchitecture) Melbourne-based sustainable architecture firm Breathe welcomed Penny […]
Positioned in the vibrant heart of Melbourne, the newly unveiled HOME Docklands by Australia’s leading build-to-rent provider, HOME, is set to revolutionise luxury urban living. Designed by COX Architecture, HOME Docklands has been unveiled with a promise of unparalleled residential experiences that celebrate laid-back luxury and a commitment to community. The project comprises 676 apartments […]
Fifty years after Cyclone Tracy caused devastation and destruction across the suburbs of Darwin, the Northern Territory will soon have its own crop of locally educated architects designing buildings to withstand such forces. Charles Darwin University’s (CDU) new Bachelor of Architectural Design, which is open for enrolment now, is specifically tailored for students to understand […]
Oman Across Ages Museum, designed by Cox Architecture, has won the Special Prize for Exterior at The Prix Versailles, a world architecture and design award celebrating the ‘world’s most beautiful’ achievements. Held on 2 December, the 10th Prix Versailles World Ceremony officially revealed the 70 winners across the categories of Museums, Hotels, Restaurants, Emporiums, Airports, […]
A grove of mature native trees determined the plan of a new community hall for Randwick Council in Sydney’s eastern suburbs by Sam Crawford Architects (SCA). According to director Sam Crawford, the site of the new Matraville Youth and Community Hall contained 18 mature native trees – a mix of banksia, paperbark, blackbutt and casuarina. […]
Placemaking. Wayfinding. Navigation. Getting from A to B. When done well, it feels as if an invisible hand is gently guiding each person in the direction they need to go. For more than 20 years, Soren Luckins, founder of Melbourne-based Büro North, together with partner Brooke Murray and their team have been this invisible guiding […]
A groundbreaking initiative could revolutionise how communities recover from disasters by providing quicker access to high-quality temporary homes that are both sustainable and cost-effective. This bio-based housing system, designed in a collaboration between researchers, government agencies and industry partners, incorporates waste cardboard and locally sourced, underutilised timber to create innovative structural panels. The project, led […]
Designer Alison Page speaks to Australian Design Review (ADR) about her new book, Design and Building on Country: First Knowledges for Younger Readers, co-authored with anthropologist and architect Paul Memmott. “I’m really obsessed with training up a new generation of Aboriginal designers,” Alison Page tells ADR. It’s a mission self-evident in the Walbanga and Wadi […]
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