The latest in interiors
BresicWhitney Hunters Hill's offices achieves a crafted and delicate composition of elements: the result of applying a macro-scale strategy to the micro-scale – big ideas in small spaces.
Design, architecture, and real estate firms spend their days creating beautiful homes and workspaces for clients, but what of the spaces they themselves work in? The offices of those in the business of interiors are some of the most inspired and individual, as one would suspect.
Demonstrating the transformative abilities of carefully curated decorative considerations, the design transforms a beachside Victorian terrace into a home befitting a hip couple with young children and a highly contemporary art collection.
In three short years, ACME&CO has made an indelible impression on the local architecture and design industry. Its creative and innovative work has been recognised as design of the highest order, deserving of its many accolades.
Nine hours and a million miles away, Tokyo is an endless resource of inspiration for those redefining the spaces and places we inhabit.
Designer and maker Jon Goulder brings worlds together through his material approach and an inherited legacy. MEZZANINE speaks with JamFactory's current creative director
The best hospitality experiences give patrons a sense of their unique flavour, whether this derives from the food, the location, or another inspiration entirely. Penny Craswell examines the finer points of hospitality design for Mezzanine.
Borne of a passion for furniture design, which Nic Graham quite candidly states will never make him a rich man, the ever-growing collection from this preeminent Australian designer is extraordinary.
Lee Broom is a designer definitely going places. He burst onto the design scene with his own practice some eight years ago and hasn’t stopped making waves since. (inside) speaks with Broom as he sweeps a design path through London and Europe.
In anticipation of the February release of Niche Media's first ever Global Architecture and Design Forecast, we introduce the esteemed co-directors of the trend report, Dr. Paul McGillick and Stephen Todd.
It has been a big year for Tasmania-based Simon Ancher, settling into his new store and studio, exploring the potential of a new resource of salvaged timbers and furthering his range of handcrafted furniture – all while running the furniture department at the University of Tasmania and spending time with his three boys.
(inside) magazine recaps a stellar year for Melbourne-based architecture and design practice JCB Architects, who took out top honours to win both the Designer of the Year and Multi Residential categories at last year's Interior Design Excellence Awards (IDEA).
The latest in architecture
Studio Ongarato has injected a uniquely Queensland feel into the W Brisbane hotel, which is the first 5-star hotel to open in Queensland’s capital in more than 20 years. The project is the latest in a string of engagements for Studio Ongarato with the W brand, with the studio having worked on W Shanghai and […]
Polly Harbison has a Sydney-based practice that specialises in coastal residences. Here she shares some recommendations with AR for the best materials to use when constructing in this environment. AR: What are the particular design challenges in this space? Polly Harbison: A lot of the buildings on the south coast are quite cold. They have […]
Emotion can render all manner of situations uncomfortable. A relationship break-up, bidding on a dream home at auction… or the merger of three architectural practices comprising 400 employees. Senior management of The Buchan Group, unified and rebranded as Buchan since May, recognised several years ago that a merger was in everyone’s best interest. But they also […]
Brisbane-based prefabricated home company Happy Haus has designed a home with a central lush courtyard that takes advantage of the South East Queensland sub-tropical climate. The clients, a young couple building for the first time, wanted an open courtyard-style home on their medium-sized block, which is closely bordered by the estates’ project-style-homes. To meet their needs, Happy […]
After a six-month global search, Green Spine by Dutch architecture firm UNStudio and Melbourne-based Cox Architecture has been announced as the winning design for the Southbank by Beulah competition. Conceived as a “conceptual extension” of Melbourne’s Southbank Boulevard, the Green Spine will be home to a vertical city of green spaces with a strong focus […]
Some would find working alongside their partner a sure path to divorce, but Rosa Coy and George Yiontis says the only drawbacks are talking about work too much at home and organising family holidays… There are many different business models for an architecture practice, but one of the most fraught, surely, would be one run […]
As part of a regular series, AR asks a panel of experts their response to the following question: does your practice have a communications plan in place and do you think this is important? Brooke Lloyd, director, head of interiors, Cox Architecture As an architect or designer, it’s natural to assume a circular relationship of […]
One half of Amsterdam-based designed studio Scholten & Baijings, Carole Baijings is renowned for her innovative use of pattern, colour and graphic elements. As she launches her ColourForm sofa collection with Herman Miller & Maharam, ADR spoke to Baijings about design inspiration and what excites her about the industry. ADR: You have collaborated with Herman Miller […]
“We are creating homes and pushing institutionalisation to the background. We’re designing for residents, not patients, who want to be treated as such,” says James Kelly, associate at ClarkeHopkinsClarke.
Perched above Lake Michigan and surrounded by the Indiana Dunes in the US, this house by Bamesberger Architecture captures the essence of a modern lake home. The home of approximately 5,000 square feet is separated into three functional boxes, which rotate towards each other and face the lake to accentuate views of the trees and water, while […]
AR begins the first in a planned series looking at typologies currently undergoing significant growth – exploring their particular requirements and potential for architectural practices looking to branch out and extend their range. We start with religious buildings via DKO’s experiences designing a megachurch in the outer Melbourne suburb of Knox. DKO architects completed City […]
With interior designer parents and a life-long love of building and creating, Adam Kane was almost destined to work in the architecture industry. AR talks to him about how that passion led him to set up his own practice. I’ve always had a fascination with design and construction and if I wasn’t an architect I’d […]
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