The latest in interiors
Designed by Whiting Architects, the Park Street House in St Kilda West is a Victorian terrace residence which artfully combines a contemporary interior with much of the home’s original architectural splendour.
Work takes up so much of our time and how we work depends on the function, practicality and comfortable interiors that an office can contribute. Michelle Bailey visits the new Woods Bagot studio in Brisbane to experience an office that celebrates design in the heart of the city.
Nipa Doshi and Jonathan Levien have built a career as partners in life and creative practice, producing distinctive work alongside some of the world’s highest profile brands. ADR caught up with the talented duo during their recent trip to Perth for the 2015 Design Circus, as guests of Mobilia and major Australian furniture group Schiavello.
When you live and work together, sometimes things can become difficult. For some couples, the everyday becomes too familiar. For the directors of Whiting Architects, however, spending time together in life and business feeds the spirit and inspires passion all round.
Don’t let those recent reports on bacon fool you; meat is here to stay. Built by Lindsay Jones-Evans (the brains behind Jones The Grocer and The Victorian Tearoom in Sydney) Meatworks provides an industrial chic safe haven for die-hard carnivores.
In this clip, filmed especially for IDEA 2015 by Futureinform, the inspiring Karalis discusses the milestones in his path towards becoming CEO at Woods Bagot, and gives a candid insight into his stellar career.
Russell and George's creative originality has earned the practice five projects in this year’s Interior Design Excellence Awards (IDEA). Their shortlisting in the Workplace category is the Cloud at Medibank, an inspired office space.
Technology is here to help not hinder and Anthony Caruana, editor of MacWorld, has compiled a list of eight essential apps for architects and designers that will make life easier with the touch of a finger.
This apartment, within the historically significant Foy and Gibson warehouse complex, had over time succumbed to a series of dubious conversions. Breathe Architecture reignites the space while sparking connections with the past.
From Tasmania to London and beyond, the world of design is Neill's oyster, and his products are ours to enjoy. Through his imaginative designs and dogged determination, Neill has achieved what few can only dream of – success in the challenging world of furniture design.
Gorgeous, sumptuous, ridiculous and fun, there simply are not enough adjectives to grapple with Grayson Perry CBE (Commander of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire) and FAT’s (Fashion Architecture Taste’s) elaborate and whimsical and hedonistic treat.
Against the foreboding clouds of a particularly tempestuous Melbourne morning, the Lexus Design Pavilion makes its presence felt. The ADR team was in attendance at Flemington Racecourse yesterday to experience Mim Design and Joost Bakker's inspired second collaboration.
The latest in architecture
David Rockwell and his New York-based Rockwell Group have redesigned the former Helen Hayes Theater, now Hayes Theater, which is the smallest theatre on Broadway with just 597 seats. Rockwell Group collaborated with new owners Second Stage to completely renovate the historic 100-year-old-theatre and bring about a more modern and approachable design that references the […]
Woods Bagot has designed a 20-storey mixed-use development that is made up of specialist apartments for people living with a disability and retirement living apartments. Located along the river bank in Adelaide’s CBD, U City has been designed for Uniting Communities, which works across South Australia through more than 90 community service programs. The building features a function […]
Cumulus Studio has won an architectural design competition to transform Arts Centre Melbourne’s Cento café. The performing arts centre invited small and emerging Victorian architectural design practices to submit an Expression of Interest in April to transform the pop-up eatery into a ‘fresh-faced, contemporary food and beverage outlet’. The jury then selected four design led local practices: Cumulus […]
Bjarke Ingels Group (BIG) has teamed with fellow Danish designer Søren Rose to create a 180-square-foot home that is constructed from 100 percent recyclable materials. Called the A45, the house has been designed for NYC-based tiny home company Klein, which was created by Rose in 2017. BIG’s design is an evolution of the traditional A-frame cabin, known for its […]
The six buildings shortlisted for the 2018 RIBA Stirling Prize for the UK’s best new building have been announced, with student housing, an office building, art gallery, a nursery school, cemetery and lecture theatre making the list The Royal Institute for British Architecture’s Stirling Prize is handed to the architect of the building thought to be the most […]
Despite wanting a two-storey dwelling, the owners of this home in Northcote, Melbourne were still keen to compliment the single level culture of the surrounding area by minimising the visual impact of their new home. The solution by Star Architecture was to use timber screens as a device to soften the solid rendered walls behind and to unify […]
Refined designs of the Apple Global Flagship Store at Fed Square have been released after a series of design workshops involving Fed Square Management, the Victorian Government, Melbourne City Council and Apple. The plans for the store are surrounded by controversy, with thousands of people petitioning against it online after the Victorian government announced plans […]
Melbourne’s Southbank waterfront will play host to a pop-up sculptural pavilion for a week in July and will house six international architecture teams as they present their vision to transform the Southbank precinct. Located in front of the red steps, the Beulah Pavilion is designed to be an ephemeral structure that will hold specific events as […]
For the first time in Australia, global disaster and humanitarian experts will explore how to provide appropriate design strategies for post-disaster communities during Humanitarian Architecture Week. From 6-9 August a series of events will take place at RMIT’s School of Architecture and Urban Design, including workshops, lectures and exhibitions to discuss approaches to solve complex humanitarian issues. […]
Located within Woollahra Council’s Heritage Conservation Area, this residence is perched upon a 5m heritage sandstone wall that forms part of a large park and bushland setting. The house, by Porebski Architects, has been designed as a structure that belongs to the park with its strong concrete block corner buttresses rising up from the existing sandstone base. […]
To maximise the expanse of a narrow-lot home, the design concept considers the entire site as a ‘room’ for this house in Perth by Craig Steere Architects. A clear glass box on the ground floor, and a simplified cantilevered box hovering above form the architectural design solutions that blur the boundaries between the inside and outside of this home. […]
Designed for a semi-retired couple and occasionally their adult children, this house has been a labour of love for the owner who built it over five years to a high level of detail. EHDO’s response to the site was met by its challenges: a sewer easement dividing the site and long elevations facing east/west. Design […]
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