Sydney-based textile company Rouse Phillips' latest range of products includes hand-painted fabrics in bespoke designs and a series of kilims and hand knotted rugs.
Taking a sticky stroll through the magical confection that is Elenberg Fraser’s Zumbo – a new Melbourne-based patisserie designed for celebrity chef Adriano Zumbo.
This article is the next in line from one of our newly appointed contributing online editorial assistants and reviews Sydney’s Art Month, observing the Pechua Kucha style presentations of notable Sydney practitioners.
The recent launch of a new range of products from Instyle and Workshopped reflects an Australian success story where grower, artisan, manufacturer and retailer meet and together they share a vision of fine Australian products.
The second iteration of White Night was staged on Saturday 22 February with more than half a million people walking Melbourne’s streets and laneways, partaking of and participating in a virtual feast of cultural events and artistic happenings. Text and Images: Jan Henderson
Interior designer Robert Kaner and architect Rafael Berkowitz have collaborated on the redesign of an apartment in a 17-storey Manhattan tower.
The floor houses the women's wear section of the Seibu store in Tokyo and draws inspiration from the wrought iron fences that surround various parks and public squares in European cities. Images: Masaya Yoshimura
Architectural Review (AR) caught up with Taylor + Hinds to get the inside scoop on the practice’s design of krakani lumi: a unique camp located in Tasmania. AR: How did the project krakani lumi come to you and how did it evolve? Taylor + Hinds: Our involvement in krakani lumi (‘place of rest’) began in early […]
Open plan living and the ability to live in and through a home has inspired this Miami, Florida, transparent and easy-living family home. Set between the Indian Creek Canal and Pine Tree Drive in Miami’s historic Collin’s Waterfront district, the space, designed by South African firm SAOTA, is expansive and fluid – opening up to […]
The Meat Market in North Melbourne has been transformed into a giant installation for Melbourne Knowledge Week (MKW18), the City of Melbourne’s annual festival that explores the future of Australia’s fastest growing city. Designed by Grimshaw, the installation comprises approximately one square kilometre of fruit netting. The tensile structure has been manipulated to provide an […]
Danish architect and founder of BIG-Bjarke Ingels Group, Bjarke Ingels, has taken up the newly created role of chief architect at co-working space company WeWork. Announcing the news in a blog post, Adam Neumann, co-founder and CEO of WeWork said that Ingels has been brought on board as the company continues to expand rapidly across […]
Perched on a hill in the Melbourne suburb of Richmond, the James Street Residence by B.E Architecture is a multi-generational, multicultural family home. The building is made from two distinct parts: a restoration of the existing period home, which revitalises one of the first examples of a kit home in Australia and a modern extension. […]
Rapper, fashion designer and now aspiring architect Kanye West has announced plans to open an architectural firm named Yeezy Home. West announced his new business venture on Twitter over the weekend saying: “We’re starting a Yeezy architecture arm called Yeezy home. We’re looking for architects and industrial designers who want to make the world better.” West […]
Experimental architect and psychologist Margot Krasojević is known for designing structures that engage smart materials and sustainability and her latest project doesn’t disappoint: she is currently working on ‘the first renewable resource positive energy hotel’. The Harmonic Turbine Tidal hotel, located on Yalong Bay, on the island of Hainan in the South China seas, has been designed […]
Currently in Australia, residential investment represents around 35 percent of all housing finance, with the majority being centred on resale. While that figure may seem relatively unremarkable, couple it with a changing housing marketplace and it is sending a ripple effect through the architectural industry’s approach to design. Thirty years ago, a home used to […]