The latest in interiors
Australian workplaces are becoming more sophisticated as boundary-pushing designers innovate to serve the evolving needs of various stakeholders. Commercial interior designer and Carr associate director Catherine Keys shares some of the influences driving change in the sector and her methods for supporting collaboration, focus and flexibility. As many workplaces around the country strive to become […]
Tamara Glick is among Australian Design Review’s 30UNDER30 Interior and Product Designers for 2024/2025. Below, Glick confesses to her lifelong admiration for Charlotte Perriand and shares her passion for using design as a vessel for storytelling. Australian Design Review: How would you describe your work? Tamara Glick: My design approach is driven by the desire […]
At the wheel of Swedish automotive manufacturer Polestar’s colour and materials team, Maria Uggla is redefining what car interiors can be – ethical, sustainable and anything but conventional. Design instinct runs deep for Uggla. Her visceral reactions to art and design act as her own inbuilt compass guiding her to true north. “I tell my […]
Designing for early learning is often about soft corners, bright colours and safe thresholds. But what happens when a space must speak to children who experience the world in wildly different ways? At The Sanctuary Early Learning Centre Health and Knowledge Precinct, architecture becomes a quiet collaborator, shaping experience without instruction. Every surface, volume and […]
Fresh off a visit to Milan Design Week, a yearly pilgrimage which attracts nearly half a million design lovers to the Italian city, Australian Design Review’s marketing coordinator Alvin Wu shares his favourite apartment tours from the event. Alongside the official furniture fair, Salone del Mobile, Milan Design Week features several apartment tours where designers […]
Rothelowman has helped Aria Property achieve its most liveable and sustainable residences to date with Trellis, a multi-residential development opposite Musgrave Park in South Brisbane. Just looking at Trellis, named after the trains of plants that climb up and down its facade, it’s no surprise to learn that its developer, Aria, has a vision to […]
Australian floor covering provider Andersens has collaborated with ResiLoop on industry product stewardship to expand their advocacy for green industry practices. ResiLoop is a not-for-profit scheme backed by major suppliers, aimed at decreasing waste by incorporating circular economy principles for floor coverings. Andersens CEO Rowan Hodge says that ResiLoop aligns with his company’s commitment to […]
From humble beginnings as a healing ale to its newest venture as a bold new landmark, South Australia’s brewing icon proves evolution was always on tap. When legendary South Australian brewer Coopers envisioned a guest-centred public destination that bucked tradition, Studio Nine Architects and interiors gurus Studio Gram leaned into the challenge. Eschewing the tired […]
Andrew Glover will judge the 2025 Interior Design Excellence Awards (IDEA), joining Jade Whittaker, Melissa Leung, Conrad Lowry and jury chair Paul Hecker. IDEA is Australia’s longest-running independent architecture and interior design awards program with winners selected annually by a panel of expert judges working in the industry. GroupGSA associate director Andrew Glover brings over […]
The Sydney-based contingent of Australian Design Review’s (ADR’s) 30UNDER30 gathered for the first time on Wednesday 26 March – here’s how it went. Kiln was the perfect meeting place for this year’s cohort of interior and product designers. Perched on the 18th floor of Ace Hotel Sydney with views overlooking the popular design destination of […]
Australia’s visual and craft arts workers face deteriorating conditions, a newly released study led by RMIT and the University of Melbourne has found. The four-year study conducted alongside several peak arts bodies revealed that declining conditions in the industry will lead to more workers exiting the sector. The findings highlighted high rates of voluntary unpaid […]
Designers see the world slightly differently from the general population. For Sheridan’s head of design, Bec Burnard, the sources of inspiration for her collections range from the artworks of world-renowned artists to a simple cashmere scarf. With a background in fine arts – painting and drawing, to be specific – it’s not surprising that mark-making […]
The latest in architecture
“Every man’s work, whether it be literature, or music or pictures or architecture, or anything else, is always a portrait of himself.” – Samuel Butler For Gerald Matthews, managing director and senior architect at Adelaide-based architecture practice Matthews Architects, these words from English novelist Samuel Butler could not be more appropriate. As a self-confessed audiophile, Matthews […]
In 2023, Australian Design Review (ADR) opened its second annual 30UNDER30 recognition and mentorship program to architects and innovators of the built world. After a rigorous judging process, our final 30 are revealed below. ADR’s 30UNDER30 initiative launched in 2022, welcoming our first stream of talented interior and product designers aged 30 and under. This […]
For a project so outwardly simple, Monash University Pharmacy Pavilion had to achieve many things, which is what first attracted Melbourne-based architecture and interior design studio Splinter Society to the tender nearly five years ago. Located on Monash University’s Parkville campus in Melbourne and visible to passersby on Royal Parade, the Monash University Pharmacy Pavilion […]
Thursday 25 January 2024, on an evening when Melbourne lived up to being the city of four seasons in one day, turning on an unexpected mid-summer deluge, Cosentino opened its second Oceania showroom. Material luxury combined with history Melbourne’s famously changeable weather did little to deter the local design community from attending the opening of […]
Constantine Procopiou of Trinity Architects takes us through the free-flowing Matteo, an unconventional family home in Melbourne’s east that changed the studio for good. Matteo by Trinity, a small architecture firm based in Malvern, Melbourne, emerged from a challenging site set among the beautiful streetscapes of nearby Toorak. The footprint of the residence was surprisingly […]
HDR’s architecture practice – a champion of the future of the industry and partner of Australian Design Review’s 30UNDER30 Architects and Innovators of the Built World program – forecasts six trajectories of change for 2024. Triple net-zero design As populations continue to face climate change, biodiversity loss, waste and pollution, designers are being encouraged to […]
Set on an astonishing 1.25 acres and nestled on a grassy outcrop near Beaumaris Beach, Talbot House once boasted timeless beauty, but the wear and tear of time had started to show. Built in the 1860s with a stunning rendered façade, Victorian Georgian columns and ornate detailing, then remodelled with Art Deco curves in the […]
When Technē Architecture + Interior Design embarked on its first winery project, director Nick Travers knew it was a very special opportunity. It’s not every day you’re called upon to add another chapter to the history of a Heritage-listed property in an incredibly beautiful, quintessentially Victoria setting. Located on the banks of the Murray River […]
Melbourne-based practice Architecture by Us has proven its countryside credentials with Merricks House, a sprawling family retreat for a repeat client. When Architecture by Us set out to design a country residence for the Nesci family, the Merricks location presented an “overwhelming footprint”. Far from the suburban houses on tight Essendon blocks that Architecture by […]
Architecture with Pride (AWP) 2024 is delivering a lineup of international and local queer thinkers, parties and globally celebrated events in Sydney and Melbourne as part of its new program. AWP brings together the LGBTQIA+ design community in the built environment through an immersive program that aims to challenge the status quo and celebrate the […]
The endless summer at the Bondi Pavilion is made even more endless by the Cox Architecture-designed café Glory Days, an ode to the faraway colour and wonder of European summers. Bare feet and damp swimmers are essential, and get ready to feel as if you’re in a Slim Aarons photograph. “We just wanted people to […]
Architects everywhere are enthusiastically taking up the challenge of adaptive reuse to ensure that our civic landscapes are resilient to changing times and compounding emergencies. Two opposing forces are planting architects in the middle of what one sustainable design expert calls a “built environment contradiction”. On the one hand, the United Nations estimates that three […]
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