When the ‘Real Dads of Melbourne’ Jarrad and Michael Duggan-Tierney sat down to design their new kitchen for their picturesque holiday home located on the Mornington Peninsula, environmental considerations were at the top of mind. Using Neolith’s innovative Estatuario sintered stone allowed the family to achieve their primary goal of creating a low-maintenance space that […]
Studio Gram director Graham Charbonneau will join Brooke Lloyd, Melissa Bright and Davina Bester on the jury of the 2024 Interior Design Excellence Awards (IDEA). Early bird entries to IDEA close this Sunday, 14 April 2024. Now in its 22nd year, IDEA is Australia’s longest-running independent architecture and interior design awards program with winners selected […]
The modern workplace is more than an office. It’s a place where people come together to collaborate, share ideas, and do exceptional work, whatever the field. To do exceptional work, first and foremost, you have to feel comfortable and at ease. Designed by award-winning designer Adam Goodrum for nau, the Mega Tulip range features the […]
Award-winning Melbourne designer David Hicks is known for his glamorous residential projects, but it’s the show-stopping kitchen that’s demanding centre stage under his masterful guidance. When it comes to his luxurious home design, Hicks works closely with his clients to create a functional narrative, and the kitchen is no exception to his design rule — […]
Melbourne’s design community filled out the Great Hall at the National Gallery of Victoria (NGV) on Monday 5 March to hear an energetic — if not somewhat disjointed lecture due to rapidly connect ideas – from one of the industry’s great creative minds: the Spanish-born, Milan-based architect and designer Patricia Urquiola. Hosted by furniture company […]
Australian Design Review (ADR) speaks to people and culture experts in architecture and interior design about industry attitudes towards hybrid work and the strategies that are performing well. Four years since the pandemic upended traditional notions of where work should be done, Australian legislation is catching up. Around two million workers might soon have a […]
Through their innovative approach, Tilt Industrial Design’s work on large-scale community and corporate projects has helped to foster atmospheric inclusivity. Concluding Australian Design Review’s (ADR) focus on designing for functionality in workplaces and education settings this month, we’ll take a look at what makes a space both practical and adaptable in responding to the interior […]
BVN announces a major leadership change, while a Fender Katsalidis partner is appointed to the Urban Development Institute of Australia (UDIA) in this month’s round up of appointments in Australian architecture and interior design. BVN announces new co-CEO On 15 February, BVN announced a major change in leadership, welcoming Ali Bounds to the role of […]
As part of ADR’s focus on the return to school and work this month, we looked deeper at Hayball’s award winning Hilltops Young High School Community Library to discover how this leading design practice merges once separate public and school libraries into a holistic community learning hub in the South Western Slopes region of New […]
In an age of urbanisation and technology, landscape architecture practice CONTEXT reveals how we can harness good design to encourage children to spend more time outdoors for free play and hands-on learning. Landscape architect Hamish Dounan, director of Sydney-based studio CONTEXT, is dedicated to working with school communities to design outdoor landscapes with nature at […]
Australian Design Review (ADR) recently revealed the 30UNDER30 Architects and Innovators of the Built World for 2023/2024. To celebrate, we are getting to know this exciting multidisciplinary cohort, the passions that drive their work and what makes them tick creatively. Eilish Barry, a project leader at Hayball, found her passion for architecture through a pivotal […]
On January 11, Sydney had its muggiest day on record, with the hourly dew point reaching a record temperature of 25.9 degrees Celsius and humidity weighing in at 94 percent. But the office workers at architecture practice Smart Design Studio, in the inner-southern Sydney suburb of Alexandria, did not experience a temperature higher than 26 […]