The latest in interiors
Australian Design Review (ADR) recently reunited with Crafted Hardwoods director and founder Geoffrey Swinbourne to unpack the rewards and challenges of the manufacturer’s first year in business. Swinbourne is determined to play a part in remedying the limitations and setbacks of Australia’s sustainable and regenerative product market. Crafted Hardwoods director and founder Geoffrey Swinbourne refuses to […]
The way interior design and architecture professionals source, specify and procure products has dramatically changed over the past few years, and Programa has been at the forefront of this revolution. Now, Programa is offering forward-thinking architecture and design (A&D) brands and suppliers a new way of thinking about sales and marketing. Interior design project management […]
FPOV global creative director Ingrid Baldwin shines a light on the human experience of public spaces. There is no way around it — Ingrid Baldwin lights up a room. FPOV’s global creative director talks with such energy, warmth and passion about lighting design that it’s impossible not to come away excited by possibilities and aglow […]
When the renowned Museum of Old and New Art’s (Mona) brewery Moo Brew needed a bar to call its own, Manky Sally’s was born. Settled in Hobart’s Salamanca Place – hence the name – the innovative taphouse / nano-brewery seeks to materialise Moo Brew’s unpretentious brand by incorporating all of the unconventional twists that have […]
Billard Leece Partnership (BLP) has been granted the role of Lead Architect for the initial design phase of the Queensland Cancer Centre (QCC), ringing in a new era of cancer care in the Sunshine State. Located on the existing campus of the Royal Brisbane & Women’s Hospital (RBWH) on Turrbal and Yuggera Country, the QCC […]
ClarkeHopkinsClarke Architects welcomes three new partners, Buchan announces several senior elevations, Hot Black Design promotes two new associates and more in this month’s round up of industry appointments. ClarkeHopkinsClarke ClarkeHopkinsClarke Architects (CHC) has appointed three new partners and announced a swag of senior appointments in July. Stephanie Wan, an inclusive design specialist, has become the […]
Designed by Cox Architecture with H&E Architects and delivered by Etymon Projects, Walker Street Precinct in North Sydney welcomes four new hospitality venues in one, with Una Providore, Sol Bread and Wine, Soluna and Genzo set to bolster North Sydney’s budding appeal as a gastronomical hub. Cox’s newly unveiled culinary neighbourhood in Walker Street Precinct’s […]
Enchantingly placed within the South Australian landscape, Monarto Safari Park Visitor Centre exemplifies the innovative use of BlueScope steel walling and roofing to create breathtaking architecture. The centre’s design merges the Australian landscape with the essence of Zimbabwe’s Matobo Hills, offering visitors a portal to Africa. Spanning 1500 hectares and home to more than 500 animals, Monarto […]
Driven by his desire to create inspiring living spaces in the home, Livin’ Beauty founder Engelbert de Wit has been purveying stunning lighting works in the Netherlands since 2007. For the first time, de Wit’s glazed ceramic pieces are available in Australia exclusively at Bloomingdales Lighting. The awe-inspiring collection of functional art stretches the imagination […]
For the blind and vision impaired, tactile maps afford a different way to experience architecture and design. With human-centred design and technological accessibility now at the forefront of consciousness, tactile maps are three-dimensional objects that replicate an object, building or city to scale, guiding users through a physical journey of scope and perspective. Axolotl has […]
The IDEA shortlist edition of inside magazine is on newsstands now and immortalises all the entries shortlisted in the 2024 Interior Design Excellence Awards (IDEA). Issue 119, also known as the IDEA 2024 shortlist edition, spotlights the interior designers, product designers and architects steering the industry in new and creative directions. Talking to those shortlisted […]
On a cold, wet winter night in Adelaide last week, designers, architects and a number of Australian Design Review’s (ADR) Interior Design Excellence Awards (IDEA) sponsors came together at the Zenith showroom to celebrate the announcement of the IDEA 2024 shortlist and explore the opportunities of design with technology for deeper impact. Technology has evolved […]
After much deliberation and more than 500 entries, the 2024 Interior Design Excellence Awards (IDEA) shortlist is unveiled below. IDEA is Australia’s premier and longest-running interior design and architecture award. Since 2003, the program has shone a light on the nation’s very best interior and product design. While this year’s shortlisted projects and practices span […]
The new ‘Namedropping’ exhibition, running until April 2025 at Tasmania’s Museum of Old and New Art (MONA), is displayed in a correspondingly “bold and unapologetic” context courtesy of experience designers Art Processors. Exhibition design director Tara McDonough walks Australian Design Review (ADR) through the design’s intent and the unique freedom of making a MONA exhibition. […]
Expressions of interest are open to join Australian Design Review’s 30UNDER30 program as a practice partner for 2024/2025. Arent&Pyke. BVN. HDR. Richards Stanisich. Williams Burton Leopardi. SJB. Cox Architecture. Cera Stribley. Billard Leece Partnership. What do each of these architecture and design practices have in common, besides being award-winning? They all believe passionately in supporting […]
As a fine artist and designer, Sarah Tracton is thrilled to be part of a paradigm shift in the architecture and design sector. This shift involves moving away from purchasing materials that end up in landfill and transforming behavioural thinking from linear to circular. Amid today’s growing tide of waste, Tracton believes designing lighting to […]
The latest in architecture
Asha Nicholas and Chris Stanley have been partners in life and work since finishing their architecture degrees 25 years ago. Their (business) baby, Splinter Society, is a distillation of the pair’s complementary design approaches and two decades spent absorbing experiences together. “There’s a bit of a seamless blend between work and life, where you are […]
The new nine-storey Craftworks project, designed by CHT Architects, has created its own creative ecosystem. It’s here that commercial tenants and the community come together to share ideas, communal spaces and a holistic philosophy that fosters true community, culture, wellbeing and sustainability. Located in post-industrial Abbotsford at the doorstep of the Melbourne CBD, Craftworks is […]
After almost five years with the Melbourne-based practice, Daniel Coomber has been elevated to director at Foreground Architecture (formerly FMSA Architecture). In a continuation of the studio’s rebrand last year, Coomber’s directorship marks a new chapter for the company, with the practice turning 50 this year. Described as a natural leader and respected member of […]
Located on a steeply sloping site along Ivanhoe’s iconic Boulevard, Ivanhoe Grammar School’s Sports and Aquatic Centre is a world-class sporting and education facility. Mclldowie Partners were given a complex brief to achieve within a sensitive residential and landscape context. Can an education facility remain practical while still being aesthetically interesting? According to McIldowie Partners, […]
Located in a small coastal town on Victoria’s east coast, Marlo Summer House is a renovation by Beauty Bloody Bonza of a modest beach cottage that has stayed within the family for generations. Abutting a coastal reserve, Marlo Summer House has uninterrupted views of the snowy river and surrounding wetlands. In keeping with the original […]
Marking its second edition of the exhibition, Melbourne Now is coming to The Ian Potter Centre: NGV Australia on 24 March 2023. Melbourne Now is all about showcasing the extraordinary work of more than 200 Victorian-based artists, designers, studios and firms whose practices contribute to the cultural landscape of Melbourne and Victoria. Displaying more than […]
The centrepiece of the Stage 2 Campbelltown Hospital redevelopment in South West Sydney by Billard Leece Partnership, utilises the latest thinking around healthcare and healing environments at an almost unmatched scale, resulting in the near doubling in size of the Campbelltown Hospital campus. Designed by BLP, Stage 2 is one of a kind when it […]
Marking Gardiner Architects’ first multi-residential endeavour, High Street Apartments is also the studio’s first significant exercise in cross-laminated timber (CLT) – a complex but fulfilling achievement. Founded over 30 years ago by director Paul Gardiner, the Melbourne-based eponymous studio first began discussions on High Street Apartments roughly nine years ago. The client owned an Art […]
Plus Architecture, an international architecture practice, has welcomed two major promotions in the studio’s Brisbane and Sydney studios. Set to play a leading role in the delivery of Plus Architecture’s growth in the Asia-Pacific region, Chrisney Formosa and Zach Kwong have been elevated to principal. Possessing more than 15 years of experience, Formosa has led […]
Demonstrating inventive, adaptive reuse of an existing warehouse shell, Bira Bira Early Learning Centre by R Architecture presents an exemplary learning environment for both children and staff. Bira Bira Early Learning Centre design outcome demonstrates how early learning educators and carers can be better supported in the workplace, with the strategic inclusion of areas that […]
Conrad Gargett and Wardle have delivered Australia’s first dedicated heart hospital and the only of its kind in the Southern Hemisphere, setting a new international benchmark for cardiac hospital design. The $564 million state-of-the-art Victorian Heart Hospital, operated by Monash Health on the Monash University Clayton campus, is now complete and fully operational, providing a […]
Sydney WorldPride is kicking off an international celebration of LGBTQ+ culture, art, and community. The Architects Ball lived up to its name as guests celebrated diversity with glam and glitter. Architects with PRIDE launched its program of events with the Architects Ball at Pleasures Playhouse last Thursday. The Architects Ball was a night of glamour […]
Urban spaces can be hostile to women, girls and those outside the gender binary because of the people who dwell in them. It is people – often men – who perpetrate violence and harassment, and it’s important to recognise that active choice, rather than characterise the issue as some passive ‘violence against…’. But there are […]
Property development group Aqualand and multidisciplinary studio Woods Bagot have collaborated to design an elegantly-curved building that seeks to shake up the streetscape and city skyline. AURA by Aqualand located at 168 Walker Street is a mixed-use project set to deliver 386 luxury apartments above a retail and commercial precinct. The site’s extensive retail precinct […]
An alteration to an existing warehouse conversion on Gadigal Country in Camperdown, Rosso Verde by Carter Williamson Architects is quality over quantity personified. This former warehouse conversion was carved away to introduce a private courtyard and create a home resplendent in luxurious materials, sculptural arched forms, and warm tones. In an area where space is at a […]
FIGR Architecture Studio’s motto is about acknowledging that the most important part of creativity is the work before the work that magnifies the true particulars of a project. This is even more accurate with its recent project The Old Chestnut. As cities incrementally and inevitably densify, everyone looks to occupy the tiny nooks and crannies […]
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