The latest in interiors
Dean Dyson Architects‘ newly completed project in Melbourne, ‘A Different Kind of Open Plan’, emerged from a question about contemporary family life: as children become more independent, does connection require constant togetherness, or can architecture support a sense of belonging while allowing greater autonomy? The Melbourne residence didn’t lack room; it had all the spaces […]
Leading Melbourne architecture and interior design practice Technē has recently completed the inaugural SFIDI wellbeing and fitness facility, located within the iconic Rialto Towers in the CBD. The brainchild of Virgin Active Australia co-founder Ian Tuckey, and property developers Lorenz and Manola Grollo of Grollo + Co (whose family originally developed the Rialto Towers in […]
Curated by Tom‘s (CBT) new showroom was recently launched in the inner-city suburb of Kent Town, welcoming over 150 architects, interior designers, builders, clients, business partners and industry leaders from across South Australia into the space. The event marked a milestone in the SA design community, celebrating not only the opening of the showroom, but also […]
How does someone go from making aeroplanes quieter to optimising the sound emanating from the finest speakers in the world? When an interior designer expands their fitout remit to specify high-end sound systems into a brief, they are perhaps unaware of the precision and acoustic skills that go into designing the equipment selected. Dr Veronique […]
Australia’s cooperative advocating and supporting small, medium and emerging practices, ArchiTeam, has opened the entries for its 2026 awards program. Now in its 19th year, the ArchiTeam Awards continue to celebrate the creativity, innovation and impact of architects working in small practice across Australia. The Awards recognise projects of every scale that demonstrate outstanding design, […]
Two exhibitors show how centuries-old timber traditions continue shaping contemporary furniture design in Melbourne today. Now in its 22nd year, Decor + Design returned to the Melbourne Convention and Exhibition Centre from 15 to 17 July, drawing more than 10,000 design professionals and over 200 exhibitors across three days under this year’s theme of ‘Fresh’. […]
Herman Miller has announced the appointment of Kim Colin and Sam Hecht as the brand’s new global creative directors, building on a long-standing collaborative relationship. Founders and principals of London-based design studio Industrial Facility, Colin and Hecht are stepping into this expanded role with a wealth of experience and design expertise. Their work spans design […]
After 25 years at GroupGSA, Lisa-Maree Carrigan reflects on leadership, legacy and leaving the practice stronger than she found it. Long before architecture began talking seriously about female leadership, Carrigan had already decided where she belonged. The daughter of a developer and an interior designer, Carrigan knew by the age of nine that she wanted […]
Innovation in premium flooring has positioned Aloura Australiana Timber Flooring as a preferred choice for specifiers across Australia. “We identified a clear gap in the market,” says Sarah Risbey Rees, Brand Principal of the Flooring Division at George Fethers & Co. And it’s a gap that she says has been filled by a reinvention of […]
Foster & Black is known for making great coffee, but if there’s one thing Melburnians appreciate with their brew, it’s a splash of great design on the side. As a design-led Australian coffee brand, Foster & Black has over 15 locations across Queensland, New South Wales and Victoria, each with its own unique design and […]
With demand for affordable, sustainable and human-centric housing on the rise, and in response to Melbourne’s need for increased density, Nightingale Housing has launched its latest multi-res development, marking its debut in the northern suburb of Coburg. Nightingale Umarkoo Wayi, designed by Kennedy Nolan in collaboration with Nightingale Housing, reframes what sustainable, budget-conscious multi-residential design can look […]
A long-vacant caretaker’s apartment within Melbourne’s heritage-listed Fairlie building has been transformed into a boutique wellness centre for residents. In one of Melbourne’s earliest and most architecturally significant high-rise residential buildings, a modest ground-level project, designed by award-winning architects Wood Marsh, has reactivated a space that sat empty and deteriorating for years. Completed in 1961 […]
The 2026 National Photographic Portrait Prize will be the last in the series as the National Portrait Gallery makes way for a new prize model, launching in 2027. To celebrate the incredible photography displayed over the last 19 years, a curated retrospective will be shown alongside the 30 finalists for 2026. Established in 2007, The National Photographic Portrait […]
Tongue & Groove, Australia’s leading producer of solid-engineered European oak flooring, has teamed up with Established & Sons, an iconic British design brand, and Raw-Edges Design Studio, a London-based design studio led by Shay Alkalay and Yael Mer, to create GridWork – the next chapter in flooring design. Launched at the 2026 Milan Salone del […]
Humans have always gathered around light. From campfires and candles to more modern interpretations of layered lighting designs and cult-classic lighting centrepieces. As Meik Wiking, founder of the Happiness Research Institute said in his bestseller, The Little Book of Hygge, “Lighting is essential to creating the right atmosphere”. Lighting creates experiences. It helps us set […]
As Paola Lenti collects Italy’s highest design honour, sister and CEO Anna Lenti touches down in Melbourne to unpack the philosophy behind the brand’s 44 colour families. When Paola Lenti accepted the XXIX Compasso d’Oro Career Award at Milan’s ADI Design Museum in May, she made a point of sharing the credit, telling the audience […]
The latest in architecture
London studio Níall McLaughlin Architects (NMLA) and local design practice Hayball are planning to build the core of the new cathedral precinct in Broken Bay, Sydney, marking Australia’s first new Catholic cathedral development in over 100 years. Located in the 7.7-hectare suburb of Waitara, 50 kilometres north of Sydney, the new Catholic Cathedral project will […]
Senior architect and urban designer at Brisbane City Council, Ben Hovav, studied in Milan and Delft, and founded a design research collective in Rotterdam before returning to Brisbane, where he also currently teaches at Queensland University of Technology. As a member of the 2025/26 cohort for Australian Design Review‘s 30UNDER30, he’s relishing the opportunity to […]
When buildings go from products to homes, everything about the architectural design changes. As institutional money settles into long-term residential ownership, architects are finding the brief itself has subtly changed in ways that alter how they think, who they talk to and what quality actually means. For decades, multi-residential design in Australia has been calibrated […]
A Sydney-based architect at Grimshaw, Awkar Ruel’s projects focus on spatial and human-centred design. As a member of Australian Design Review‘s 30UNDER30 cohort for 2025/2026, he contributes to forging connections between people and the environment they inhabit. Australian Design Review: Why did you enter the 30UNDER30 program? Awkar Ruel: I’ve never really seen architecture as […]
The US architect, designer and scholar is set to draw from his own research and practice to illustrate how emerging AI technologies are already reshaping design. According to Joshua Vermillion, the current discourse surrounding artificial intelligence runs along a continuum between two extremes. “At one end is, I think, some folks who are very contrarian, […]
The Robin Boyd Foundation offers a veritable treasure trove of architectural treats through its events, screenings, guided tours and more. Are you a neighbourhood wanderer? Do you amble along the streets where you live and gaze up at the buildings wondering about their provenance? Perhaps you are curious as to who built them and why? […]
A historical sacred meeting ground for the Wurundjeri Woi Wurrung people has returned to its roots as a modern gathering place, now welcoming visitors from around the world in Melbourne’s Seafarers precinct. Ten thoughtful years of regeneration along the Birrarung (Yarra River), opposite South Wharf, have resulted in the $600 million Seafarers project by Riverlee. […]
The wait is nearly over. Australia’s biggest festival of construction, Sydney Build Expo, opens it doors at ICC Sydney from 9am on 29 and 30 April! This year’s event will be the largest in the show’s history, with a record numbers of attendees, speakers and exhibitors confirmed. More than 28,000 professionals, including leading contractors, architects, […]
Jack Crowe is the videographer and social media manager at DKO Architecture in Melbourne. An ‘innovator of the built world’ within Australian Design Review’s 30UNDER30 cohort for 2025/2026, Crowe uses visual storytelling to bridge disciplines and communicate design. Australian Design Review: Why did you enter the 30UNDER30 program? Jack Crowe: I entered the 30UNDER30 program […]
For the first time, the Vivid Sydney Minds program brings together a line‑up of leading thinkers shaping the way we design and experience our cities. Vivid Sydney has gradually gathered a broad cross-section of creative industries since its inception as a smart light festival in 2009. Initially focused on art and light projections, the annual […]
Angela Liang’s work explores how people, place and culture shape the spaces we create. Through residential projects, she uses drawing as an influential problem-solving design method and a framework for collaboration. The Rothelowman team member is now looking forward to putting this into practice as one of Australian Design Review’s 30UNDER30 for 2025/26. Why did […]
Joining Envirotecture’s Talina Edwards and Andy Marlow – already announced as curators for next year’s conference – Vanessa Girling and Agatha Partyka have been appointed to bring fresh perspectives to the event’s planning. “Girling and Partyka bring diverse perspectives shaped by varied pathways into practice, cultural experiences, and active engagement in advocacy and community-led initiatives,” […]
A surging jobs market, rising salaries and shifting expectations are reshaping how architecture and design studios compete, hire and retain. The architecture and design jobs market is pacing steadily, with a clear pattern emerging from the latest Australian and New Zealand market data. ‘The AU/NZ Architecture and Design Market Report‘ says demand has accelerated with […]
Milica Božić’s research-driven practice focuses on curation and exhibitions about architecture, shaped by her cross-cultural experience across Australia, Italy and Serbia. Named in Australian Design Review’s 30UNDER30 for 2025/2026, she brings a critical approach to heritage and its representation. Australian Design Review: Why did you enter the 30UNDER30 program? Milica Božić: I entered the 30UNDER30 […]
The National Gallery of Victoria (NGV) will once again see a takeover of the St Kilda Road venue in December 2026 for the next Triennial, following its previous iterations in 2017/18, 2020/21 and 2023/24. Launched by NGV director Tony Ellwood and introduced by the local member for Albert Park Nina Taylor, the next Triennial will […]
Opening last month to a substantial fanfare, Brisbane’s newest performance space, Glasshouse in the Queensland Performing Arts Centre, certainly catches the eye. Arguably more visually impressive than Port Macquarie’s 500-plus seat entertainment space with which it shares a name, but opened 17 years before it, the new Glasshouse Theatre is part of the Queensland Performing […]
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