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 — […]
“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 […]
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 […]