The latest in interiors
In my work as an architect and DEI lead at Gray Puksand, I have often seen how inclusion in the built environment depends less on good intentions and more on the systems that guide design decisions. When Gray Puksand developed internal guidelines for designing Muslim prayer spaces, the document ran to 37 pages. It specified […]
Late last month property developer Fortis opened a new permanent space in the affluent Melbourne suburb of Toorak. Designed in partnership with Studio Kennon, The Gallery is intended as a new way to explore off-the-plan purchasing of properties. Taking over a large empty corner building, Studio Kennon and Fortis have created a bespoke destination. Evolving […]
The only thing better than listening to your favourite music, is listening to your favourite music via a superb audio system. As the team at Addicted To Audio explains, these days that doesn’t mean sacrificing aesthetics, as some of the most impressive options are equally beautiful to look at. Are you a music lover and […]
Famed US designer Kelly Wearstler has crafted the interiors for nine Albert Park residences priced from AU$4.5 million to $14 million, in a project with architecture by Cera Stribley and landscape architecture by Myles Baldwin. The AD100 Hall of Famer, who designed the Proper Hotels across the US and Four Seasons Anguilla, has lent her […]
An interior designer at Nexus Designs, Sidney Ford’s practice spans residential interiors and collaborative, interdisciplinary installations. Below, we speak to the member of Australian Design Review‘s 30UNDER30 for 2025/2026 about designing across disciplines and the value of shared thinking. Australian Design Review: Why did you enter the 30UNDER30 program? Sidney Ford: I entered the 30UNDER30 […]
The Swiss sanitaryware manufacturer has expanded The New Classic bathroom collection with new artistic ceramic reliefs, exquisite colours and refined accessories. Under the creative leadership of Dutch designer and Moooi co-founder Marcel Wanders, the expanded New Classic range by LAUFEN helps bathroom design reach far beyond the ordinary. From gracefully contoured washstands and sculpted washbasin […]
Australian Design Review’s round-up of practice news in Australian architecture and design in March 2026. Appointments FK Earlier this month, FK appointed architect Helen Kuo as partner in an effort to strengthen the multidisciplinary design practice’s Sydney presence across Modern Methods of Construction (MMC) and scalable housing delivery. According to FK, the appointment recognises Kuo’s […]
Hosted by Australian Design Review and Rothelowman in partnership with Kogan, the series of events kicked off last Thursday at the practice’s Sydney studio. The very first quiz in the very first Pineapple Soup included the following question: Pineapple Soup events are designed to be:A) Informative lecturesB) Cooking classesC) Fun, interactive design evenings to strengthen […]
Australian workplaces are undergoing a significant cultural and generational shift. The so-called ‘silver tsunami’ – the mass retirement of Baby Boomers – is colliding with the rapid rise of younger generations in the labour market, who bring strong expectations of what the office should be. One in five Australian workers is currently aged 55 or older. […]
Escea’s next-generation holographic fireplaces bring unprecedented realism and design freedom to Australian interiors. When architects and interior designers specify a fireplace, they are making a statement about the space as much as the product but, until now, that statement has come with constraints. Flues, clearances, structural considerations and planning restrictions have dictated where fire can […]
A single specification change is all it takes to make a significant carbon saving, and Crafted Hardwoods is proving that timber glazing systems are ready for prime time. There’s a point in a project where the easy wins are done and the conversation turns to what really adds up. That was exactly the position Crafted […]
New South Wales delays its uptake of the National Construction Code 2025 by 12 months, giving builders, designers and developers time to adapt without derailing housing delivery. Architects, builders and developers working across NSW will have until 1 May 2027 to comply with the new National Construction Code (NCC), after the NSW Government announced a […]
The latest in architecture
A new model of hospital opened yesterday (Wednesday 18 February 2026) in Melbourne’s western suburbs. The Footscray Hospital was designed by COX Architecture and Billard Leece Partnership (BLP) and built by Multiplex, partnering with the Victorian Government, Western Health and Victoria University. ‘Delivered on time and in budget’ is not an expression you hear too […]
Architecture with Pride returns to Sydney with a bold program of ideas, celebration and civic presence that elevates queer voices across the built environment. As the built environment grapples with questions of equity, visibility and voice, Architecture with Pride (AWP) returns in 2026 with a program that places queer designers firmly at the centre of […]
What do a product designer, an interior design practice founder, a graduate of architecture, a computational designer and ‘architecture’s biggest advocate’ on TikTok have in common? Together, they’re advancing Australia’s built environment and have been named among Australian Design Review’s 30UNDER30 for 2025/2026. Australian Design Review (ADR) is thrilled to finally reveal the cohort of […]
Australian Design Review’s regular round-up of appointments and practice news in Australian architecture and design. Mergers Carabiner and Architectus Closing out 2025, Carabiner, a Perth architecture practice with expertise in sport, education and health, has joined Architectus, with the team moving into the the Architectus Perth studio in 2026. The integration aims to extend Architectus’ […]
A researcher in Western Australia hopes microalgae‑based architecture could soon become a reality for the state. Microalgae‑based architecture is gaining global attention as a sustainable design solution. Microalgae are reported to deliver a range of environmental benefits, most notably through carbon capture and the reduction of greenhouse gas emissions. PhD student Amin Mirabbasi, of Murdoch […]
A refined mixed-use tower by Plus Studio sets a new benchmark for housing diversity and urban clarity in West Perth. As West Perth continues to recalibrate its identity between civic gravity and residential life, a newly approved mixed-use tower on Murray Street is setting out a clear proposition for how future development may engage the […]
Plans to license building trades in Victoria have slipped more than a decade behind schedule, exposing deep divisions over cost, skills and who ultimately pays for construction failures. Victoria’s long promised plan to license building trades and curb widespread construction defects has been pushed so far down the agenda it may not be implemented until […]
Two neighbouring Ballarat penthouses by Studio Nicholas explore how shared values can give rise to distinctly personal interiors shaped by family, craft and quiet confidence. Designing two neighbouring penthouses for members of the same family presents a particular kind of intimacy, one that asks for alignment without repetition and cohesion without compromise, and for Nicholas […]
A new commercial tower in Brisbane cracks open the traditional workplace typology with an office tower ‘designed to breathe’. For a decade now, Brisbane City Council has invited developers and architects delivering new high-density developments to give the city ‘Buildings that Breathe’. The Council’s aspiration has been for new buildings to embrace the subtropical climate, […]
A new harbour destination has opened, where working industry, public life and sustainable design converge. The new Sydney Fish Market has opened on Sydney Harbour, marking a decisive shift in how one of the city’s most industrious waterfront sites engages with public life. Positioned at Blackwattle Bay, the project reframes the working fish market as […]
Set at the edge of Melbourne’s sporting heart, Gate 8 reimagines the workplace as a civic participant, where human-centred design, long-term collaboration and architectural restraint shape a new model for contemporary office life. Standing at the threshold between Yarra Park and the city, Gate 8 occupies a site where Melbourne’s civic rituals play out at […]
Far from a simple rebuild, the replacement of an outdated life-saving pavilion offered multiple challenges for JCB. If there’s ever a word that gets overused, not just in the A+D space, but across the board, it must be ‘iconic’. But when you’re talking about the Brighton Beach bathing boxes in the bayside Melbourne suburb, there’s […]
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