The latest in interiors
Make Architects has transformed a former chocolate factory in the Haymarket district of Sydney into a boutique office that retains the look and feel of the old building. Located on Cunningham Street, the 20th century building is 413 square metres spread across three floors. In its refurbishment, Make Architects maintained the original steel beams, timber […]
The green surroundings of a Melbourne suburb are drawn into this two-storey addition by studiofour through a series of stepped levels inspired by amphitheatres. The site was previously occupied by a Heritage-listed Art Deco home that had no connection to the landscape and “turned its back on the borrowed views” available into Malvern East’s Hedgeley […]
Early bird entries for IDEA 2021 are now open. Enter before 2 May and save $90! IDEA, now in its 19th year, is the benchmark for Australian design excellence and the ultimate accolade for architects and designers across the country. Entries are open until 11 June with discounted entry fees available until 2 May. Enter now […]
Bergman & CO sought to create spaces to ‘hideout or hangout’ in its fitout for the new Poodle bistro and bar in the Melbourne suburb of Fitzroy. Located in a Heritage-registered double-story dual shopfront Victorian terrace, Poodle’s design brief called for a series of spaces that firmly placed the client at the centre. “The client […]
Melbourne Design Week returns for 2021 with more than 300 exhibitions, talks, films, tours and workshops across Victoria and online. On from 26 March- 5 April 2021, this year’s theme, Design the World You Want, is explored in three pillars – Care, Community and Climate. For the first time, the 11-day festival will expand into […]
South African born, Sydney-based interior designer Meryl Hare has been named the IDEA 2020 Gold Medallist. The annual award, now in its 19th year, is given to a practicer who has “contributed their talent to enriching the design landscape of Australia” and was announced at the IDEA gala party in Melbourne on 19 February 2021. […]
Wood Marsh has taken inspiration from the “corrosive nature of Victoria’s sandstone coastline” in this surf lifesaving club in Ocean Grove. The centre, which opened in July 2019, is ‘positioned lightly’ in the landscape and divided across two levels so as to fit within the footprint of the original building. “Connected to site, landscape and […]
Melbourne’s annual architecture competition will return in 2021 as part of the National Gallery of Victoria’s (NGV) winter season of exhibitions, which was unveiled yesterday. The shortlisted teams for this year’s competition are Aileen Sage Architects with Michaela Gleave, Common, MDF Architecture, Simulaa and Finding Infinity, and Taylor Knights and James Carey. The winner, which […]
IDEA 2021 is now open for entries, celebrating the best Australian interior design projects and the studios and designers behind them. This year, entries will be open until 11 June, with discounted early bird rates available until 2 May. Enter IDEA 2021 now! Create an account (or log into an existing account) and start working on […]
IDEA 2021 will open for entries on 26 February with the discounted early-entry period running until 5 May. Enter your project or studio from next week on and sign up to the IDEA newsletter to receive more information! Now in its 19 year, IDEA is Australia’s oldest architecture and interior design awards and has become a benchmark […]
Architects and interior designers from all over Australia cheered on extraordinary local design at The Timber Yard in Melbourne for this year’s IDEA Gala party. A couple of months ago, we made the decision to postpone our awards ceremony, which was originally scheduled for November 2020, until we could all come together safely and securely. After the scare that was […]
To celebrate the release of the new portable &Tradition Flowerpot Portable Table Lamp by Verner Panton, ADR has teamed up with Cult for a very special giveaway. In 1968, Danish designer Verner Panton penned a vividly coloured lamp that embodied the experimental attitude of its creator. Now, more than five decades later, fellow design brand […]
Esoteriko, Flack Studio and Richards Stanisich took home the top prizes at the IDEA 2020 gala party in Melbourne tonight. Esoteriko was named best emerging designer, while Flack Studio was Designer of the Year and Richards Stanisich picked up Overall Winner. The winning studios were chosen from more than 300 submissions by a jury of […]
Tonight is the night we announce the IDEA 2020 winners! In the finale of our talking trends series with a few of our favourite industry leaders, we catch up with Interstudio. Interstudio was relaunched in 2012 to showcase fresh, contemporary designs from emerging European, Scandinavian and local Australian designers. The Australian company works across the full spectrum […]
It’s official! Melbourne is out of lockdown! The IDEA 2020 gala party scheduled for this Friday, 19 February 2021 is going ahead. And the weather gods are smiling down on us with a forecast of 32°C. After the week (read, year) we’ve had, we can’t wait to unwind with a cocktail in one hand, a plate […]
Decus Interiors interplayed old and new in this revival of a Heritage home on the Western Australian coastline. The Sydney practice approached the interiors for Coastal Home as a “layered interplay between traditional and contemporary decoration” blending Heritage bones with the new three-storey addition and pool cabana. “The existing heritage build required a more traditional […]
The latest in architecture
“Subdued” eucalyptus greens, natural oak, charcoals and silver greys dominate in the new Melbourne showroom for Cosh Living by Kett Studio. The Melbourne outfit and its director Justin Hutchinson were inspired by the Australian landscape when it came to designing the new Richmond home for the family-owned furniture company. Hutchinson tells ADR that he also […]
BKK principal Tim Black speaks to ADR about the honour of realising a long-gestating vision for Federation Square’s Alfred Deakin building, as driven by the passionate team at cinematic institution ACMI. There are few joys as simple yet supremely rewarding for an architect than to stand in a newly completed space they designed and see […]
Japanese practice Unemori Architects has delivered the ultimate tiny house in a densely populated area of central Tokyo. Dubbed House Tokyo, the home for a couple with no children has a footprint of just 26 square metres and a total floor area of 51 square metres. Making use of a suspended structure, the architects installed […]
London practice Baca Architects drew inspiration from a whale raising its head above water for its design of the Australia Underwater Discovery Centre in Geographe Bay. A two and half hour drive from Perth, the natural marine observatory at the end of Busselton Jetty is known for the annual migrations of southern right, humpback, pygmy and blue […]
Technē Architecture and Interior Design‘s Bianca Baldi has been promoted from interior designer to associate. With more than 10 years of industry experience at the Melbourne practice, Baldi has worked in a variety of sectors including hospitality, residential and commercial spaces. She began her career as an undergraduate in 2010 and went on to work […]
The Venice Biennale will go ahead as planned on 22 May 2021 with an expanded program that will take place over six months. Speaking at a virtual press conference recently, Biennale president Roberto Cicutto discussed this year’s program, as well as additions designed primarily for the many visitors who will be unable to attend in […]
Mihaly Slocombe Architects riffed on the original building’s form and material palette for this renovation in the Melbourne suburb of Kew. One of a series of six mirrored Art Deco cottages, Deco House was unprotected by a Heritage overlay, but Mihaly Slocombe Architects was nevertheless intent on honouring the original quality of the property. “Our […]
Grimshaw has completed its overhaul of Melbourne’s T2 International Arrival Hall, connecting it back to the “vibrant city it serves”. Part of its overarching Melbourne Airport Design Vision guide, the new space has a “cohesive local character”, which Grimshaw seeks to carry throughout the entire campus. “Travellers first impressions of a city are created at […]
The 2021 ArchiTeam Conference will explore the disruption to lives post COVID-19, how we’ve adapted and how small practices can meet the challenges and opportunities ahead. Now in its third iteration, the conference will be held virtually on 21 May 2021 and will feature four sessions, each exploring the future trajectories for design, practice and […]
In exploring the millennia of First Nations design, Design: Building on Country “issues a challenge” for a new Australian design ethos that embraces Country and its people. Written by Walbanga and Wadi Wadi woman, Design Institute of Australia Hall of Fame inductee and award-winning designer Alison Page and architect and anthropologist Paul Memmott, the new […]
Multi-disciplinary practice Tanner Kibble Denton (TKD) Architects has announced a suite of promotions that recognises the diverse talent within the practice. Formed in 2012, the Sydney-based practice, previously known as Tanner Architects, announced that Mel Mackenzie would be its newest principal. Mackenzie joined TKD Architects in 2013 and led its interior design team across commercial, education, […]
The Australian public, and designers in particular, shouldn’t be afraid of being political, says IDEA 2020 Designer of the Year David Flack. “Within our current world, politics has become a dirty word, but it’s not. It’s actually the place all design starts from,” says Flack. “There is a fear within a lot of Australians, but […]
After The Australian Ugliness examines “how Australia has become ugly” in new and unchanged ways since Robin Boyd penned his seminal text in 1960. Published by the National Gallery of Victoria in collaboration with Monash University and the University of Technology Sydney and with the support of the Robin Boyd Foundation, the book was unveiled […]
Cloud-based software provider BQE has received significant investment from Serent Capital, a growth-focused private equity firm that invests in technology and tech-enabled software companies. Working with professional service firms, BQE was founded by Shafat Qazi in 1995 as a billing and project management software company. Its flagship product, BQE CORE, is a cloud-based solution that […]
Deep rendered arches shaped like those found in Italian villas dominate these apartments designed by Jolson for the Melbourne suburb of Armadale. The Melbourne design studio teamed up with architectural developer Orchard Piper and Sydney-based landscape designer and horticulturalist Myles Baldwin to deliver 10 apartments that appear “more like a bespoke house”. Varying in size […]
Wood Marsh pays tribute to the urban scenes of contemporary artists in its South Melbourne mixed-use Piccolo house. There’s reciprocity between artistic and architectural projects. The influence of Art Nouveau can be seen in the organic-shaped ironwork on the streets of Paris and Vienna. Pablo Picasso and Georges Braque’s Cubism saw buildings become assemblages of […]
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