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A hardy Melbourne crowd braved a wet and windy night last week to visit Tongue & Groove‘s impressive Richmond showroom. They were there to gain insights and application tips about Australian Design Review‘s 30UNDER30 program. With Australian Design Review‘s managing editor, Madeleine Swain, moderating, the panel comprised Chris Stribley (principal of Cera Stribley and a […]
Evolve competition winners Anne-Marie Randall and Maggie Craig found colour, craft and calm at 3daysofdesign in Copenhagen. Winning a national design competition is one thing, but being flown to Europe’s most influential design week to see how the best in the business live and work is quite another. Anne-Marie Randall, an architect at fjcstudio, and […]
Australian Design Review’s regular round-up of appointments, promotions and other practice news in Australian architecture and design in June 2026. Appointments Hassell Hassell has announced the appointment of Kristen Whittle as global leader of MMC, Design Director and Equity Principal at Hassell. The practice says Whittle will play a key role in advancing Hassell’s expertise […]
This year’s Open House Melbourne is playing host to over 180 programs of tours, talks and first looks at Melbourne’s most exciting places and spaces from Friday 24 July to Sunday 26 July. From heritage buildings and private homes to newly completed precincts, the line-up invites you to go behind the closed doors of some […]
NAU’s appearance at Copenhagen’s 3daysofdesign signalled a new chapter for Australian furniture on the world stage. When NAU, the furniture label born from Richard Munao’s Cult stable, landed in Copenhagen for 3daysofdesign, it arrived with intention, presenting a carefully curated exhibition of Australian design held at the The Social House, Store Regnegade 12, 1110 København, […]
Everyone knows that when you’re looking for a beautifully designed and created handmade rug, you can’t go past Designer Rugs. But that’s not the only string to the company’s bow. Designer Rugs is 40 years old this year – that’s 40 years of building a legacy of custom made flooring options for some of the […]
Daniel Boddam is an architect and furniture designer who founded his own eponymous practice in 2013. He’s also the seventh and final jury member announced for IDEA 2026. As he was the son of two architects, a creative career was always on the cards for Daniel Boddam. His mother Jeannette Dorta, and father, David Boddam-Whetham […]
If there is a word that epitomises the number one consideration for workplace design today it’s flexibility. And that’s a word that KISSEN Create exemplifies completely. Now, more than ever, workplaces need to evolve to meet the demands of the workforces that use them. Post-pandemic and the associated rise of flexible working, the design of […]
Elegantly balancing practicality with refined design, furniture specialist Stellar Works fuses Japanese sensibilities with a base of operations in Shanghai. Its recent two-part installation THOUGHT / FUL, presented at this year’s 3daysofdesign festival in Copenhagen, offered a tranquil reimagining of interior space. Responding to the encompassing theme – ‘Make this moment matter’ – of this […]
Previously named one of the coolest neighbourhoods in the world, Melbourne’s Footscray is once again on the front foot with the recent opening of its first purpose-built build-to-rent (BTR) development. With 702 apartments over three unique buildings and a shared amenity-filled podium, Indi Footscray brings together architecture and interiors by local multidisciplinary studio SJB and […]
Responding to the ‘Make This Moment Matter’ theme of 3daysofdesign 2026, two of Europe’s most influential lighting designers presented pieces that would occupy the centre of attention in any space. ADR speaks with the creative leads of Ingo Maurer and Foscarini to learn more. Presenting two different approaches to interior lighting pieces, German designer Ingo […]
From lobby to back-of-house, BRITA’s Commercial Grade dispenser range is helping facility managers cut costs, reduce waste and raise the bar on amenity. Across hotels, corporate offices and shared workspaces, the humble hydration point has become a surprisingly powerful measure of how well a building is managed. Guests notice it, staff expect it, and sustainability […]
Originally designed by Bill Stumpf and Don Chadwick in 1994, Herman Miller‘s Aeron chair has led the way in ergonomic performance seating for over 30 years. Not ones to sit still or settle, the design team has continued to innovate this iconic chair with new materials, new colours and sustainability breakthroughs. Problem-solving through design has […]
Eldercare Goodwood has become the first aged care home in South Australia to achieve a 6 Star Green Star rating, signifying its world-leading sustainable design and construction. A year on from opening its doors in February 2025, the Eldercare Goodwood residential aged care home has made history as the first facility of its kind in […]
3daysofdesign takes place across Copenhagen every June, drawing together the full breadth of Scandinavian and European design culture into a loosely structured, citywide event that is difficult to describe to anyone who hasn’t attended. It is not a trade fair. It is not a festival in the conventional sense. It happens in brand showrooms and […]
The latest National Gallery of Victoria’s Winter Masterpieces exhibition is here. But while no one can doubt the exquisite artistry and consummate skills on display, how well does it sit to have a commercial brand as the title of the annual cultural draw card? Full disclosure, I’m one of those for whom an interest, knowledge […]
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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 […]
From Tasmania’s rugged south, So. Architecture shapes a built world of quiet strength, guided by Liz Walsh and Alex Nielsen. There is a quiet intensity to the work of So. Architecture. The practice, founded by Liz Walsh and Alex Nielsen in Hobart, has built its reputation on an architecture of distilled clarity. Its projects hover […]
Summer in Australia is an energising season for design lovers, with plenty of inspiration beckoning outside of studio walls. Experience new ideas, discover emerging talent and reconnect with the people shaping our design landscape with Australian Design Review’s guide to summer design events below. Victoria The National Gallery of Victoria The NGV in Melbourne has […]
COX Architecture and Hassell will partner with Japan’s Azusa Sekkei to deliver the new Brisbane Stadium, the main venue for the 2032 Olympic and Paralympic Games. The Queensland Government awarded the trio the contract for Brisbane Stadium, slated for development in Victoria Park, after a three-month procurement process by the Games Independent Infrastructure and Coordination […]
As Australia searches for faster and cleaner ways to deliver housing at scale, modular construction continues to promise much yet deliver selectively. A major Build to Rent project in Parramatta shows what can shift when Modern Methods of Construction (MMC) becomes a corporate strategy rather than a project experiment. With the persistence of labour shortages, […]
The Architecture MasterPrize 2025 winners demonstrate how thoughtful design continues to redefine living, working and community spaces across continents. Now in its milestone 10th year, the Architecture MasterPrize stands as an international beacon for design excellence, celebrating projects that advance creativity, sustainability and cultural engagement across architecture and related disciplines. Drawing submissions from over 70 […]
A new creative community space on a construction site in Sydney is seeking three residents for its Placeholder program in 2026, whose practices engage with regenerative practice, care and public space. The four-month paid residencies will take place within two new custom-built structures – known as ‘Field Rooms’ – located on the working construction site […]
Wilya Janta, a new initiative out of Warumungu Country in Tennant Creek, says Aboriginal-led design could help address housing inequality in Indigenous communities. Around 500 kilometres north of Alice Springs, Tennant Creek resident and Warumungu spokesman Jimmy Frank Jupurrurla describes the houses as “prison-like”. Often overcrowded, lacking insulation and kitted with box air-conditioners that can […]
With the opening of Melbourne’s Metro Tunnel, attention turns from engineering magnitude to architectural meaning. Arden Station stands as a declaration of intent, signalling how transport infrastructure can plant new civic life while honouring the layered industrial fabric of its surroundings. Arden Station opened to passengers on 30 November 2025, marking a decisive moment in […]
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