This Sunday 1 May is the last day you can enter IDEA 2021 at the discounted early entry rate, where you can save $90 on your entry fees! Now in its 20th year, IDEA is Australia’s oldest independent interior designer and architecture award. The 2021 IDEA awards attracted more than 500 entries from across the country, making […]
For today’s lookbook, it’s all about personality! ADR has gathered six retail, residential, commercial and hospitality projects that employ colour, materials, and spatial configurations to present the overall character of what the space provides to its inhabitants – whether that be rest, conversation, or food! This selection is a mix of our IDEA 2021 finalists, […]
Nestled within Melbourne’s northern suburb of Preston, WOWOWA has created a family home reminiscent of a delicious lolly bag of fruity treats complete with baby blue ribbon. Bringing to mind a thick berry smoothie enjoyed by a cool blue outdoor pool, Presto is a joyous celebration of colour as a powerful storyteller. Described as a […]
Situated in the trendy Sydney neighbourhood of Balmain, The Eye Piece by Ricci Bloch occupies a small 38 square metre space where efficiency reigns supreme. The Eye Piece Balmain is the eyewear brand’s third retail offering and features high ceilings and superbly organised product planning to take advantage of the limited groundwork. The Sydney-based studio […]
WilkinsonEyre has completed work on two new stands flanking the Stirling Prize-winning Media Centre at the world-famous Lord’s Cricket Ground. Work to replace the Compton and Edrich Stands at the historic London stadium began in 2018 with owners, the Marylebone Cricket Club, saying the new structures were part of ongoing plans to “futureproof the Ground”. At […]
If Australian architects collectively can get a name for not just creating beautiful objects, but for creating them with a view to sustainability, there will be a greater appreciation of design as being integral to the solutions of the 21st century, according to Robert Goodliffe. After more than three decades as a partner at ClarkeHopkinsClarke, […]
The September/October issue of inside magazine is on newsstands now and includes all the projects shortlisted for IDEA 2021. The projects and practices featured in this issue resonate with the same restlessness I imagine we are all feeling in 2021. Affected as they are by all that has happened around us, they still, somehow, shine […]
In our latest competition, we’re giving you the chance to win one Fritz Hansen Swan Chair by Arne Jacobsen valued at $6420. We’re teaming up with Cult for the giveaway, with its in-house design team on hand to help the winner personally choose their favourite fabric from the Capture, Diablo, Fame, Rime or Tonus upholstery […]
Inspired to defend the everyday workings of the family, K&T’s Place by Brisbane architecture practice Nielsen Jenkins celebrates the “small routines of preparation and retreat.” Named after the current owners, artist Keith Burt and his partner Tarragh Cunningham, assistant director at the Queensland Art Gallery, K&T’s Place is one of the last standing residential blocks […]
The Herston Biofabrication Institue is an opportunity to showcase “complex technology in a way people could understand”, says Hassell Principal Carolyn Solley. Situated in the heart of Brisbane’s Herston Health Precinct, the institute is a key development in upholding the precinct’s reputation as a world-leading health and knowledge community. ADR recently caught up with Solley […]
More than three-quarters of the energy used by domestic appliances is consumed during use. With the Australian architecture and interior design industry increasingly conscious of the role it has to play in this country’s response to the climate emergency, it’s food for thought. And it’s something Miele has been actively addressing for more than two […]
In celebration of the 2021 IDEA Awards, ADR is taking a sneak peek into the people behind the design magic, with Fiona Dunin from FMD Architects kicking us off. As a Designer of the Year finalist, FMD Architects have two projects shortlisted in the Residential Single category and one in Workplace under 1000 sqm category. […]