The latest in interiors
Responding to Polly Harbison’s architecture, the creative team of Arent&Pyke –Juliette Arent, Sarah-Jane Pyke and Genevieve Hromas – has designed an interior that is harmonious, enhancing and entirely considered. Ostensibly an addition to a Federation brick and sandstone home, Harbison’s architecture uses details to make congruous the shift from old to new, while apertures and […]
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 […]
The Adelaide-based director of Genesin Studio has been announced as the second IDEA judge for 2021. Early bird entries for IDEA 2021 are now open. Genesin will be joined on this year’s panel of industry experts by Hassell principal and workplace designer Domino Risch, along with five other judges, which we’ll be announcing soon. An […]
Agents of Architecture has designed a Melbourne restaurant “steeped in the richness of Gippsland, it’s farmers and producers”. Following a few COVID-19 delays, Farmer’s Daughters opened recently within the multi-million dollar 80 Collins Street development, and is headed by Alejandro Saravia of Pastuso’s fame. Four years in the making, the restaurant’s menu is the Peruvian chef’s […]
Each new project by Melbourne-based interior designer Chelsea Hing is a surprise and a delight. She speaks to ADR about her design approach and life post-COVID. Chelsea Hing views her projects as an expression of her life philosophy, rather than being guided by a design philosophy or aesthetic that is recognisable across her body of […]
The Sydney design director takes us inside his reconfigured terrace home in Glebe, which references Moroccan riads and the pleasures of a central garden. From 19th century Italianate terrace to interwar boarding house, Agius’ Courtyard House acknowledges its eventful, but not always glamorous, history by carefully retaining all elements of the original 1885 structure. In […]
Heritage and the chef’s homeland are at the heart of Adelaide’s eatery iTL, brought to life by Genesin Studio and Walter Brooke as an ode to all things Italian modernism. Creating something from nothing is hard. Creating something that feels established from nothing is even harder. When Genesin Studio teamed up with Walter Brooke to […]
The designers behind the IDEA 2020 overall project winner and Residential Single award winner open up about their design process, their creative vulnerabilities and their future as one of Australia’s best loved studios. Kirsten Stanisich and Jonathan Richards made names for themselves as the directors of SJB’s Sydney interior design department. In 2018, they left […]
Zenith’s Lois Collection deepens the precision and fluidity that designer Keith Melbourne established with his 2010 Ellis Collection. “I saw the opportunity to revisit the Ellis collection and evolve it to suit the current market,” says Keith Melbourne of his latest collaboration with Zenith. The evolution and elevation from Ellis to Lois is found in […]
Designer, floral artist and ‘no waste’ advocate Joost Bakker’s latest greenhouse in Melbourne’s Federation Square is 25 years in the making. The 87-square-metre Future Food System home on the banks of the Yarra River embraces a zero-waste approach to living and is the fifth iteration of Bakker’s Greenhouse project. Residents, chefs Matt Stone and Jo […]
GOLDEN has ditched the traditional workplace model of offices, meeting rooms, boardrooms and workstations to design an open and modern fit-out conducive for activity-based working. Created for the Australian Financial Services Licensed contributory mortgage investment manager RBML, the new office is located in the south-eastern Melbourne suburb of Dandenong. Located in the city centre, above […]
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 latest in architecture
Perth architecture is undergoing a steady and exciting shift towards “authentic” design outcomes, says local design studio State of Kin. Speaking to ADR recently, directors Alessandra French and Ara Salomone say the city is full of inspirational creatives, but suffers from a “big education gap” when it comes to design choices. “We’ll call you back,” […]
Mladen Prnjatovic, Ben Green and Chi Melhem have joined forces to make good design more accessible through their new Sydney practice EM BE CE. The former Tzannes directors have set up shop in Chippendale, combining their collective experience in residential design, planning and urbanism. A phonetic rendering of the founders first name initials, EM BE […]
TheFulcrum.Agency co-founders Emma Williamson and Kieran Wong talk about creating their own luck in Perth and finding a business model for optimistic architecture. Kieran Wong and Emma Williamson thrive on reinvention. The business partners and couple create their own paradigms for architectural practice that always fall outside of the established frame, innovative in both form […]
Herman Miller has teamed up with 19 other US organisations to increase career opportunities for Black creatives in a new initiative. The Diversity in Design (DID) Collaborative was launched this month by the furniture company alongside brands like Adobe, 2×4, Dropbox, Levi Strauss & Co, COLLINS and Pentagram to acknowledge the critical role that diversity […]
In its latest project, DREAMER harmonises the desire for “family connectedness” while also creating a retreat for a front-line medical worker. Seeking a nature-filled retreat primed for hosting large gatherings of extended family and friends, while still being suitable for “restorative seclusion”, the client – a nurse who often works nightshifts – approached the Melbourne […]
COX with Neeson Murcutt + Neille created a singular civic space in a effort to “give heart” to one of Australia’s oldest cultural institutions. The Australian Museum project won big at Friday’s Australian Institute of Architecture NSW Chapter awards, picking up The Greenway Award for Heritage, The John Verge Award for Interior Architecture and the […]
For its latest project, Koichi Takada Architects has used the artificial to recreate the natural in the world’s third largest city. If you stroll down the streets of the Minhang District, 20 kilometres south-west of Shanghai, you’ll come across 32 “architectural trees” forming a canopy over a new marketplace that’s set to be completed in […]
A quiet achiever, the online marketplace Fiverr has been operating in Australia for over five years, connecting local architects and designers with skilled on-demand freelance talent. Offering digital services in more than 500 categories, across 10 verticals including graphic and product design, digital marketing, programming, data, video and animation, Fiverr is one of the world’s largest freelance marketplaces. Launched in […]
Representing qualities of the backstreets (Li’long), ASPECT Studios has unveiled The Roof – a Shanghai project “infused with the characteristics of its traditional context.” In 2018, Chinese property develop group CIFI commissioned the Australian landscape architects to create a living facade for its new office and commercial hub, designed by French architect Jean Nouvel. Speaking […]
Hully Liveris Design Company drew from the concept of ‘Genius Loci’ in its design for the George Brown Botanic Gardens Visitor and Event Centre in Darwin. The “elongated tropical longhouse pavilion” won the Australian Institute of Architecture Northern Territory Chapter’s highest prize, the Tracy Memorial Award, last week. The jury commended the project for embodying […]
Actively involving and mentoring emerging architects creates a more “unified industry,” says Sydney architect Eva-Marie Prineas. Speaking to ADR recently, Prineas says established architects and the industry both have a role to play in providing graduates with more opportunities to develop their skills. “I think you lead by example. In my own practice, I have […]
In an international exclusive, the National Gallery of Victoria (NGV) is presenting a major exhibition of more than 100 masterworks of French Impressionism in partnership with the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston (MFA). Open now as part of the Melbourne Winter Masterpieces exhibition series, French Impressionism features works by Claude Monet, Pierre Auguste Renoir, Edgar […]
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