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Hand-troweled plaster walls customised by NGID blend with plush furniture and marble features to give Perth’s Youth Lab a 1970s glam feel inspired by “luxury hotels” and the “private penthouses of New York’s Upper East Side”. Eschewing the typical white and sterile environment commonly found in medical centres, NGID opted for the custom walls as […]
With less than a month to go before we announce the winners of IDEA 2020, we thought we’d take a minute to delve into the contenders for the second most sought-after award of the night – the Emerging Designer of the Year. If you haven’t gotten your tickets to IDEA 2020, grab them now and […]
The IDEA awards season is well underway and in the lead up to the IDEA gala we’re going to acquaint you with a few of our much-loved shortlisted projects. With almost 300 projects shortlisted across 14 categories, this year’s IDEA gala on 19 February 2021 will be a much-needed celebration of Australian architecture and interior […]
With just a month to go until we announce the winners of IDEA 2020, we thought we’d take a look at the studios vying for the night’s top prize – Designer of the Year. With past alums like Kennedy Nolan, DesignOffice and SJB, Designer of the Year is always a hard-fought category, and this year […]
With little more than a month until the IDEA 2020 winners are announced, we’re talking trends with a few of our favourite industry leaders. This week, it’s paint trends with Haymes Paint. Founded in Ballarat, Victoria, in 1935, Haymes is now on its fourth generation, supplying paint to more than 300 independent paint specialists and […]
Tickets for the Interior Design Excellence Awards (IDEA) are on sale now. Join the best of Australia’s design talent for a night to remember! Buy your tickets here now. The winners of IDEA 2020 will be announced at The Timber Yard in Melbourne on 19 February 2021. If you attended last year’s gala, you’ll be familiar with […]
In what has been a turbulent year, it’s nice to know that one A&D tradition is still going strong – colour of the year predictions – with all the major paint brands here and abroad flooding our holiday inboxes with shades tailor made for 2021. Pantone – Ultimate Grey and Illuminating The self-described universal language […]
2020 was not just the start of a new decade. It was also a year unlike any other. With that in mind, ADR editor Elisa Scarton looks back at the Aussie homes that made an impact in this ‘new normal’. GB House, Sydney – Renato d’Ettorre Excavating below the driveway and garage, Renato d’Ettorre Architects […]
Spowers has developed a carefully curated aged care residence that uses apricot and espresso carpet tiles from Shaw Contract to foster a “calming, uplifting and comfortable” setting for seniors. Japara ‘The Regent’ Aged Care Facility in Mount Waverley, Victoria was recently named a winner in the 2020 Shaw Contract Design Awards. With outdoor spaces overlooking the […]
The winners of the inaugural Fivex Art Prize – Australia’s first award focused on billboard art – have now been revealed. Out of a prestigious group of six shortlisted artists, Catherine Clover and Daniel Kotsimbos, who are both Melbourne-based, will share the $30,000 prize, taking home $15,000 each. The results were announced by Lord Mayor Sally Capp, […]
With little more than two months until the IDEA 2020 winners are announced, we’re talking trends with a few of our favourite industry leaders. This week, it’s office furniture with Krost. Originally manufacturers of steel products, Krost has been operating in Australia since 1989. The original Krost logo was a knight clad in indestructible armour. […]
With Christmas just around the corner, we’ve compiled a last minute Christmas gift guide for architects and designers. It includes one very festive cocktail set, the obligatory desk accessory and tongue-in-cheek plate collection from a young ceramic artist. Hare + Klein Interior by Meryl Hare Hare + Klein Interior is a visual reminder of how our […]
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For this week’s lookbook, we’ve rounded up 10 of the best restaurants and café interiors in Australia with exciting and bold colours that you don’t want to miss. The Bathers’ Pavilion, Sydney, Luchetti Krelle The iconic Bathers’ Pavilion in Sydney has been redesigned by Luchetti Krelle to embrace a 1920’s Spanish mission style. Combining a […]
A pink pond “evocative of Australia’s inland salt lakes” from Taylor Knights has won the 2021 NGV Architecture Commission. Working in collaboration with Melbourne artist and RMIT lecturer James Carey, Taylor Knights’s pond[er] will be installed in the Grollo Equiset Garden at the NGV International from November 2021. The installation will feature a body of […]
A “rainbow” of custom glazed bricks on the facade of the Springvale Community Hub were designed by Lyons to reflect the cultural flags of Australia’s most diverse area. Completed in 2020, the hub consolidates the Springvale Library, Springvale Historical Society and the Council Customer Service into one 3800-square metre space in Melbourne’s outer south east. […]
Fender Katsalidis has completed its 319-metre tall Australia 108 residential tower, cantilevering a gold ‘Starburst’ two-thirds up the building. Melbourne’s tallest tower and the Southern Hemisphere’s tallest residential tower, Australia 108 is located in Southbank and stretches up 100 levels. The gold ‘Starburst’ occupies two of those levels and protrudes six metres outward from the […]
The 2021 Australian Institute of Architects (AIA) Gold Medal has been awarded to Donald Watson, with the jury describing him as “Queensland’s foremost architectural historian” and a “protagonist of postmodernist design”. Australia’s most prestigious architecture award, the Gold Medal recognises distinguished service by architects who have designed or executed buildings of high merit, producing work […]
Venetian practice MAP studio has been commissioned to design the site of MPavilion 2021, which will open in Melbourne on 11 November. Founded in 2010 and led by Francesco Magnani and Traudy Pelzel, MAP studio specialises in urban renewal and the “sympathetic transformation” of existing structures and spaces. The practice is best known for its […]
The Robin Boyd Foundation has teamed up with Creative Partnership Australia for a fundraiser dedicated to amplifying the voice of architecture and good design in Australia. The Amplify Our Voice fundraiser is being launched to mark the release of After The Australian Ugliness – a collection of essays by authors from a range of disciplines […]
Cardboard tubes – a by-product of this Melbourne company’s manufacturing process – were used as a decorative element in this office space from Splinter Society Architecture. Located in the south-eastern suburb of Springvale, Asaleo is a manufacturing company with a product range centred around forestry products. The cardboard tubes were used to construct wall linings, […]
Plus Architecture chose a “sculpturally beautiful” design for its latest apartment project on the Queensland coastline, tapering its exterior so it appears thinner to the eyes of beachside passersby. Inspired by the way a sculptor carves marble, the practice tapered the edges of the slab for the Luna Burleigh tower – a technique it has […]
The Association of Consulting Architects Australia’s (ACA) fifth ‘pulse check’ continues to track the impact of COVID-19 on the architecture industry, increasing knowledge of what is needed to ensure a robust future for architectural practices. The ACA’s third ‘pulse check’, conducted at the end of June 2020, sought information about how practices were faring in […]
We’re living in an age where, increasingly, our home spaces need to do double duty. Not only are we demanding more and more in terms of functionality and versatility (hello home office squeezed into the lounge or dining room), but we also want our living spaces to offer something more intangible – a mood, a […]
“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 […]
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