Paul Hecker, founding principal of multidisciplinary Melbourne design practice Hecker Guthrie, has been named as the jury chair for the 2025 Interior Design Excellence Awards (IDEA). Now in its 23rd year, IDEA is Australia’s longest-running independent architecture and interior design awards program with winners selected annually by a panel of seven expert industry judges. Hecker […]
International hotel brand The Standard is working with local interior design and architectural partners Hecker Guthrie and Woods Bagot to debut its new concept – The StandardX – in Melbourne next year. Self-described as the “rebellious younger sibling of The Standard”, The StandardX, Melbourne, will take the international lifestyle hotel made famous by Sex and […]
Architectus and Hecker Guthrie have woven subtle references to the Hoddle Grid and the city’s iconic laneways inside and out of the new Hyatt Centric. An Australian first for the global hotel chain, Hyatt Centric Melbourne reflects the brand’s localised focus. “The Hyatt Centric is different from the main Hyatt brand,” Architectus principal Matthew Smith […]
Golden Age Group has revealed the first look of its boutique commercial office building on Little Collins Street in Melbourne. The project is a collaboration between Cox Architecture, Hecker Guthrie and Jack Merlo Reaching 27-levels high, the state-of-the-art building is designed as a vertical community that intertwines lifestyle and corporate, and is expected to set […]