Heritage restoration and conservation architecture is an ongoing learning and unlearning process. It demands interdisciplinary collaboration, strategy, a willingness to compromise and a penchant for adapting and improvising, as these industry figures tell inside. The purpose of heritage restoration and conservation is subject to ongoing evolution. Victorian-era art historian John Ruskin equated restoring buildings with […]
Technē Architecture + Interior Design has established the practice’s regional base in Albury, presenting the studio with new and larger opportunities to refresh the local economy and tourism sector. Located on the New South Wales side of the Murray River, the Albury studio, says Technē director Nick Travers, was a “natural step galvanised by numerous […]
Melbourne studio Technē Architecture + Interior Design has just completed a makeover of Melbourne Central, infusing the complex with a web pattern that emphasises “connections between spaces and destinations”. The studio focused on overhauling the third floor of the city shopping centre, replacing the red fluorescent lighting battens with strings of lights and gold tubing. […]
Melbourne’s Hotel Esplanade has taken out the title for Australia & Pacific Bar at the 2019 Restaurant & Bar Design Awards. The award, won by Technē Architecture + Interior Design for their design work on the venue’s reincarnation, was announced at a ceremony in London, officially making The Espy the best-designed bar in the region. […]