In the inner-city Melbourne suburb of Collingwood – an eclectic and creative neighbourhood with gritty industrial roots – is a monolithic new building of concrete, glass and metal that interrupts a quiet section of the skyline. Designed by local architecture and interior design studio Carr for developer and client Figurehead, 116 Rokeby is an office […]
Cox Architecture collaborated with art curators The Fin Collection to achieve the perfect balance of business, hospitality and adornment for the Sydney workplace-come-clubhouse of a global strategic advisory firm. “Coffee by day, martinis by night” – it’s a brief that reads more like it’s for a bar than an office. Nonetheless, it was a refrain […]
In recent years, the concept of neurodiversity, which both recognises and celebrates the variations and unique ways of thinking that many people have, has gained an increased amount of traction and attention. With increased awareness comes shifts in expectations about the level of support and inclusion neurodiverse people are offered on a social level, as […]
Josh Alfafara, the general manager of The Great Room’s recently opened co-working flex space in Sydney, believes an office should be more than just a hundred bodies in a hundred chairs. Offices that conjure images of fights over instant coffee in a cramped office kitchen, and bursts of productivity, followed by lethargy and dwindling motivation, […]
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