Located within an authentically industrial building in Glen Iris, the Deeds Brewing Taproom designed by Splinter Society is an immersive experience, bringing patrons into the centre of the craft beer production facility. Deeds Brewing is already a highly regarded brand in local craft beer brewing, attracting a captive audience of enthusiasts. For the past six […]
National architecture and design firm Gray Puksand has bolstered its investment into creating future leaders with the promotion of nine members to associate and senior-associate groups. Committed to sustained growth and expansion as a tier-one practice on a national level, Gray Puksand has promoted various roles in interior design, architecture, graphic design and business services. […]
In celebration of the 2021 IDEA Awards, ADR is taking a sneak peek into the people behind the design magic. Today we’ll learn more about Fender Katsalidis with interiors lead Rosie Morley taking the reins. As a Designer of the Year finalist, Fender Katsalidis has five projects shortlisted in the Residential Multi category. Winners are set to be […]
Reinvented by THOSE Architects as the new operations hub for a growing Australian fashion label, the Aje headquarters is situated in a 130-year-old landmark Sydney building. Completed last year, Aje’s headquarters has been shortlisted in the 2021 IDEA Awards, featuring in the Workplace under 1000sqm category. Winners are set to be announced in person at […]
Set to be built in New York, the unconventional skyscraper byĀ Adjaye AssociatesĀ could be the second tallest building in the city. Led by Sir David Adjaye, the practice has designed the project for a 1.2-acre vacant plot of land in Manhattan and is being backedĀ by the Peebles Corporation, the McKissack Group, Exact Capital and Steven Witkoff. […]
We’re teaming with Cult for the giveaway, with its in-house design team on hand to help the winner personally choose their favourite fabric from the Capture, Diablo, Fame, Rime or Tonus upholstery collection. Designed by Danish architect and furniture designer Arne Jacobsen, the Swan Chair is one of history’s most iconic pieces and was first […]
Drawing inspiration from a vanilla ice cream cone, Bianco House by Melbourne’s Ha Architecture delivers a delightful set of experiences with asymmetrical accents. Completed last year, the project has been shortlisted in theĀ Residential Single category for IDEA 2021, with winners set to be announced in late February 2022. To receive regular updates about IDEA, including […]
Since launching their practice in 2008, Foomann founding directors Jamie Sormann and Jo Foong have approached each project with considered simplicity and warmth to create homes primed for their client’s lifestyle. Created only two years after graduating from Melbourne University, Foong and Sormann explain that their small architecture practice “wasn’t really a planned thing”. “It […]
In celebration of the 2021 IDEA Awards, ADR is taking a sneak peek into the people behind the design magic. Today we’ll learn more about the design duo from Kennedy Nolan. As a Designer of the Year finalist, Kennedy Nolan has seven projects shortlisted in a range of categories, most notably Residential Single. Winners are set to […]
To enhance the public purpose of the Judith Neilson Institute for Journalism and Ideas, Tzannes designed an interior that tells a story of time past and present. Completed last year, the JNIJI has been shortlisted for IDEA 2021, the winners of which are set to be announced in person in February 2022 at the IDEA […]
Balarinji managing director Ros Moriarty discusses how a co-design methodology with local Aboriginal shareholders is required to create urban places connected to Place and Country. Nearly 40 years ago, Ros and her husband Yanyuwa man John Moriarty founded the Indigenous design studio to foster authentic engagement and understanding of Aboriginal Australia for major projects nationally. […]
Until last year, teaching was largely on campus, but has the collective experience of working from home during the pandemic changed attitudes in higher education across the world? Hassell senior researcher Michaela Sheahan shares what the research indicates for the future. Over the last few years, Sheahan has conducted research into how students learn, how […]
In celebration of the 2021 IDEA Awards, ADR is taking a sneak peek into the people behind the design magic, with Melbourne designer Travis Walton now taking the lead. As a Designer of the Year finalist, Travis Walton Architecture has two projects shortlisted in the Residential Single category and one in Workplace under 1000sqm category. Winners are […]
Inspired to defend the everyday workings of the family, K&T’s Place by Brisbane architecture practice Nielsen Jenkins celebrates the “small routines of preparation and retreat.” Named after the current owners, artist Keith Burt and his partner Tarragh Cunningham, assistant director at the Queensland Art Gallery, K&T’s Place is one of the last standing residential blocks […]
The Herston Biofabrication Institue is an opportunity to showcase “complex technology in a way people could understand”, says Hassell Principal Carolyn Solley. Situated in the heart of Brisbane’s Herston Health Precinct, the institute is a key development in upholding the precinct’s reputation as a world-leading health and knowledge community. ADR recently caught up with Solley […]
In celebration of the 2021 IDEA Awards, ADR is taking a sneak peek into the people behind the design magic, with Fiona Dunin from FMD Architects kicking us off. As a Designer of the Year finalist, FMD Architects have two projects shortlisted in the Residential Single category and one in Workplace under 1000 sqm category. […]
Set within the beautiful and open Heritage space of Hinchcliff House, Lana “celebrates togetherness”, according to interior architecture and design studio Mitchell &Ā Eades. Completed in Sydney in June this year, Lana has been shortlisted in the hospitality category for IDEA 2021, with winners set to be announced next year. Helmed by one of New Zealand’s […]
One of Australia’s most exciting contemporary artists Ramesh Mario Nithiyendran is set to showcase his exhibition The Guardians at Sydney Sullivan+Strumpf across four exciting weeks. Opening October 14, Nithiyendran’s major solo exhibition will feature creative references to his diverse global influences and gestures to broad histories related to sculptural and ritualistic icons designed to protect […]
The Melbourne City Mission’s Hester Hornbrook Academy Sunshine campus by Gray Puksand is a project built on establishing values of “community and belonging” for Victoria’s most disadvantaged youths. Leveraging on The Academy’s values of community and belonging, the practice created a contemporary and purposeful learning space for Sunshine, located 12km west of the CBD. In […]
Beloved television series Restoration Australia returns to our screens with a fresh face to help bring decaying Heritage homes back to life. Filming across Australia, history buff architect Professor Anthony Burke will uncover seven incredible stories as home owners embark on heroic journeys to save them from ruin. But with most renovations, especially on Heritage […]
Global design studio GroupGSA has reimagined the future of workplace technology for more than 1400 Microsoft employees in North Sydney. Microsoft head of real estate and facilities in Asia Pacific Ashish Mehrotra explains: “COVID-19 has taught businesses distance is no longer a barrier to connectivity, engagement and productivity. Nor is it a barrier to having […]
While JobKeeper was the Australian Federal Government’s principal scheme for helping businesses to survive the economic impacts of COVID-19, now that it has ended, a new incentive to kick-start the economy has been launched. But what is JobMaker and can it benefit your practice? Launched on 7 October 2020 in line with the Federal Budget, […]
Aboriginal Housing Victoria, ClarkeHopkinsClarke Architects and Indigenous landscape designer Charles Solomon explain how they’re designing a paradigm shift for Indigenous social housing. Australia’s largest registered Aboriginal housing agency, Aboriginal Housing Victoria (AHV) has teamed up with ClarkeHopkinsClarke Architects and Indigenous landscape designer Charles Solomon to transform ageing units on a 1000-square metre site in suburban […]