Australasia’s best-designed hospitality venues have been named in the annual Eat Drink Design Awards, which celebrate design excellence and innovation within restaurants, bars, cafĆ©s, nightclubs, retail spaces and temporary venues from across Australia and New Zealand. This year, New South Wales dominated the awards with three venues named as winners in their respective categories as […]
Earlier this year Zaha Hadid Architects (ZHA) revealed the designs for the second of two projects it is currently working on in Melbourne. The first, originally unveiled in 2015, will be in Collins Street and will be occupied by the Mandarin Oriental hotel group. The new 19-storey tower, a joint project with Elenberg Fraser Architects, […]
A traditional Japanese aesthetic consisting of a monochromatic palette, strong lines and the warmth of natural timbers set the tone for the design of Sushi Kenzen’s new restaurant in Brisbane’s Brunswick Mall precinct. In approaching the interiors, design agency whitewood wanted to communicate the restaurant ethos of using sustainable and ethically sourced produce. ADR caught […]
This week we speak withĀ Woods Bagot Principal Peter Miglis. ADR: What inspires you? Peter Miglis: Growing up, my father had a cabinet-making workshop and my uncle was an artist and potter. As a child I would often watch them make things. For me that was a real lesson as a child; I was inspired by […]