Image above, Westpac Barangaroo by Geyer – winner of the Sustainability award at IDEA 2016. Photo by Richard Glover. Sustainability is a term that gets loosely thrown about; it forms a standard part of the built environment lexicon, but in many cases it is just a feature, not a driving factor. Orientation, solar consideration, thermal […]
Quiet, hushed whispers, padded footsteps and ‘please be quiet’ signage – these are the usual suspects of a library space. But the brief received by ARM Architecture for the Geelong Library and Heritage Centre was something slightly different. “The librarians’ brief was for a contemporary people environment. That means moving away from the traditional model of a library […]
The team at Matt Gibson A+D has been announced as the winner for the Miele Immer Besser design competition, with their proposal for an ultra-flexible apartment space.
The Miró Hotel was the first boutique hotel in Bilbao and offers only 50 rooms for guests. Albeit small, the attitude of the hotel is grand, with every convenience for guests at hand and an interior that is stylish and contemporary.