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Compact garden studio nestles among trees in New South Wales

April 23, 2023 Betty Owoo 0

Australian studio Dane Taylor Design has completed Bush Studio, a multipurpose garden room in New South Wales that has a compact form clad in charred wood. Commissioned by a couple who run a local child-psychology clinic, the garden studio acts as a private space for studying and entertaining, as well as a retreat for their

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Matt Gibson adds sculptural extension to Victorian Melbourne home

April 15, 2023 Betty Owoo 0

Australian studio Matt Gibson Architecture + Design has transformed a Victorian home in Melbourne’s suburbs with a faceted extension clad in black metal. Located in the suburb of South Yarra, the house on St Martins Lane has been expanded with a three-storey rear extension to better accommodate the needs of the family living there. The

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Studio Plenty designs Light Years diner in Byron Bay to feel like “a warm hug”

April 12, 2023 Kate Jacobs 0

Asian diner chain Light Years has renovated its flagship restaurant in the bustling Australian surf town of Byron Bay, with interiors conceived by local practice Studio Plenty in collaboration with a group of home-grown artists and designers. The team behind Light Years wanted to mirror the playful visual identity established across its three other venues

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SSdH tucks Melbourne warehouse apartment into former chocolate factory

April 5, 2023 Jane Englefield 0

Local studio SSdH has designed a split-level, mezzanine-style apartment characterised by eclectic furniture, which is housed within an old chocolate factory in Melbourne. Kerr is a warehouse apartment in Melbourne’s Fitzroy suburb, located in a building that was once home to the historic MacRoberton’s Chocolate Factory before being converted into residential units in the late

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Grimshaw unveils “sculptural” Sydney office skyscraper

April 4, 2023 Tom Ravenscroft 0

Architecture studio Grimshaw has completed the 27-storey Poly Centre office skyscraper in downtown Sydney, which is fronted by a series of arched cantilevers. Built on George Street near Circular Quay in central Sydney, the skyscraper is described by Grimshaw as “sculptural in form”. It consists of three visually distinct elements – a concrete lift core to the

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Office Alex Nicholls creates multi-generational Melbourne apartment with its own spa

April 3, 2023 Kate Jacobs 0

Architecture studio Office Alex Nicholls has fused two penthouse apartments in Melbourne into one large flexible home, converting their basement parking spots into a private spa and pool. Adaptability was key to the home in Melbourne’s Elsternwick suburb, which needed to provide enough space for a multi-generational family as well as accommodating visiting relatives in guest

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Dezeen Debate features “bold and courageous” canopy by Adjaye Associates

March 30, 2023 Saudatu Bah 0

The latest edition of our Dezeen Debate newsletter features a giant canopy created by Adjaye Associates and Daniel Boyd for a public plaza in Sydney. Subscribe to Dezeen Debate now. Architect David Adjaye and First Nations Australian artist Boyd have created the Sydney Plaza & Community Building, which features a huge canopy that filters light through

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Giant canopy shelters Sydney Plaza by Adjaye Associates and Daniel Boyd

March 23, 2023 Lizzie Crook 0

A giant canopy that filters light through circular openings covers this public plaza in Sydney, which Ghanaian-British architect David Adjaye’s studio has created with artist Daniel Boyd. Named the Sydney Plaza & Community Building, the project aims to highlight the site’s heritage, which was once the land of the Eora nation – a group of

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Lend Lease’s mass-timber tower was shipped from Austria to Australia

March 20, 2023 James Parkes 0

As we continue our Timber Revolution series, we look at Australia’s first mass-timber high-rise apartment building named Forté, which was built from cross-laminated timber grown in Austria. Built in 2012, the 10-storey Forté block was the world’s tallest timber residential building – measuring 32 metres tall – when it was completed. The building was made

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Tadao Ando chosen to design MPavilion 2023 in Melbourne

March 15, 2023 Cajsa Carlson 0

Pritzker Architecture Prize-winning architect Tadao Ando has been named the designer of this year’s MPavilion, which will be his first project in Australia. The annual architecture commission, which is chosen by the Naomi Milgrom Foundation, will see Ando design a pavilion for the Queen Victoria Gardens in Melbourne’s Southbank Arts Precinct. Japan-based Ando will be

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