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Luchetti Krelle fashions playful interiors for RAFI restaurant in Sydney

February 6, 2023 Natasha Levy 0

Vivid abstract paintings meet patterned floors and oversized lighting fixtures inside this restaurant in Sydney designed by local studio Luchetti Krelle. Celebrating the produce available on Sydney’s coastline, RAFI serves a seasonal array of seafood small plates. The restaurant’s name is an acronym for Raffaella, Aurora, Frankie and Indio – the children of owners Ben

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Alexander & Co carves out spaces for calm and play inside Pacific House

January 23, 2023 Natasha Levy 0

Australian architecture practice Alexander & Co has overhauled this oceanside home in Sydney to make it more suitable for family life. Before its renovation, the five-bedroom house had a disjointed floor plan that was proving inefficient for its two young owners and their three children. Many of the rooms were also cut off from views

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Oversized steel roof tops Sydney restaurant by Sam Crawford Architects

December 31, 2022 Jon Astbury 0

A large steel-framed roof shelters the Misc restaurant in the Sydney suburb of Parramatta, which was designed by local studio Sam Crawford Architects to replace a cafe that was severely damaged by fire. Located close to the entrance of the UNESCO World Heritage-listed Parramatta Park, the white, steel-framed building houses the 300-seat Misc restaurant overlooking a nearby river.

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Sydney’s Powerhouse Ultimo museum set to be housed in “sandstone escarpment”

December 14, 2022 James Parkes 0

Australian studios Architectus, Durbach Block Jaggers, Tyrrell Studio, Youssofzay + Hart, Akira Isogawa, Yerrabingin, Finding Infinity, and Arup have unveiled their plan to redesign the Sydney museum, Powerhouse Ultimo. The redesign of the contemporary museum will see its exhibition spaces, including standard, immersive, and learning exhibition areas expanded alongside the addition of a public square and

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Dezeen Debate features SANAA’s “overlapping” Sydney Modern extension

December 1, 2022 Saudatu Bah 0

The latest edition of our weekly Dezeen Debate newsletter features SANAA’s extension of the Art Gallery of New South Wales in Sydney. Subscribe to Dezeen Debate now. Architecture studio SANAA has extended Sydney’s Art Gallery of New South Wales with rectangular pavilions. Set to open this weekend, the Sydney Modern volumes cascade down a hillside

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SANAA designs Sydney Modern to be “harmonious with its surroundings”

November 29, 2022 Christina Yao 0

Pritzker Architecture Prize-winning studio SANAA has extended the Art Gallery of New South Wales with a series of pavilions that step down towards Sydney Harbour. Set to open to the public on 3 December, Sydney Modern is designed to contrast with the existing art gallery’s 19th-century neo-classical architecture, with the two buildings connected by a

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Alexander & Co maintains residential feel inside self-designed Sydney office

November 14, 2022 Natasha Levy 0

Australian architecture practice Alexander & Co has created its own office inside a Victorian-era property in Sydney. Situated a stone’s throw from Bondi Beach, Alexander House acts as a “design laboratory” where Alexander & Co’s team can meet, collaborate and find space to work independently. The homely office occupies a semi-detached property that dates back to the

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Dezeen Debate features Sam Crawford Architects’ “broken” eel-shaped bridge in Sydney

November 3, 2022 Saudatu Bah 0

The latest edition of our weekly Dezeen Debate newsletter features Sam Crawford Architects’ Bara Bridge in Sydney’s Centennial Park. Subscribe to Dezeen Debate now. Sam Crawford Architects has created a curving bridge in Sydney inspired by the bara, or long-finned eel. The studio replicated the shimmering appearance of eels by covering the sides of the bridge

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Atelier Andy Carson finishes coastal home in Sydney with stone and bronze

November 1, 2022 Jon Astbury 0

A curved bronze facade sits atop a sandstone podium at this home renovation in Sydney, Australia, designed by local architecture studio Atelier Andy Carson. Called Matopos, the home designed for the gallerist Judith Neilson involved a complete overhaul of an existing structure on the 178-square-metre corner plot, which overlooks a beach in the Sydney suburb of

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Sam Crawford Architects models Bara Bridge on curving shape of eels

October 28, 2022 Jon Astbury 0

Fins of anodised aluminium fan outwards towards the water at this bridge in Sydney’s Centennial Park, designed by local practice Sam Crawford Architects to evoke the shimmering appearance of eels. Called Bara Bridge, the structure is informed by the curved shape and migration patterns of the “bara”, or long-finned eel, which play an important part

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