Ideas
13 October 2026
Hassell leads international design lab focused on Australia’s housing crisis
With the launch of the ThriveInspiration™ International Design Lab, Hassell is leading the design component of a new international initiative aimed at addressing Australia’s housing crisis through modular construction.
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Ideas
8 October 2026
Warren and Mahoney Guest Editors join the podcast
Andrew Tu’inukuafe and Barrington Gohns worked together as Guest Editors on Indesign #96, and the Warren and Mahoney pair recently shared their insights on the process STORIESINDESIGN.
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NSW
2 October 2026
Elevating legal architecture: Studio Tate’s human-centred balancing act
Studio Tate’s approach to Gordon Legal’s Melbourne HQ deliberately subverts the stuffy, traditional hierarchies of the law office, instead crafting a softer and more democratic space.
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News
7 October 2026
The kinetic buzz of Jakarta’s 25 Hours Hotel The Oddbird
Rising 28 stories above Ashta Mall in the heart of Jakarta’s bustling Sudirman Central Business District, 25hours Hotel The Oddbird is a multifaceted exercise in spatial storytelling and material friction.
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WA
1 October 2026
Drama in design defines this WA Architectus education project
Architectus’ new Cultural Centre at Perth’s Santa Maria College makes a case for investing in performing arts – and the buildings that support them.
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Furniture
30 September 2026
More than meets the eye: The sofa Snøhetta designed ‘form last’
Behind the cushy, curvaceous form of Array lies a rigorous design process. Snøhetta’s Matt Irvine reveals how the modular sofa system for MDF Italia was engineered from the inside out – long before its curves took shape.
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Peninsula University Hospital reimagines healthcare through connection to Country
Designed by Bates Smart and Architectus, Peninsula University Hospital brings a sense of place, community and connection to Country into a new vision for healthcare architecture.
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The material promoting local expression across borders: American hardwood harmonises with Indonesian design and craftsmanship.
When the American Hardwood Export Council (AHEC) first collaborated with Studio Hendro Hadinata in 2025, they presented the KARANA collection, featuring three gallery-worthy pieces poetically flowing as though under a sculptor’s hand. Now in 2026, the collaboration brings the same finesse to everyday dining and living, expanding the collection with KARANA Habitat.
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Sound thinking: Autex Acoustics reimagines the ceiling system
The redesigned Frontier Raft acoustic ceiling system is all about reducing environmental impact while retaining the performance and look of the original.
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Jordan Knight explores architecture in an ever-changing landscape
Through a series of speculative design experiments, INDE.Awards 2026 The Graduate winner Jordan Knight reconsiders architecture’s relationship with water and the changing landscape of Hawke’s Bay.
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Hassell leads international design lab focused on Australia’s housing crisis
With the launch of the ThriveInspiration™ International Design Lab, Hassell is leading the design component of a new international initiative aimed at addressing Australia’s housing crisis through modular construction.
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Sydney Fish Market: The Building Winner at the INDE.Awards 2026
Recognised as The Building Winner at the INDE.Awards 2026, Sydney Fish Market by 3XN GXN in association with BVN and ASPECT Studios reframes the working market as a generous civic destination on Sydney Harbour.
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Taking cues from contemplative galleries, this surfaces showroom prioritises sensory experience
Recently unveiled, the Caesarstone Wingfield Showroom Surface Gallery in Adelaide reflects a new take on the Caesarstone specification experience; one that is as design-forward as the diverse and sustainable surfaces it’s renowned for.
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Sensory impressions set in stone
As a child, Beck Smith was mesmerised by stone and the colour and fire of opals found in Lightning Ridge, where she grew up. Today, she’s a successful interior designer and creative living and working on the Gold Coast, but the connection to the raw earth of the inland remains strong.
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Baring the soul
In a world where the line between artifice and originality has become blurred, there is something innately honest about timber. The tactility, the warmth and the mesmerising quality of grain and texture of wood all contribute to an unmistakable soul in the material.
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Small Gestures, Distinctive Design: Inside Gaggenau’s Approach to Interaction
With Gaggenau’s floating control ring, interaction and interface designer Soeren Strayle brings physical presence to the digital interface, finding room for precision and familiarity.
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Magnifying microscopic wonders to shape interior realms
While most of us are familiar with the magnificence of wide landscapes, when viewed through a microscope, there is an equally inspiring and mesmerising perspective to be found. At the cellular level, intricacy is revealed, shapes and structures converge, patterns transition and interconnections become mesmerising.
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Creating synergies of form, hue and space
When considered from the perspective of the human experience, a chair is not merely an object. It is a human vantage point within a space, it is the focal point for energies and activities, and it is a visual anchor that guides activities and emotions.
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Translating colour through form: a cohesive new Colour Collection enhances the design toolkit
Laminex presents Colour Collection 2027: ten new décors explored through a series of interior applications. From colour and materiality to scale and form, the series demonstrates the versatility of the new collection, fabrication techniques and their potential across contemporary interior design.
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Gathering the team in contemporary workplaces
Herman Miller creates focal zones that meet the needs of the digitised workplace in an elegant, elevated form with the release of the Byne Meeting Tables range.
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Injecting identity into adaptable workplaces: the brand harnessing the visual treasure trove of cross-sector design culture
The magnetic pull of certain spaces comes down to how seamlessly they work and, more importantly, how they feel. Recognising this, Kettal Workplace draws on the uplifting codes of other sectors to deliver contemporary workplace design.
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A sanctuary shaped by water
The spectacular GROHE SPA Aqua Sanctuary – where water, wellness and luxury are celebrated through refined and innovative design.
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A place to exhale
Designed by Studio LCD, EVOLVE is a women-only wellness club in New Delhi where flowing spaces, natural materials and carefully considered lighting create a welcome retreat from the city.
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The kinetic buzz of Jakarta’s 25 Hours Hotel The Oddbird
Rising 28 stories above Ashta Mall in the heart of Jakarta’s bustling Sudirman Central Business District, 25hours Hotel The Oddbird is a multifaceted exercise in spatial storytelling and material friction.
NSW
Elevating legal architecture: Studio Tate’s human-centred balancing act
Studio Tate’s approach to Gordon Legal’s Melbourne HQ deliberately subverts the stuffy, traditional hierarchies of the law office, instead crafting a softer and more democratic space.
WA
Drama in design defines this WA Architectus education project
Architectus’ new Cultural Centre at Perth’s Santa Maria College makes a case for investing in performing arts – and the buildings that support them.
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Tackling embodied carbon from the inside out
Reducing building emissions requires architects to look beyond operational energy. The materials, products and systems used to construct and fit out our buildings carry carbon impacts of their own – and those decisions are increasingly central to whole-life carbon reduction.
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What happens after handover? Bringing circularity into Day 2 building services
A building’s environmental performance does not stop at practical completion. How its systems are operated, maintained, upgraded and ultimately replaced can have significant consequences for energy use, carbon emissions and material waste throughout its life.
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From carbon data to better commercial fitout decisions
As attention turns from operational energy towards whole-life carbon, commercial interiors are coming under greater scrutiny. Frequent refurbishment cycles mean the materials specified inside a building can have a significant cumulative carbon impact.
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Designing buildings that can withstand salt, sun and storm
Australians have an enduring connection to the coast, but designing close to the ocean comes with a demanding set of environmental conditions. Salt, moisture, intense sun, wind and storms can all accelerate deterioration – making material selection and resilience fundamental design considerations.
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Issue #95
Welcome to the ‘Regions’ issue and the considered and attuned minds of Guest Editors Andrew Tu’inukuafe & Barrington Gohns, Principals of Warren and Mahoney. In this issue, the INDE.Awards are celebrated, along with fabulous projects from across the region, brilliant profiles of those shaping our world, and considered thought, all making this an exceptional issue.
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The sustainable side of furniture
Indonesian designer Hendro Hadinata partners with AHEC to expand his KARANA Collection into a full living and dining range, built from three abundant, underused American hardwoods.
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Academy Tiles create spectacular new home in the heart of Sydney’s architecture and design community
Following a packed August event attended by architects, designers, overseas product suppliers and many more, the stunning new 600-square-metre showroom in Redfern is officially open to the public.
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Crossing hemispheres with hardware
New York design studio, CIVILIAN, has teamed up with Bankston Architectural to create the new collection, Hemispheres.
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3days of dreaming: Reporting from Copenhagen’s design festival
We round up the eight projects at Copenhagen’s 3daysofdesign that best reflected this year’s theme: Dare to Dream.
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Jordan Knight explores architecture in an ever-changing landscape
Through a series of speculative design experiments, INDE.Awards 2026 The Graduate winner Jordan Knight reconsiders architecture’s relationship with water and the changing landscape of Hawke’s Bay.
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Warren and Mahoney Guest Editors join the podcast
Andrew Tu’inukuafe and Barrington Gohns worked together as Guest Editors on Indesign #96, and the Warren and Mahoney pair recently shared their insights on the process STORIESINDESIGN.
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A creative shape shifter
A leader whose powerful voice has made real change in Australia, Alison Page is advocate and artist, designer and creator, and someone who brings the First Nations voice to the fore in all that she does.
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Creating and curating with light
In the latest instalment of The Photographers, Tony Evans discusses his path from travel photography to the built environment, the importance of light and why architectural photography is as much about interpretation as documentation.
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A titan of interior design
After more than four decades in design, Jeff Copolov steps down as Director of Bates Smart, leaving a legacy that has helped elevate interior design within the Australian profession.
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“Eames goodwill in the office”: A Saturday Indesign standout as Alex Alorda visits from Europe
CEO Alex Alorda travelled from Spain to launch Kettal Workplace – including part of the Eames Pavilion System – in Australia alongside Mobilia at Saturday Indesign.
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Warren and Mahoney Guest Editors join the podcast
Andrew Tu’inukuafe and Barrington Gohns worked together as Guest Editors on Indesign #96, and the Warren and Mahoney pair recently shared their insights on the process STORIESINDESIGN.
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We talk to Anupama Kundoo ahead of Living Cities Forum 2026
As the Living Cities Forum returns to Sydney and Melbourne this August, Kundoo — appearing alongside international speakers such as Finn Williams and Ludwig Engel — tells us about time, abundance and care in her work.
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Copenhagen special: 3daysofdesign roundtable podcast is here!
Claire Delmar, Eva-Marie Prineas, Jason Gibney and Anton Assaad join STORIESINDESIGN to discuss the charm of Denmark’s capital city and their takes on 3daysofdesign 2026.
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Tom Kundig joins the podcast in Sydney
The renowned American architect stopped by to record a STORIESINDESIGN episode with Timothy Alouani-Roby, delving into his philosophies of design and the landscapes that inspire his work.
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