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The kitchen and bathroom launches at Milan Design Week 2026

The kitchen and bathroom launches at Milan Design Week 2026

From sculptural basins and wellness-led bathrooms to kitchens and professional-grade appliances, these Milan Design Week releases reframed the home’s most functional spaces as places of ritual and care.

Genso turns the racecourse into a cinematic city

Genso turns the racecourse into a cinematic city

Joyce Wang Studio transforms Sha Tin Racecourse into Genso, a retrofuturist dining and entertainment world with a cinematic atmosphere.

Standout furniture launches from Milan Design Week 2026

Standout furniture launches from Milan Design Week 2026

From indoor-outdoor furniture systems and archival reissues to experimental lighting, circular materials and collectible surfaces, these launches captured Milan Design Week’s broader conversation around comfort, craft, longevity and atmosphere.

Materia makes the case for expressive Passivhaus

Materia makes the case for expressive Passivhaus

At Materia, Maurie Novak tests Passivhaus against an expressive architectural brief, using his own St Kilda home to question what high-performance housing can look like.

HOME Parramatta and the question of renting well

HOME Parramatta and the question of renting well

As build-to-rent gains ground in Australia, HOME Parramatta asks what architecture can offer beyond supply: stability, shared amenity and a less provisional model of rental living.

Studio IV revives Charles Correa’s iconic Cidade de Goa

Studio IV revives Charles Correa’s iconic Cidade de Goa

Now reimagined as Taj Cidade de Goa Heritage Resort, the 1982 landmark has been carefully restored by Studio IV Designs, which builds on Correa’s original Indo-Portuguese vision while updating the interiors for contemporary hospitality.

Milan Design Week 2026: Standout exhibitions and installations

Milan Design Week 2026: Standout exhibitions and installations

From Aesop’s light-filled installation by Australian architect Rodney Eggleston to Molteni&C’s immersive garden worlds, these are the exhibitions, launches and interventions shaping Milan Design Week so far — with more to come.

Apartments on show during Milan Design Week

Apartments on show during Milan Design Week

From Muuto’s softly lived-in Brera apartment to Artemest’s palazzo-scale grandeur and Studiopepe’s introspective project apartment, these Milan Design Week interiors use the home as a stage for design, feeling and identity.

A new chapter for Melbourne’s North Wharf

A new chapter for Melbourne’s North Wharf

Designed by FK alongside One Design Office, 1 Hotel & Homes Melbourne at Seafarers is part of Riverlee’s long-game regeneration of North Wharf and finds its footing in reuse, restraint and a refusal to start from scratch.

Jia CURATED 2026 expands its horizon with Nature Weave

Jia CURATED 2026 expands its horizon with Nature Weave

From a beachfront transformation in Bali to a cross-cultural prelude in Tokyo, Southeast Asia’s leading design platform returns with renewed urgency and regional ambition.

Student housing moves into the city

Student housing moves into the city

With projects such as Scape Kensington by Plus Studio, student accommodation in Sydney is shifting from isolated housing towards integrated urban infrastructure.

A new hotel opens on Melbourne’s Western edge — with a bar to match

A new hotel opens on Melbourne’s Western edge — with a bar to match

With design by SORA and LiFE, the opening of Mercure Melbourne La Trobe Street introduces a 195-room hotel to the CBD, alongside Foundry Bar and Kitchen — a rooftop-adjacent venue designed to draw both guests and locals.

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