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Light, space and amenity at the ‘People’s Hospital’

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A straw odyssey: Australian architect heads to Europe for waste materials research

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Carter Williamson marks 21 years of practice

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Carter Williamson marks 21 years of practice

Sydney studio Carter Williamson Architects celebrates 21 years, reflecting on two decades of civic-minded architecture.

New FK-led research bolsters the importance of adaptive reuse in workplace design

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New FK-led research bolsters the importance of adaptive reuse in workplace design

FK’s Nicky Drobis takes us through a recent poll of 1,000 office workers across Sydney, Melbourne and Brisbane that suggests a preference for reuse – despite an ‘awareness gap’.

Steelcase opens hybrid showroom and workplace in Hangzhou

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Steelcase opens hybrid showroom and workplace in Hangzhou

Steelcase has unveiled one of its largest Asia Pacific showrooms in Hangzhou, merging workplace, brand experience and client engagement in a single flexible environment designed by M Moser.

Light, space and amenity at the ‘People’s Hospital’

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Light, space and amenity at the ‘People’s Hospital’

The new Footscray Hospital by COX Architecture and BLP has set the bar high for best practice health design.

A straw odyssey: Australian architect heads to Europe for waste materials research

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A straw odyssey: Australian architect heads to Europe for waste materials research

Byera Hadley Scholarship-winner Michael Jones is about to set off on a research trip across five countries. He tells us why his research focus, straw, is a sleeping giant in the context of climate crisis and built environment waste.

Urban verticality in India

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Urban verticality in India

Completed in November 2025, Hafeez Contractor’s 91 storey Minerva Tower sits within a 6.5 acre redevelopment that prioritised rehabilitation first.

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Carter Williamson marks 21 years of practice

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Carter Williamson marks 21 years of practice

Sydney studio Carter Williamson Architects celebrates 21 years, reflecting on two decades of civic-minded architecture.

New FK-led research bolsters the importance of adaptive reuse in workplace design

New FK-led research bolsters the importance of adaptive reuse in workplace design

FK’s Nicky Drobis takes us through a recent poll of 1,000 office workers across Sydney, Melbourne and Brisbane that suggests a preference for reuse – despite an ‘awareness gap’.

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Light, space and amenity at the ‘People’s Hospital’

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“Doing things differently demands an incredible sense of responsibility”

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Art, design and momentum at Melbourne Art Fair 2026

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Colin Seah on Creative Amnesia and Designing Social Universes

Colin Seah on Creative Amnesia and Designing Social Universes

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Layering time: A Contemporary farmstead in Kyoto

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The Catcher: a rural guesthouse framed by rice fields

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A village in the sky: rethinking retirement living in Sydney

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