SPARC International Lighting Event 2013

The harbourside lighting event announces international speakers and local standout Tim Greer

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CALF SELL: A SCANDINAVIAN CLASSIC BY SYDNEY-BASED DESIGNERs.

We often ask ourselves, why wouldn’t you support home-grown design when the product rivals or exceeds the very best coming out of Europe? Such is the case with the new Calf Chair by Chippendale-based DesignByThem. Stephen Lacey reports.

Gilbert + Tobin Barangaroo by Woods Bagot

Design that reflects its local environment is a huge focus for practising architects and designers, and Sydney’s Barangaroo development is a hotbed for this kind of thinking. Gilbert + Tobin’s new Barangaroo workplace, designed by Woods Bagot, draws inspiration from the rich history and landscape of the site, while nestling nicely into Sydney’s new commercial identity.

Heritage and innovation meet by the river in new NZ theatre

After a decade without a theatre, New Zealand’s Kirikiriroa Hamilton opens the doors to BNZ Theatre, designed by Jasmax in consultation with Charcoalblue.

Recasting density in the suburban garden

In Melbourne, Justin Mallia Architecture reshapes a compromised heritage site into a flexible, multi-residential home — balancing density, landscape and long-term adaptability through a careful reworking of form, light and ground.

Find precision with Poliform’s wardrobe systems

Poliform approaches wardrobes as a kind of architectural infrastructure within the home – modular systems, with highly-engineered fittings and a wide palette of finishes to allow for configurable, design-led solutions.

These New Zealand mountain cabins mediate human shelter and alpine scale

In the mountains of New Zealand’s South Island, a pair of remote cabins provide serene shelter with interiors informed by natural tones, materials and even local creatures.