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Explore completed architecture and design projects from across Australia.
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“Cosy, uplifting and full of life”: Bar Julius is the sweet spot in new Sydney precinct
Set within the wider Surry Hills Precinct that includes The EVE Hotel, Bar Julius – designed by SJB – is a sumptuous hospitality venue bursting with colour and materiality.
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Tasman Gallery: A work of art on the art of work
In Byron Bay, a former storage shed has been transformed by a visionary architect who has created a place of sanctuary for both art and work.
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“The most ancient of stories”: AKIN announced as winner of design competition for Barangaroo’s Harbour Park
The NSW Government has announced the winning design for Harbour Park at Sydney’s Barangaroo. AKIN, a First Nations-led design, will cover the 1.85 hectares of open space with a “regenerated natural retreat in the heart of the city.”
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Best practice in animal welfare: BARC by Sam Crawford Architects
Considered and humane, BARC sets a new benchmark in pet management that considers all aspects of both the relinquishing and adoption of pets. It’s a Sydney project that meets the international benchmark of animal wellbeing design.
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Redbird, the latest ravishing restaurant interior by Luchetti Krelle
Ostensibly Redfern’s local Chinese restaurant, Redbird is the new offering in this trendy and food-filled corner of Sydney. It’s a sumptuous interior design job that makes this hospitality venue all the more tempting.
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Welcome to Hospital Street: BLP realises Campbelltown award-winning expansion
The $632 million Stage 2 Campbelltown Hospital Redevelopment in south-west Sydney realises the latest thinking around healthcare and healing environments. Campbelltown Hospital campus is almost doubled in size in Billard Leece Partnership’s (BLP) award-winning integrated design.
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Precinct in the park: The magnetic workplace at Darling Quarter South Building
Darling Quarter South Building represents the cutting edge of workplace design. It’s collaborative, campus-like and defined by fluid connections.
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SJB wins competition for Broadway student living development
The design of 263-279 Broadway SJB with Land and Form Studios has been announced as the winner of a competition held by City of Sydney. It’s set to redefine student living in the heart of Glebe.
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One year in Bundanon: A retrospective on The Bridge and Art Museum by Kerstin Thompson Architects, part one
Kerstin Thompson Architects’ work at Bundanon recently marked its one-year anniversary. Having garnered such international attention, and with Thompson having recently been awarded the AIA Gold Medal, it’s a fitting time for a mini-retrospective on this architectural success story.
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Oozing elegance: The new hotel in the historic heart of sandstone Sydney
Make Architects has completed work on an iconic sandstone building in Sydney’s CBD. With light heritage touches and an emphasis on public connection, Capella Sydney is a new hotel filled with architectural grace.
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Nimbleness with Nimbus: On the agility of a small, focused practice
Nimbus Architecture and Heritage, based in Parramatta, is a boutique practice with – as the name suggests – a focus on heritage work. Timothy Alouani-Roby spoke to co-director Jesse Mowbray to find out what drives the design there.
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The gateway to Bondi Beach: TZG balances old and new to restore an iconic Sydney site
Recently nominated for awards in public, heritage and sustainable architecture, this milestone project marks the start of a new era for one of Sydney’s most renowned sites.
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Quiet architecture amidst the dunes: Long Reef surf club by Adriano Pupilli Architects
Nestled respectfully in the dunes in a beachside pocket of Sydney that is also a sanctuary for native flora and fauna, Adriano Pupilli Architects has crafted a deliberately peaceful and understated piece of community architecture.
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“The missing middle”: Contemporary terraces and the future of urban density
SJB is well versed in designing residential architecture and, while Ashbury Terraces might be a relatively small project in relation to Sydney as a whole, it provokes some fundamental questions about the future of Australian cities.
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Space, light and generosity in the terrace house typology
This shortlisted residential project channels the story of a house through decades of ownership by the same client. With sensitive touches and an ambitious overall design vision, Annandale Terrace by Sam Crawford Architects is a delightful home.
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Elegant decadence, relaxed formality, future nostalgia: 66 King Street by Cox Architecture
A grand stage demands a grand performance and the interior architecture at The Charles Grand Brasserie and Bar lives up to its surroundings at 66 King Street. With multiple hospitality functions offset against music venue TIVA down below, these elegant spaces contain more than a hint of Old World decadence.
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Regional design and the tactful art of rebuilding communities
Takt is designing architecture that is sustainable, sensitive and desirable. This studio is leading the way as a beating architectural heart in the regions and is in sync not only with the landscape but with the local communities who call it their home.
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How Crown Group is bringing serenity to city living
Paving the way for a new era of slow, biophilic multi-residential design are the two new developments by Crown Group in the inner-Sydney suburb of Waterloo.
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Designing Noma Australia
Foolscap Studio were handpicked to conceive the interior of one of Sydney’s most anticipated culinary experiences to date – Noma Australia.
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Muji: Found in Translation
Famed Japanese stationary, homewares and apparel house, MUJI, are expanding their Australian empire to Sydney, following the immense success of their two initial Melbourne stores