acoustics
News
The Mill: Where architecture meets athletic performance
Warren and Mahoney’s The Mill in Queenstown blends architecture, wellbeing and landscape, creating a transparent training facility.
Articles
A lesson in the aesthetics of acoustics
At Moonee Ponds Primary School, Clarke Hopkins Clarke’s transformative design uses Autex acoustic solutions to shape a calm and creatively charged learning environment.
Workplace
Davenport Campbell: Forget ‘future-proof,’ because your workplace is about to perceive, adapt and evolve
Davenport Campbell’s Neill Johanson shares insights from WORKTECH25 and the impact of AI on the workplace experience.
Events
“When we design for neurodiversity, we design for everyone”
The Altro Neurodiversity Forum 2025 gathered leading architects, designers, thought-leaders and advocates in March at the Manly Pacific Hotel in Sydney.
Workplace
“Design for the range, not the average”: Workplace design with Dr Nigel Oseland
The workplace strategist and environmental psychologist was in Sydney earlier this year to give a talk at Haworth on the fallacies of the ‘average’ in workplace design.
Workplace
Comment: The potential of story-telling in understanding neurodiversity
Davenport Campbell’s Anneke Alberto and Kathryn Marshall comment on the fallacy of averages in workplace design.
Ideas
Comment: Designing for community harmony in mixed-use urban renewal
“The primary objective is to mitigate noise at the source” – this comment piece by Daniele Albanese, Head of Acoustics APAC, Cundall delves into how this pre-emptive solution can be soundly integrated.
Ideas
The good, the bad and the pandemic: The future of hospitality design with Technē’s Sam Sempill
Technē Architecture + Interior Design associate director, Sam Sempill, shares insights into hospitality design.
Project
Play and respite in Fender Katsalidis’ Art Deco executive suites at The Darling
Overcoming pandemic hurdles to redefine guest experiences amidst Sydney’s bustling entertainment precinct, The Darling has undergone a two-year restoration that melds Art Deco interiors with the necessities of hotel living.
Articles
Weaving hidden First Nations stories into the built environment
An exciting new collaboration involving Autex Acoustics, Willie Weston and Lisa Waup colourfully brings First Nations design to high-performance acoustics.
News
Coming home to the creative incubator: ACMI by Warren and Mahoney
In Melbourne’s Fed Square, the ACMI team is now working under one roof in a colourful new space home to co-working residents and museum staff.
Articles
Colour and texture in perspective: Celebrating the unique landscapes of New Zealand
In an outstanding first-time collaboration, Autex Acoustics partners with New Zealand designer Emma Hayes to combine high-performance acoustic solutions with inspired biophilic design.
Articles
How to address workplace acoustics in open-plan offices
With decades of experience in contract furniture, Hushoffice delivers privacy and workplace flexibility with acoustic pods that use the test-improve-repeat approach for the best technical performance in an office environment.
Workplace
Workification of home: The Indesign guide to work-from-home spaces
With an estimated 40 per cent of the Australian workforce working from home, the push for functional home work spaces mirrors international shifts and is not about to turn around.
Ideas
Q&A: Offline versus online learning with Spowers’ Scott Allardyce
Spowers is a Victorian design practice, delivering architecture, interior design and masterplanning across a range of sectors. Hear director Scott Allardyce’s take on equitable hybrid learning environments.
Products
Weaving sustainability and style into acoustic design: The latest from Woven Image
With its range of products to suit different environments and needs, Woven Image caters to acoustic needs without compromising on design excellence. There are new additions to check out.
Project
Mixed-use design enhances learning at The Hedberg
Designed by LIMINAL Architecture with WOHA, The Hedberg in Tasmania sets the scene for a new way to educate. Welcome to the winner of The Learning Space, INDE.Awards 2022.
Fixed & Fitted
Dulcet tones and dashing shades with Nufelt
A stylish acoustic treatment, Materialised is bringing Nufelt to Australian shores, a wool-look felt wall covering made to suit any aesthetic.
Articles
Expert acoustics advice for fine tuning the dining experience
Autex Acoustics technical development manager sheds light on the nuances of acoustic design for hospitality settings and the dos and don’ts of restaurant acoustics.
Edit
A symphony for our eyes: When acoustic solutions meet innovative design
“As true believers of good design, we can’t sit still. We need to get our hands dirty, pushing the limits and testing the boundaries.” Backed by over 30 years of research and design expertise, Autex Acoustics reinvigorates their brand identity in 2021.
Products
6 office acoustics solutions for harmony in the hybrid workplace
Could office acoustics be the key to finding harmony as we adapt to new and hybrid ways of work? Here are our top six acoustics solutions for hybrid workplaces.
Articles
Keeping everything hushed up inside
Excessive noise has a range of negative benefits that can distract. Materialised’s acoustic products are suitable for busy spaces irrespective of industry.
Magazine
Our ‘Workplace Progress’ issue is now online
For those yet to experience Indesign #83, our ‘Workplace Progress’ issue in full, here’s news that ought to please you.
Ideas
Inside Indesign #83, the ‘Workplace Progress’ issue
Our ‘Workplace Progress’ issue—on sale from 25 March 2021—examines the shifting goal posts of workplace design, and shares the most notable contemporary insights, perspectives and projects in the space today.
Products
Style and Substance: The Woven Image Way
Woven Image has done it again! ZEN and ION Embossed Panels are leading the way in style and substance as well as keeping those noise levels down…..
Articles
Design for efficiency and style at the ACT Law Courts
Following its recent expansion, the ACT Law Courts needed more than just a fresh coat of paint. The resulting fit-out showcases an effective, architectural approach to acoustics.
Products
Acoustic Design For Commercial Spaces: Ascent By Woven Image
Take sound decisions for your commercial spaces. The latest 3D acoustic sound tile by Woven Image makes for a bold and functional addition.
Articles
Screenwood Panels Provide Acoustic Comfort at Sydney’s Lowy Institute
Screenwood Blackbutt panels were selected by Prestige Joinery to assist with reverberation control and acoustic comfort at the Lowy Institute in Sydney.
Articles
Offecct’s Frank Lloyd Wright ‘Textile’ concrete blocks
The iconic Frank Lloyd Wright intricate pattern for concrete blocks has been reincarnated as Offecct’s trademark acoustic panel Soundwave.
Products
Offecct revives the Frank Lloyd Wright ‘Textile’ concrete blocks
The iconic Frank Lloyd Wright intricate pattern for concrete blocks has been reincarnated as Offecct’s trademark acoustic panel Soundwave.
Products
Luxxbox Gets An A+ For Its Acoustic Lighting
Architectural lighting cannot always be described as fun. Luxxbox’s recent Architizer A+ award win shows that good design, with a fun twist, should always win out.
Products
Luxxbox’s Acoustic lighting gets an A+
Architectural lighting cannot always be described as fun. Luxxbox’s recent Architizer A+ award win shows that good design, with a fun twist, should always win out.
Articles
How Screenwood turns down the sound and turns up design
Spread over four levels, the Melbourne Administrative Appeals Tribunal’s new office finishes needed something special – contributing to flow as well as acoustic design. Luckily, Screenwood had the answer.
Articles
Offecct, from Flokk
It’s proven that good air and sound quality improves our creativity and our well-being in the office but nearly everybody still ignores this – Offecct isn’t everybody.
Articles
How do you design for acoustic excellence?
The new Yamaha Showroom in South Melbourne needed surfaces that were more than just good-looking – being a musical space, peak acoustic resonance was also required, which is why STUDIOMINT turned to Screenwood.
Articles
Keep it Down in There! Acoustic Furniture for Today’s Busy Offices
With the launch of ThinkingQuietly, a new range of high-performance acoustic furniture from ThinkingWorks, Stylecraft continues their tradition of providing the Australian market with the latest and greatest in commercial furniture.
Ideas
Designing for our Ears
This month, MTM Solutions and partners hosted a series of discussions on the topic of Acoustics, and spoke about the many reasons why the way our environment sounds really matters.
Articles
A Secret History of Workplace Design: The Death of the Cubicle + The Rise of Acoustics
How does A+D respond to the most invisible yet most pervasive problem in workspaces today? Let’s turn the volume down a touch.
Articles
Screenwood’s Adaptable Acoustics
With Screenwood panels you don’t have to prioritise function over form.
Articles
BuzziSpace + Zenith Interiors: The Science of Sound
For Belgian company BuzziSpace, silence and style go hand-in-hand. Along with Zenith Interiors, BuzziSpace is committed to rethinking the management of noise in our workspaces – leading the charge of acoustic engineering in product design.
Workplace
How is design making us healthy?
Businesses are finally understanding how precious employees’ health is, and the design industry needs expert consultants to deliver projects that meet these expectations. Welnis shares its 10 key wellness elements for human-centric wellbeing in the built environment.