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The winners of the 2026 NSW Architecture Awards

The winners of the 2026 NSW Architecture Awards

From landmark transport infrastructure and adaptive reuse to inventive housing and regional projects, the 2026 NSW Architecture Awards recognised the breadth of architecture shaping the state.

“Cities Made With Care’: Living Cities Forum returns with international speakers

“Cities Made With Care’: Living Cities Forum returns with international speakers

Anupama Kundoo, Finn Williams and Ludwig Engel will be keynote speakers as Living Cities Forum comes to Melbourne and Sydney in August 2026.

O’Connell’s Hotel reborn

O’Connell’s Hotel reborn

Fiona Drago Architect refreshes one of Melbourne’s best-known hotels, balancing heritage character with a more open and contemporary hospitality experience.

“Renewable real estate”: Wrapping up Melbourne Design Week with FK

“Renewable real estate”: Wrapping up Melbourne Design Week with FK

FK hosted a standout Melbourne Design Week event with a panel on adaptive reuse and renewable real estate at 500 Bourke, featuring previous contributor Nicky Drobis and our editor as moderator.

Newcastle Quay rethinks the harbour edge

Newcastle Quay rethinks the harbour edge

Led by SJB, Newcastle Quay is imagined as a mixed-use waterfront precinct where housing, hospitality, public space and heritage work together to reconnect Newcastle with its harbour.

La Marzocco finds its Sydney rhythm

La Marzocco finds its Sydney rhythm

Inside La Marzocco Sydney, Open Creative Studio has turned a Botany warehouse into a flexible showroom, training space and events venue — one that understands coffee culture as both technical craft and social ritual.

200 years down, 200 to go

200 years down, 200 to go

Historic Littlebourne Guest House was one of the first settler houses built west of the mountains two centuries ago. Now, a renovation and extension are designed to secure the next 200 years.

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.

Kōri Windsor remixes the ice cream parlour

Kōri Windsor remixes the ice cream parlour

Blurring the line between dessert bar and listening lounge, AIR Design Studio delivers a modular, low-waste fit-out where sound, sustainability and social ritual take centre stage.

A high-tech, future-ready extension for Mumbai’s automobile design hub

A high-tech, future-ready extension for Mumbai’s automobile design hub

Designing for the future, SJK Architects has completed a workplace for automobile designers, Mahindra & Mahindra in Mumbai, that embraces technology but also has the all-important human touch.

The Lands by Capella reopens a Sydney landmark

The Lands by Capella reopens a Sydney landmark

At The Lands by Capella, Hassell and Purcell take a restrained approach to adaptive reuse — working with the existing building to reintroduce it as a public, mixed-use destination.

Preserving heritage with Yatofu Creatives

Preserving heritage with Yatofu Creatives

Cycling culture and heritage seldom converge, yet the AITASHOP flagship in Beijing is a space where both coexist.