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Mutual Trust finds a new home in Adelaide
For Mutual Trust’s Adelaide workplace, Woods Bagot drew on the idea of a stately family home to create an interior shaped by legacy and ease.
Project
A place of water in the Park Lands
Designed by JPE Design Studio with Warren and Mahoney and cultural creative designer Karl Winda Telfer, Adelaide Aquatic Centre — Kauwingka — recasts civic leisure as landscape, gathering place and cultural story.
Events
EOIs open for Adelaide Design Week 2026
Adelaide Design Week returns in October 2026 with the theme every*one, inviting designers, makers, studios, collectives and creative thinkers to submit expressions of interest.
Ideas
AI, education and 50 years of practice with Matthews Architects
Things get a little philosophical on the podcast as Gerald Matthews of Adelaide-based Matthews Architects discusses the state of architectural education, AI and the practice’s 50-year milestone.
Project
RADS mediates street and lobby at Reno’s Bistro
Designed by RADS, the space redefines the lobby not as a point of passage, but as a destination in itself: a lobby bar, a café, and a small urban hinge-point that shapes and enhances the daily rituals of those who move through it.
Project
Landscape as a blueprint: a workplace anchored in Western Australia’s terrain
Designed by Woods Bagot, the new fit-out of a major resources company transforms 40,000-square-metres across 19 levels into interconnected villages that celebrate Western Australia’s diverse terrain.
Events
A fresh take: Inside Adelaide Design Week
The inaugural Adelaide Design Week *everywhere unfolded across five days and nights, bringing together the creative community in a way that hadn’t happened before. Organiser and regular contributor Bronwyn Marshall gives us the inside story.
Events
“The junction of the rational and the poetic”: Glenn Murcutt’s award bestowed upon Francis Kéré
With the inaugural Glenn Murcutt Symposium set to take place in Sydney in September 2025, Pritzker Prize-winner Francis Kéré receives the Murcutt Pin.
Events
Adelaide launches its first dedicated Design Week this August
Adelaide will debut its first city-wide design festival – every*where: Adelaide Design Week – from 20th to 24th August 2025.
Project
Shadow Baking rises as Adelaide’s new patisserie destination
Conceived by Sans-Arc Studio, the latest Shadow Baking outpost is frosted with hardware from Bankston’s Super Collection.
People
In good hands: Bankston and Sans-Arc Studio put collaboration to the test
At a time when collaboration is often leveraged as a vehicle for brand amplification rather than a genuine exchange of ideas, Bankston and Sans-Arc Studio offer a compelling rejoinder.
Ideas
“Density used to sound like a betrayal of the Australian dream”: Matthews Architects Q&A
Gerald Matthews of Matthews Architects provides insight on South Australia’s 2024 Future Living code amendment, focusing on co-located living.
Workplace
A departure from conventional corporate environments
Architectus has designed new interiors for Allianz with an astute understanding of the modern workplace, where architecture, nature and technology converge to create an agile environment.
Project
Ordered, modern and effortlessly stylish dining in Adelaide
Sofia by Sans-Arc Studio, with its rich colours and material textures, is a thoughtful addition to the city’s hospitality scene.
Events
MillerKnoll and Estilo host an experiential event that combines a global name with a local force
MillerKnoll and Estilo’s launch pays homage to the legacy of a global icon and the collaboration between brand and distributor.
Project
A new era of education at Flinders City Campus by Architectus
Architectus elevates Flinders University’s Adelaide presence with a culturally resonant vertical campus, amalgamating advanced learning environments with industry integration and community engagement.
Project
“Warm, connected and authentically Australian”: LVN Restaurant by Georgie Shepherd Interior Design
With each bite and brushstroke, diners at Bird in Hand’s latest restaurant are whisked away to the heart of Australian creativity and heritage.
Project
Cox Architecture’s new Adelaide studio unveiled
Cox Architecture is proud to showcase its new Adelaide home at 57 Wyatt Street, nestled in the heart of the CBD.
Events
Highlights from the ‘Inner sanctum’ at Adelaide Biennial 2024
The Adelaide Biennial of Australian Art returns to the Art Gallery of South Australia on Kaurna Yerta for its 18th edition this year.
News
Architectus’ Design Charrette “raises the consciousness of the whole studio”
We dive into the Architecture Design Charrette, in which Adelaide’s Thebarton and Brisbane’s Roma Street Precinct have provided recent focuses.
Events
Buildings Breakthrough at COP28: Q&A with David Ness
UniSA Professor David Ness played a key role in a UN report on CO2 emissions relating to buildings, construction and urban growth which underpins the Buildings Breakthrough official launch at COP28 in Dubai.
Workplace
The Adelaide office holding a Brutalist conversation with its neighbours
Carr’s design for MinterEllison’s Adelaide office is a celebration of Brutalist architecture and contextual elements.
Ideas
Are these the last days of architecture? Q&A with Gerald Matthews
Gerald Matthews, managing director of Matthews Architects in Adelaide, is an architect willing to engage with the profession’s biggest issues. We asked him about AI, architectural education and more.
Project
Wurun Senior Campus, the height of education design in Melbourne
Winner of The Learning Space at 2023 INDE.Awards, Wurun Senior Campus by GHD Design and Grimshaw features terraces in the sky and dynamic learning neighbourhoods that turn the vertical school model outside-in. Senior year just got better.
Ideas
A portrait of the architect as a young man
No, this not a review of James Joyce’s latest novel. Timothy Alouani-Roby spoke with Matthews Architects’ managing director, Gerald Matthews, and recently registered architect, Aiden Moon, about the changing face of architectural education and the transition to practice.
SA
Architects who study together, stay together: The story behind studio gram
Set up by university friends, the Adelaide-based studio has grown to be a multifaceted, collaborative and artistic practice. We find out what makes them tick.
Ideas
How Adelaide became Australia’s most liveable city
Hames Sharley MD, Cailin Howard, and DWP’s Adelaide-based CEO, Michael Hegarty, how Adelaide’s planning has paid off in the 2021 Global Liveability Index.
Events
Stylecraft showroom launch a resounding success
The Woods Bagot-designed Adelaide showroom has been unveiled to the public, with plenty of industry personalities joining Stylecraft in celebration.
Articles
Above Left puts the finishing touches on The Realm
The Realm in Adelaide is the city’s new record breaking tallest residential skyscraper. Stunning inside and out, The Realm is home to a beautiful collection of Royal Thai custom rugs, thanks to Above Left.
News
Australia’s first proton therapy unit for cancer treatment to be built
With the potential to save the lives of thousands, Australia’s first proton therapy unit, designed by Woods Bagot, starts construction in Adelaide next month.
News
Adelaide gets its first ever ‘skinny micro hotel’
The micro hotel trend, which has taken the hotel industry globally by storm, is all set to make a thunderous debut in Adelaide.
News
Diller Scofidio + Renfro and Woods Bagot take out Adelaide Contemporary
After a seven month, international process, a winning design has been announced for the Adelaide Contemporary gallery.
Project
“Practice what you preach” – WSP by JPE Design Studio
WSP’s new workplace provides smart solutions based on a sustainable approach, and is designed to support current changes and adapt to future changes.
Project
Academic Architecture: Lyons Architecture Creates New Transformative School
The new Adelaide University Health and Medical School is a model of academic virtue and stunning contemporary architecture.
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A Workplace Where Employees Actually Want To Stay: Enzen Adelaide by JPE Design Studio
Enzen’s new Adelaide workplace upholds the company’s vision and values and is designed to appeal to potential employees and encourage their loyalty.
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Designing Police Stations can Actually be Cool
Find out how Greenway Architects play with materials and colours to design a number of police stations with a strong civic presence, regional context and to reflect the SAPOL brand to shift public perceptions.
Ideas
Arthur G expands to Adelaide
Australian furniture designer and manufacturer, Arthur G has opened a new showroom space in Adelaide.
Project
THE CONTEMPORARY OFFICE AS A COMMUNITY
A move from traditional offices has seen the rise of a new generation of work environments – collaborative, co-working domains offering ultimate flexibility.