Apartment
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Living outside the box
At Northshore Hamilton, Plus Studio’s Danny Juric is looking beyond the apartment tower as an isolated object, drawing on mature trees, Brisbane’s subtropical climate and the rituals of outdoor living to shape Duet.
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A new mixed-use precinct for West London
TURNER’s first major UK project brings together more than 400 apartments, retail and communal spaces in a Brentford precinct shaped by view corridors and infrastructure.
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HOME Parramatta and the question of renting well
As build-to-rent gains ground in Australia, HOME Parramatta asks what architecture can offer beyond supply: stability, shared amenity and a less provisional model of rental living.
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Apartments on show during Milan Design Week
From Muuto’s softly lived-in Brera apartment to Artemest’s palazzo-scale grandeur and Studiopepe’s introspective project apartment, these Milan Design Week interiors use the home as a stage for design, feeling and identity.
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Designing density with character in our inner suburbs
Kerstin Thompson of KTA and Neometro Director Lochlan Sinclair discuss density, character and the inner city during a recent gathering in St Kilda East.
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Sky Garden at Kai Tak: An archipelago in the air
New Office Works transforms a former airport precinct into a floating garden at The Cullinan, layering social and serene landscapes across two elevated levels overlooking Victoria Harbour.
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Mim Design’s modernist interiors echo the coast
At Loller Street Apartments on Bunurong country, Mim Design’s interiors fuse with Telha Clarke’s modernist architecture, all while taking coastal cues from the bayside setting.
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Flipping the mirror ball
The absolutely hottest spot in Kuala Lumpur, Lane 23 by K2LD is all about having fun.
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R.Evolution: Plus Studio completes nine-year vision for South Melbourne
The final tower in R.Corporation’s R.Iconic precinct demonstrates how density can create connection — through a 20-metre void, one-acre rooftop and nine years of learning what makes vertical neighbourhoods work.
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Five years on: What The Pacifica taught us about vertical living
Designed by Plus Studio for Hengyi, The Pacifica reveals how climate-aware design, shared amenity and ground-plane thinking can reshape vertical living in Auckland.
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Rhodes Central: A 20 year vision for community-centred urban growth
Billbergia and SJB complete Stage Two of the $3 billion Rhodes masterplan, delivering critical infrastructure alongside 1,600 new homes in Sydney’s evolving inner west.
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NSW Government releases nine new architect-designed mid-rise housing patterns
The Minns Labor Government has unveiled nine new architect-designed mid-rise apartment patterns, expanding the NSW Housing Pattern Book and accelerating the delivery of accessible, high-quality housing across the state.
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Brunswick Yard: Carr’s largest residential project
Carr’s largest residential project to date integrates concrete, steel mesh and landscape across 122 apartments in Melbourne’s Brunswick.
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Marella by Mosaic elevates coastal living on the Gold Coast
Completed in 2025, Marella by Mosaic is a 30-storey residential tower in Broadbeach designed by Plus Studio. The project brings sculptural form, ocean views and hotel-style amenities together in a refined expression of coastal living.
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Comment: To reach net-zero, we must tackle the ‘too hard’ basket
In this comment piece by Dr Matthias Irger – Head of Sustainability at COX Architecture – he argues for an approach to design that prioritises retrofitting, renovation and reuse.
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Sanjay Puri Architects delivers Screen 504
Screen 504 is a multi-residential building that pays homage to the past by reinterpreting traditional design for the future.
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NSW launches landmark Housing Pattern Book (and it’s only $1 for now!)
Featuring designs by Studio Johnston, Sam Crawford Architects, SAHA and others, the NSW Pattern Book for low-rise homes is a milestone in housing design.
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BVN and OCULUS’s Pyrmont Place plans
A major urban renewal project has been proposed for Sydney’s inner harbour, with developer Landream revealing plans for Pyrmont Place precinct designed by BVN.
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UNSW housing analytics lab launches in Sydney
A new analytics lab led by UNSW researchers will draw on generative AI in an attempt to tackle Australia’s housing crisis, and has opened with an event attended by the NSW Premier in Eveleigh.
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Touring One Sydney Harbour with the Renzo Piano Building Workshop team
With the trio of buildings at One Sydney Harbour in full operation, our editor joined the visiting Renzo Piano Building Workshop team for a site visit.
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“A precursor of what’s to come”: Cox Architecture in the Hills
A new residential building is paving the way for great design in northwest Sydney and Cox Architecture is at the forefront of making change for the better.
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Bates Smart-designed luxury retirement living apartments deliver hotel experience
Leading Australian retirement company Keyton announces the completion of their first high-end Ardency retirement living project in Victoria.
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Ribbon-cutting marks official opening of Woods Bagot-designed tower
Designed by Woods Bagot with interior design by Richards Stanisich, AURA is a mixed-use precinct in North Sydney that has just been officially opened.
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New crises, normal solutions: Innovative design prototypes on show at Powerhouse
Building on its beginnings in Melbourne Design Week, A New Normal is a new exhibition presented by Vivid Ideas Sydney at Powerhouse Ultimo.
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Michael Drescher Q&A: Bringing the outside in with new apartment design
DKO’s Interior Design Director on how to create community and specificity in interior design, and how apartment living is being reconceptualised.
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Jeffrey Wilkes on refreshing the iconic Mandarin Oriental, Singapore
We spoke with Jeffrey Wilkes of WILKESDESIGN about the John Portman-designed building, which has been infused with touches of local culture and colour.
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Hassell’s Perth BTR housing gets thumbs up from the Prime Minister
195 Pier Street is a build-to-rent (BTR) housing project in Perth and Hassell’s design just received some approving words from Anthony Albanese, no less!
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Bespoke Habitat launches co-living apartments in Johor Bahru for cross-border employees
The co-living haven is close to the CIQ checkpoint with prices starting from RM800.
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An elegant family home designed for work and play
While the home’s aesthetic is refined and elegant, it was imperative that the space be fun for the children, but acoustically robust enough to facilitate the owners’ ongoing need to work from home.
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This Singaporean designer’s home embraces Le Corbusier’s colour theory
SPARK’s director Wenhui Lim demonstrates how Brutalist building interiors can be successful upgraded into a colourful, light-filled home for creative self-expression and freedom.
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Bespoke Habitat launches affordable short-term accommodation for families in Singapore
With soaring rental prices, this new housing solution by the co-living start-up caters to the evolving needs of modern families.
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Massoneong creates a breathtaking show suite in MeyerHouse
Massoneong’s design of a show unit in the WOHA-designed MeyerHouse evokes the architecture’s French Chateau influences in a modern idiom.
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OMA by the Sea interiors done by Brewin Design Office
Brewin Design Office has completed the interiors for OMA by the Sea, a luxurious residential development in Tuen Mun, Hong Kong.
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Boat Club Apartments by SJK Architects combine communal living and privacy in sky villas
Each duplex apartment has its private entry on different levels, while the common central core promotes socialisation.
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Pushing the possibilities of public housing
The homes designed by Tony Owen Partners are always interesting, always unique and are usually likely to spark an aspirational desire to live somewhere better.
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Putting health and wellness at the centre of cooking
Brisbane’s new Skye by Pikos apartments put the kitchen at the centre of living well. It’s an approach to design excellence which goes hand-in-hand with V-ZUG.
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Koichi Takada Architects’ sculptural and sympathetic apartment building
Referencing both its pine tree namesake and the local surf culture, Koichi Takada Architect’s Norfolk is a nine level apartment on the Burleigh Heads waterfront in Australia.
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Living together, high and low
Multi-residential living is the way of the future and whether you live in Hong Kong or Mumbai, Melbourne or Singapore good design makes all the difference to our lifestyle and wellbeing.
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Elegance at the heart of the home with Bosch at Veridian Kogarah
Designed to connect, evolve and thrive in the Sydney locale of Kogarah is Veridian – a residential haven that celebrates the community culture. Luxurious and comfortable, it’s the perfect place to call home.
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A Compact Apartment For Living, Working And Entertaining
Just how much can you do within 316 square feet? Studio Adjective pushes a small space to the limit with Apartment Alto in Tseung Kwan O.
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36 Gage Street: Bauhaus Revisited By 4N Design Architects
4N Design Architects breathe new life into a 1960s apartment building in one of Hong Kong’s historic neighbourhoods.
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Joyce Wang’s Residences At Mandarin Oriental Bangkok Draw Inspiration From The River
Joyce Wang took inspiration from the snaking Chao Praya River when crafting interiors for a luxury apartment block towering above Bangkok’s main waterway.
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An Urban Cocoon Of Calm By Bean Buro
Bean Buro crafts a clean, light, cosy yet comfortable apartment perfectly suited to the needs of a young family in Hong Kong’s Happy Valley district.
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Joyce Wang’s River-Inspired Residences At Mandarin Oriental Bangkok
Joyce Wang took inspiration from the snaking Chao Praya River when crafting interiors for a luxury apartment block towering above Bangkok’s main waterway.
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A Bright And Spacious Life In 43 Square Metres
Designer Luo Xiuda renovated a small apartment in Beijing to overcome damp, darkness, segregated space and ‘chaos’.
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Small In Size, Big In Effect: Taikoo Shing Apartment by Studio Adjective
There are many ways to tackle the constraints of small square footage. Studio Adjective’s clever space planning and use of materials for an apartment in Hong Kong makes an exemplary case study.
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A Flexible And Durable Home For A Growing Family By Bean Buro
How do you address the complex relationships between members of a growing family within their home? Bean Buro has created an apartment that appeals across generations.
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Gabriel Tan Experiments With How To Market An Apartment
Gabriel Tan Studio diverges from conventional ideas in the design of a show flat at Marina One, creating activity settings that can focus on personalised preferences.
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NCDA’s Nelson Chow Goes Home To A Tree House
Principal of NC Design & Architecture (NCDA) Nelson Chow meticulously transformed his Hong Kong apartment into a calm retreat complete with an indoor, adult-size tree house.
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Richardson Sadeki’s Sky-High Luxury At The Morgan Sky Duplex
A lavish interior has been unveiled for this exclusive two-storey apartment, which has its own private terrace overlooking the mountainside – a rarity in Hong Kong.
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Y Home: A Beautiful Work Of Restraint And Reduction By Office ZHU
This Shanghai apartment by Office ZHU confronts the notion that interior design is like fashion and fast-moving consumer products. How? With careful restraint and sophisticated simplicity.
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Office ZHU’s Beautiful Work Of Restraint And Reduction in Shanghai
This Shanghai apartment by Office ZHU confronts the notion that interior design is like fashion and fast-moving consumer products. How? With careful restraint and sophisticated simplicity.
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Liquid Forms: Bean Buro Takes Inspiration From Water For An Apartment In Pok Fu Lam
The Hong Kong design studio stays ahead of the curve with this calm, fluid space overlooking the ocean.
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Filling the Expanse: Quiet Grandeur in a Penthouse by Brewin Design Office
In a penthouse abutting Hong Kong’s Victoria Peak, Brewin Design Office ensures that the luxury of light, nature and space is felt at every turn.
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Connecting with the Panorama: An Apartment by Brewin Design Office
Feeling the holiday mood? This vacation apartment at Jean Nouvel’s Le Nouvel Ardmore condominium was designed to emulate the light, airy atmosphere outside its 28th-storey windows.
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Living Gallery: Ensemble Redefines a Condo for a Collector
Ensemble makes the most of a split-level apartment floor plan to create zones for display and family connection in a dark and theatrical setting.