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Seven design fallacies worth challenging

Seven design fallacies worth challenging

Ahead of Saturday Indesign, six architects and interior designers consider the assumptions that continue to shape homes, apartments and neighbourhoods – and the conversations the industry could be having more often.

TZG completes Brett Whiteley Studio restoration

TZG completes Brett Whiteley Studio restoration

The Art Gallery of New South Wales has reopened the Brett Whiteley Studio in Sydney’s Surry Hills following a major renovation by TZG that upgrades the building while preserving the character of the artist’s former home and workplace.

Woods Bagot brings four individually crafted homes to Bondi

Woods Bagot brings four individually crafted homes to Bondi

Designed for Cadmium Property, 22 Edward Street rethinks boutique residential development through four distinct homes that prioritise landscape, privacy and coastal living.

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.

An architecture of Australian cultural expression: AIA Gold Medal 2026 announced

An architecture of Australian cultural expression: AIA Gold Medal 2026 announced

Architects Neil Durbach, Camilla Block and David Jaggers of Durbach Block Jaggers have been named as joint recipients of the Australian Institute of Architects (AIA) Gold Medal for 2026.

Architecture as a cultural negotiator

Architecture as a cultural negotiator

As Snøhetta marks ten years of permanent presence in Australia, co-founder Kjetil Trædal Thorsen reflects on Country, civic generosity, regenerative design and why architecture must keep imagining “memories of the future.”

Designing colour with intent: Inside the Breathe palette

Designing colour with intent: Inside the Breathe palette

Tamara Veltre, director at Breathe, reflects on the studio’s collaboration with Haymes Paint — a deliberately reduced, architect-designed palette that reframes colour as part of architecture, not an afterthought.

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.

Listen now: SJB hits the half-century

Listen now: SJB hits the half-century

Five SJB directors join STORIESINDESIGN podcast the morning after celebrations at the NGV marking 50 years of practice for the Australian design firm.

Who is Up To Something?

Who is Up To Something?

Spreading its young but mighty wings across Victoria and Tasmania, emerging practice Up To Something blends landscape, art and craft into thoughtful design.

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.

Designed for better education

Designed for better education

Taking inspiration from nature, the design of St Francis Xavier College Berwick GPFLA by Bellemo & Cat provides an educational environment that enables best practice in learning and teaching.