Brutalism
Project
Golden Avenue, brutal Brisbane
J.AR OFFICE’s hospitality venue in Brisbane strives to create a small oasis of shade and greenery amidst the concrete jungle of the city. Jared Webb tells us more.
News
A night of design: Greg Natale unveils Cruda and Bosco in Sydney
Tongue & Groove hosted a lively gathering to celebrate two new collections by Greg Natale, bringing together designers and industry peers.
Ideas
Enrico Taglietti’s life in design on show in Canberra exhibition
A retrospective at Canberra Museum + Gallery honours Enrico Taglietti, shaping the exhibition through his own design principles.
Articles
How Architects and Designers are Setting new Design Boundaries
Explore new possibilities thanks to the launch of Tilt Industrial Design’s new Product Division
Events
Brutalism in Sydney: A book tour of the city’s concrete heritage
A new book documents the brutalist architecture of Sydney, putting the movement into historical context and highlighting its ongoing relevance.
News
Inner beauty: The Estée Lauder Companies’ Sydney HQ is a jewel in a Brutalist building
High up in the CBD skyline, Davenport Campbell has designed a prestigious, connected and collaborative new workplace for The Estée Lauder Companies.
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
Mapping concrete and Brutalist architecture across Australia, Asia and beyond
From concrete Tokyo to Brutalist Sydney, Blue Crow Media provides a way into new cities — or perhaps a closer look at familiar ones — for the architectural connoisseur, especially those with a keen interest in the twentieth century history.
Project
Capsule hotel KINN does hyper futurism with a humanistic touch
Movies like Blade Runner and Gattaca provide the unlikely springboard into this new hotel designed by Hjgher.
Project
Brutal beauty: Di Stasio Città by HASSELL
To the architecture community, Di Stasio is an institution. And now a new venue, designed by HASSELL, brings restaurant, art gallery and homage to brutalism alive at Di Stasio Città.
People
Indesign Luminary: Col Madigan
The National Gallery of Australia in Canberra, arguably one of the finest buildings in Australia, is just one example of the work of the late Col Madigan.
Project
Putting the joy back into Brutalism: The University of Queensland School of Architecture by m3architecture
Brisbane’s m3architecture found the University of Queensland’s brutalist School of Architecture building had its problems but also the potential to transform itself and embrace its beautiful landscape.
Magazine
Indesign Luminary: John Andrews
In the mid-1960s, he was the first Australian architect to achieve a high level of international recognition, especially in North America where he was seen as an American architect working in the then fashionable ‘brutalist’ style. But John Andrews has at times been less comfortable in Australia where several signature buildings have been treated with less respect than they deserve. Indesign thought it time to celebrate one of the icons of Australian architecture.