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It’s time for debate and discussion at Saturday Indesign
Saturday Indesign might be revitalised and full of surprises in 2026, but the ever-popular Design Discussion series is back for more thought-provoking panels. Find out who’s discussing what in Sydney on 12th September.
Events
Celebrating ten years of Indo-Pacific design: 2026 INDE.Award winners revealed
Celebrating its 10th anniversary, the 2026 INDE.Awards recognised the outstanding people, projects and products shaping design across the Indo-Pacific.
News
“A moment of global significance”: Atlassian tops out in Sydney
Atlassian Central by SHoP Architects and BVN has reached its full structural height, marking a construction milestone for the 39-storey commercial tower in Sydney.
Events
World Architecture Festival shortlist is here!
With significant representation from Australia, New Zealand and the wider Asia-Pacific, this year’s WAF shortlist is announced ahead of the Florida event.
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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.
Events
Melbourne Design Week 2026: The Review
With a plethora of talks, installations, exhibitions and happenings responding to this year’s theme (Design The World You Want), the eleven-day festival was the largest to date and arguably the most accomplished since inception.
Workplace
With an eye on the future, Tzannes brings Benjamin Donohoo into top team
Sydney-based architecture and design practice Tzannes has appointed Benjamin Donohoo as an associate director, expanding the studio’s core leadership group.
News
Peter Titmuss on Reimagining Sirius: Balancing Legacy, Liveability and the Future of Multi-Residential Design
In this SpeakingOut! Interview, Peter Titmuss from BVN explores the complexities of adaptive reuse through the transformation of Sirius, unpacking how legacy, sustainability and contemporary living can coexist within one of Sydney’s most debated residential buildings.
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Sydney Fish Market: Roundtable podcast with 3XN, BVN and ASPECT Studios
Fred Holt, Catherine Skinner and Louise Pearson join Timothy Alouani-Roby at The Commons to discuss Sydney’s new fish market just weeks after its grand opening.
News
Fernando Menis wins World Building of the Year 2025 for The Holy Redeemer Church
The World Architecture Festival has named The Holy Redeemer Church and Community Centre of Las Chumberas in La Laguna, Spain as World Building of the Year 2025, alongside major winners in interiors, future projects and landscape.
Events
Product Aware National Symposium: A shared framework for a sustainable future
Architects Declare and Suppliers Declare are uniting with the aim of making transparent, responsible specification the new industry standard.
News
Australian Institute of Architects 2025 National Architecture Awards
The Australian Institute of Architects has unveiled 43 projects representing the pinnacle of contemporary design, with winners addressing housing, climate and affordability crises through innovative solutions.
Events
Sirius Redevelopment wins The Building at the INDE.Awards 2025
BVN’s Sirius Redevelopment has been named one of two joint winners of The Building category at the INDE.Awards 2025. Celebrated alongside Central Station by Woods Bagot and John McAslan + Partners, the project reimagines an iconic Brutalist landmark through a design approach that retains heritage while creating a vibrant, sustainable future for Sydney.
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Happy New Year, happy new Fish Market
With a date now set for January 2026, Sydney’s landmark project is taking shape as a significant and welcome addition to civic life in the city.
Events
Sirius Redevelopment wins The Multi-Residential Building category at the INDE.Awards 2025
The INDE.Awards 2025 has crowned Sirius Redevelopment by BVN as the winner of The Multi-Residential Building, sponsored by CULT. This ambitious project redefines urban living in Sydney’s historic Rocks precinct while preserving heritage, reducing embodied carbon, and elevating residential design.
Events
INDE.Awards Gala 2025: A night of outstanding design and glamorous celebration
At Saltbox in Sydney, this year’s INDE winners – including a Best of the Best from Asia – were announced at an extravagant, fun Gala awards night.
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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.
Ideas
“My model is to make what I like and hopefully other people will too”: Meet Zachary Frankel
Pairing his honed expertise with a unique design language, Zachary Frankel is shaping his own world his way.
News
The 2025 NSW Architecture Awards shortlist has been revealed
The 2025 NSW Architecture Awards shortlist is out, spotlighting standout projects from across New South Wales. Winners will be announced Friday 20th June at ILUMINA Sydney.
Events
Vinu Daniel, Timothy Hill and more at Australian Architecture Conference
The 2025 Australian Architecture Conference has just taken place over two days at the Sydney Opera House and Seymour Centre, with a plethora of international and local speakers.
Project
Floating roof marks Sydney Fish Market milestone
The new Sydney Fish Market, designed by 3XN Architects in association with BVN Architecture and landscape architects ASPECT Studios, has reached a major milestone with the final roof panel installed.
Ideas
BVN Associate in the vanguard of Aboriginal women architects
With her recent registration, Tiana Furner is among the first cohort of Indigenous women registered as architects in Queensland and indeed Australia.
News
The new Sydney Fish Market takes shape
Construction is well underway at 3XN’s milestone project for the new Sydney Fish Market, designed with BVN and ASPECT Studios.
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A union of care and community
Extensive consultation with hospital staff and residents shaped the Canberra Hospital Expansion, a nine-storey structure that marks Australia’s inaugural fully operational electric hospital.
Workplace
Past and future at Maitland Administration Centre
Maitland Administration Centre is rooted in principles of accessibility and community in the workplace.
Events
The Architecture Ball 2024 sets the scene for Sydney Mardi Gras
Architecture with Pride (AWP) 2024 has kicked off with style! The Architecture Ball just took place in Sydney, with more events to follow soon.
News
Experiential design in the education sector with TURNER
The team at TURNER has amplified learning outcomes for students and teachers at Santa Sophia Catholic College in Box Hill, Sydney, adding to the work of BVN.
News
Adaptive reuse wins the day at BVN’s UQ Brisbane City
BVN’s redesign of this heritage site has created a new city campus in Brisbane featuring a varied range of functional spaces and long-term flexibility.
Events
Architecture with Pride is back for 2024!
Architecture with Pride (AWP), bringing together the LGBTQI+ design community, is back again with events coming very soon – tickets are on sale now.
Project
The awards keep coming for Quay Quarter Tower
This time, it’s the Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat (CTBUH) which has recognised the Sydney building as Best Tall Building Worldwide.
Project
Where the ocean and mountains meet: Yarrila Place by BVN
Yarrila Place, which celebrated its grand opening in September, is a new and colourful landmark housing a cutting-edge museum, art gallery, library and essential council services.
News
Hear from 3XN as Sydney’s “theatre of fish” reaches retail milestone
We spoke to Fred Holt of 3XN Architects about the design of Sydney’s new fish market and an important retail milestone on the way to its completion in 2024.
QLD
BVN is right at home in its classic Queenslander studio, complete with open-air verandah
Taking the ‘buildings that breath’ guidelines to the natural next step, BVN has designed its new studio in Brisbane to welcome and embrace nature, while acknowledging place and connection to Country.
Ideas
2022’s 10 most teachable moments and inspiring quotes
Whether inspirational or thought-provoking, we bring you the 10 most quotable moments of 2022. They’re all takeaways that resonated with us for their insightfulness, authenticity and mindfulness. Prepare to be inspired.
Project
6 staircases that have us spiralling out of control
In the hands of commercial architects, spiral staircases have never been so beautifully resolved. Gillian Serisier shares 6 eye-popping commercial spiral staircases.
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Workplace
Talking leadership, culture and [in]differences at work, with BVN
BVN’s Esme Banks Marr regales us with highlights from BVN’s WorkPOP speaker series at Clerkenwell Design Week. Topics included leadership, culture, and [in]differences.
News
Laboratory chic: 8 futuristic lab designs
From glass and good lighting, to better storage and views to nature, we round-up eight of the best laboratory designs.
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Biophilic design is a prominent feature in these education projects
Bringing the outside in through clever use of form and colour, these 12 award-worthy Learning Spaces have made the INDE.Awards official shortlist.
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Goliath project with Neo-Gothic flair: Queen & Collins
Queen & Collins is officially open for business. This historic Gothic bank precinct reimagines what workplace, retail and hospitality can be.
Workplace
BVN makes AFR BOSS ‘Best Places to Work’ list
“We do this for our people, that’s the number one driver,” says Brian Clohessy. He reveals what sets BVN apart from other workplaces.
Events
Plan your month – our top 10 picks for Vivid Sydney
Sydney’s 12th Vivid is underway. With light shows, musical prodigies, and expert-packed panels, we’ve pulled out 10 events from a pool of hundreds. Our pick of what not to miss!
Project
A building that can’t be ignored: BVN and Woods Bagot’s monumental Sydney collaboration
Greenland Centre is a landmark project in the heart of Sydney that has redefined the possibilities for residential skyscrapers.
People
Kevin O’Brien, the architect designing for Country
Kevin O’Brien is a designer and Principal architect with BVN. In a new installation for Queensland’s Bleach Festival, O’Brien takes inspiration from Country and the Wallum Banksia.
Ideas
“It’s about people and place” – education design in 2021
How can we design our schools to better support our people and enrich our sense of community? Indesign Editor, Alice Blackwood, talks education and urbanism in 2021.
Articles
The natural carpeting choice for Indigenous employment hub
Milliken-Ontera’s Water Yuludarla – a carpet collection based on the work of Gumbaynggirr artist, Brentyn Lugnan – has helped transform the Yarpa Hub into a welcoming place of connection and cultural strength.
Project
Is open air architecture the future of social interstices?
From the streets of New York to the laneways of Melbourne, Stephen Crafti looks at how architects are reinventing the public realm to support collaboration and connectivity.
News
It’s official: the 2020 Sustainability Awards shortlist is here
The 2020 Sustainability Awards shortlist has been announced and this year, there have been quite a few very pleasant surprises.
Project
A new type of office that’s buzzing with cross-pollination
Designed by BVN in association with Jasmax, B:Hive Smales Farm is a vibrant workplace for businesses to thrive.
News
On the Move
We cover the latest moves, promotions and celebrations across the architecture and design industry, including Plus Architecture, Gray Puksand, Unispace, PTW and more.
News
Institute’s 2019 Architecture Award winners revealed
Diverse, responsive and innovative, 35 winners and 12 commendations have been revealed for the Institute’s 2019 Architecture Awards.
News
Sustainability Live launches next Thursday with impressive speaker line-up
The third annual Sustainability Live conference returns to Sydney, Thursday 7 November, with renowned panellists dissecting the year’s most critical industry issues.
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BVN co-CEO Neil Logan headlining Sustainability Live
Sustainability Live has announced its keynote speaker – Neil Logan, co-CEO of BVN who will bring his future-focused approach to the stage.
Ideas
What is wellness in 2019?
The wellness revolution is well and truly upon us. But what exactly defines wellness and how is it shifting? We reflect on projects from the 2018 INDE.Awards.
News
48 hours to go! INDE.Awards entries close this Friday
Are you ready to make your mark, boost your practice’s exposure, and have your voice heard? Enter INDE.Awards by Friday 8 February 2019.
Dissections
Synergy, CSIRO by BVN
More a library than a workplace, the new CSIRO building in Canberra, designed by BVN, is deeply satisfying in a host of ways.
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An Xbox shaped building: CSIRO Canberra by BVN
CSIRO’s Synergy building entices scientists out of their labs and into open, collaborative spaces. It was an ambitious proposition from the architects, BVN, but in making the hypothetical a reality the team has created a workplace that is nothing short of award-winning having taken out The Work Space category at the 2018 INDE.Awards.
News
Going green: Sustainability Awards shortlist revealed
Architecture & Design‘s Sustainability Awards recognises the talent and progress of Australian architects and designers in the sustainability space. And the 2018 shortlist is out now.
News
The Institute’s 2018 National Architecture Awards shortlist revealed
Take a look at the outstanding work that made the cut in the Australian Institute of Architects’ national awards program.
News
What does it take to be a winner? Hear from 3 winning studios, only at FRONT
What are the secrets to success? What gives designers the edge to take home INDE.Awards gold? THIS WEEK at the inaugural FRONT, meet three award-winning design teams as they explain just what gave them the edge.
News
INDE.Awards 2018 Gala: The night that brought APAC A&D together
‘Community’ was the dominant theme at the INDE.Awards 2018 Gala in Singapore. It was a celebration of outstanding design, architecture, material and culture as well as an opportunity to knit together a stronger fabric for our regional industry.
News
Where is the best office in the region? Well … here it is!
Asia Pacific boasts some of the world’s leading commercial environments. But is there one that truly stands out as an exemplar? The INDE.Awards says YES!
News
Here’s why we’re leading wellbeing in design: Asia Pacific’s best wellness spaces
Wellness continues to be a central driver in contemporary design. Here are the region’s best wellness spaces according to the INDE jury this year.
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Who came out on top? Presenting your INDE.Awards Winners for 2018
The wait is over! Couldn’t make it to INDE.Awards Gala on 22 June in Singapore? Don’t fret! Here are your official 2018 winners …
Ideas
The designs are out for Adelaide Contemporary
The highly coveted, international design competition called for a landmark cultural destination for the city of Adelaide – Adelaide Contemporary.
People
Indesign Luminary: Rosemary Kirkby
Rosemary Kirkby has been described by an industry commentator as “a fearless, well-organised dynamo of a campaigner for better workplace design.” Kirkby has created internationally acclaimed and award-winning workplaces, which have revolutionised the thinking about work and workplaces and set completely new benchmarks.
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The [UQLD] West Wing by BVN
Step inside BVN’s West Wing refurb for the TC Beirne School of Law and Walter Harrison Law Library within the University of Queensland’s famed Forgan Smith Building.
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What happens when commercial design goes public?
Brisbane’s most recent commercial addition, 480 Queen Street by BVN, has been designed to create a sense of local community inclusiveness – a disruptive concept to the traditional public versus private model.
Dissections
480 Queen Street Brisbane, featuring BHP Billiton by BVN
What happens when private business goes public – in a commercial design sense, that is? Brisbane’s most recent commercial addition, 480 Queen Street by BVN, is designed to create a sense of community inclusiveness. It’s a new-think approach to the traditional public-versus-private model.
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Wellness In The Workplace With Frasers Property By BVN
Businesses can thrive when workers are healthy, happy and productive. The new Frasers Property head office by BVN implements a subtle and overt design program to better promote wellbeing, innovation and leadership.
Ideas
Who won what at the 2015 NSW Architecture Awards
The 2015 winners of the Australian Institute of Architects’ NSW Architecture Awards were announced at Sydney Town Hall last night.
Magazine
Indesign Luminary: James Grose
James Grose slides into a chair and cruises readily through a series of questions you know he’s answered many times before. He has an affability and boyish energy which, despite his late-forty-something years, he wears with ease. He’s also a natural talker. It has been said, he quips, that he talks too much. But he speaks well and his enthusiasm is engaging. At the same time, he is unassuming and explains his work with the sweeping strokes of thorough consideration.