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Magazine
The Regions: Indesign 96 is here!
The latest print magazine is about to arrive! In this issue, Guest Editor Andrew Tu’inukuafe & Barrington Gohns of Warren and Mahoney push us to think, consider and collaborate.
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Saturday Indesign memories: Escaping the corporate catch-up trap
Cox Architecture’s Remy Chard reminisces about her interstate trip for Saturday Indesign two years ago, writing that such design events can act as catalysts for connection while countering the ‘catch-up trap’.
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Art, acoustics and colour come together
Woven Image welcomed more than 100 architects and designers to Sydney to celebrate its latest collaboration with Australian artist Ben Goss, exploring how art and colour are shaping contemporary commercial interiors.
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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.
Workplace
The office as a stage: Wilkhahn x Indesign
A recent gathering hosted by Wilkhahn brought designers together to discuss flexibility, technology and the changing role of the workplace.
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A collective vision: The whimsical workplace with Intuit, COX and MillerKnoll
Stepping into Intuit’s Sydney workplace certainly doesn’t feel like walking into an office. Why? In this film, we discover that, when joy takes precedence as a design driver, even a high-performing commercial CBD headquarters can feel like an intuitive wonderland that invites employees to choose their own adventure.
Workplace
A COX carnival of colour in the workplace
A bold approach to colour aims to balance flexible workspace functionality with convivial areas of connection in this Sydney office by COX Architecture.
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Light, space and amenity at the ‘People’s Hospital’
The new Footscray Hospital by COX Architecture and BLP has set the bar high for best practice health design.
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Crafting a unique sense of place
In design for contemporary commercial buildings, the nexus of design energy revolves around human wellbeing and planetary stewardship, two concepts that are woven into the approach of Tappeti, creators of fine hand-crafted rugs and carpets.
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Brisbane’s Olympic Stadium will be designed by COX and Hassell
COX Architecture and Hassell have announced that they have been awarded the design contract for the new Brisbane Stadium.
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Five projects embracing the next wave of circular design
From radical material reuse to office-to-school transformations, these five projects show how circular thinking is reshaping architecture, interiors and community spaces.
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Parramatta Light Rail Stage 1 wins Australian Good Design Award Gold
Australia’s first planted light rail corridor sets new benchmark for transport-led urban transformation.
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Inside Precinct 75’s build-to-rent transformation
COX Architecture uses saturated colour and hotel-style amenity across the historic St Peters location, designed for Coronation Property.
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Canberra Lyric Theatre: reimagining a national stage
COX Architecture and Yerrabingin reveal the design for Canberra Lyric Theatre — a world-class, inclusive venue for the nation’s capital.
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Product Aware x Milliken: shaping a transparent future together
In a landscape clouded by data and greenwash, Product Aware offers architects and designers a common language for sustainability. Embraced by suppliers – including Milliken – it is setting a new benchmark for trust and bringing clarity and accountability to material specification.
Events
Architecture as laboratory: Notes from the Venice Biennale with David Holm
In this comment piece, COX Principal David Holm reflects on Carlo Ratti’s curatorship in which climate, colonisation and gender equity took centre stage at the Venice Biennale.
Workplace
Foster + Partners completes major commercial and transport projects in Sydney
Foster + Partners has recently delivered two significant projects in Sydney, working across both commercial and public transport infrastructure.
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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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The top winners from Queensland Architecture Awards
Led by a treble award-winner, projects from across Queensland have recently been recognised at the Australian Institute of Architects Queensland Awards.
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Parramatta, Barangaroo and Surry Hills projects lead NSW’s best landscapes
The Australian Institute of Landscape Architects (AILA) NSW Chapter has announced the winners of the 2025 NSW Landscape Architecture Awards.
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Major Award Winners at the 2025 Victorian Architecture Awards announced
From public buildings to private dwellings, the 2025 Victorian Architecture Awards celebrated excellence across the board – here, we take a look at the major winners.
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First look at Western Sydney International Airport
Cox Architecture, Woods Bagot and Zaha Hadid Architects are all part of the newly completed Western Sydney International (Nancy-Bird Walton) Airport (WSI) terminal.
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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.
Workplace
Twelve outstanding office projects
From grand corporate settings and extensive adaptive reuse to smaller boutique projects, here are a selection of workplace projects that caught our eye in 2024.
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The artwork set to adorn 130 Little Collins Street
The art program for the large commercial project at 130 Little Collins Street showcases a collection of 11 works from two local and five international artists.
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Winners from the 2024 World Architecture Festival
Another Sydney project has taken out the top prize this year in Singapore, with a wide range of other winnings works from around the world.
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A landmark for gastronomy and design aficionados alike
Walker Street Precinct, designed as a collaboration between Cox Architecture, H&E Architects and Etymon Projects, is a project to satiate your urban palette and palate.
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Warming up for WAF: Shortlist announced for Singapore 2024
The shortlist for the 2024 World Architecture Festival has just been announced, with some standout nominees from our region.
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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.
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Far North Queensland Awards honour architectural innovation and community impact
The annual Far North Queensland Regional Architecture Awards recently lauded innovative designs characterised by the positive impact of considerate architecture.
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From cutting-edge projects to thoughtful interviews, seven stories on adaptive reuse
Adaptive reuse is all the rage across the design industry, and rightly so. Here, we present a selection of articles on this most effective approach to sustainability.
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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.
Articles
Cairns Convention Centre: A gem that celebrates its setting
Cox Architecture’s design for the Cairns Convention Centre takes a thoughtful approach to shading and detailing with Verosol blinds.
Workplace
Cox Architecture’s genre-bending reinvention of the workplace as clubhouse
Balancing old and new, Cox Architecture completed this Australasian HQ for a global strategic advisory firm in Sydney’s CBD.
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Office agility at Cox Architecture’s Midtown Workplace
Midtown Workplace is an agile 20,000-square-metre workplace spanning nine levels and merging two commercial towers in Brisbane.
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.
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Whimsy, theatre, fire and water: Poetica by Cox Architecture
Cox Architecture has brought back to life a Sydney hospitality venue brimming with ghosts of the past – including some notable locals.
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Five insights from Australian designers at the 2023 World Architecture Festival
We asked prominent designers travelling to Singapore a simple question: what does Australian design bring to WAF? Here are the five main topics that came up.
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The Indesign campaign that takes you behind-the-scenes with 8 industry leaders
Presenting Your Moment INDESIGN, an exciting creative campaign brought to you by Indesign Media and eight of Australia’s best known architects and designers. Experience the campaign and hear from these leaders of industry about the design philosophies they live and work by, and how INDESIGN fuels their daily practice.
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Celebrating the winners from the 2023 Sustainability Awards
The pressing need for widespread change has never been more crucial. This year’s Sustainability Awards has called out the masters and leaders of sustainable architecture and design in 2023.
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Space completes the interiors at Sydney’s Allianz Stadium with functional poise
At Allianz Stadium, built on the site of the historic Sydney Football Stadium but with a whole new set of functional requirements, Space Furniture has completed a versatile furniture fit-out.
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Four extraordinary practices on show for The Building category at the 2023 INDE.Awards
It’s a feast of design knowledge as four of the best Australian practices come together to discuss their shortlisted projects in The Building category at this year’s INDE.Awards.
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The 2023 NSW AIA Awards recognise winners both large and small
The 2023 NSW AIA Awards acknowledged a broad spectrum of innovative projects, with the restoration of the iconic Sydney Opera House taking centre stage.
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An exclusive tour of Cox Architecture’s new heritage home
Today’s designers talk the talk on adaptable workplace design and sustainability, but how often do they walk the walk? Timothy Alouani-Roby paid an exclusive visit to Cox Architecture’s new Sydney studio to find out how the firm is making a home there by practicing what it preaches.
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Elegant decadence, relaxed formality, future nostalgia: 66 King Street by Cox Architecture
A grand stage demands a grand performance and the interior architecture at The Charles Grand Brasserie and Bar lives up to its surroundings at 66 King Street. With multiple hospitality functions offset against music venue TIVA down below, these elegant spaces contain more than a hint of Old World decadence.
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Cox, Six Degrees and Architectus among top winners at Australian Urban Design Awards
From Clayton Station by LXRA, to Putney Hill by Cox Architecture, we bring you the winners of the 2022 Australian Urban Design Awards.
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Sydney sporting history echoes through Cox Architecture’s new stadium
Cox Architecture brings a new level of functional sophistication to the Sydney Football Stadium site while also reinforcing its strong connection to place. It’s a new architectural landmark for the city.
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Comfort and space at the heart of today’s workplace
Workplaces are evolving and, in this year’s INDE.Awards, 12 shortlisted Work Space projects showcase just what is expected, with every amenity to sustain a working life.
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The Work Space shortlist for 2022 INDE.Awards
Workplaces are evolving and, in this year’s INDE.Awards, there are offices that showcase just what is expected in the new office environment. Fit-for-every purpose, these offices are homes away from home, with every amenity to sustain a working life.
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Building our future: The Building shortlist
This year’s INDE.Awards – The Building shortlist recognises projects that mark new direction in the future of architecture.
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The Building shortlist for 2022 INDE.Awards
This year’s INDE.Awards – The Building shortlist recognises projects that mark new direction in the future of architecture.
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Striking opulence of the Sydney Coliseum Theatre by Cox
Sydney Coliseum Theatre by COX is a dazzling and grandiose space, reflective of both its name and the theatrics it hosts.
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Technology meets wellness in Charter Hall x Cox Architecture’s 130 Lonsdale Street
As questions around the meaning of a 9-to-5 workplace continue to arise, Charter Hall and Cox look towards technology and wellbeing for the solution.
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Queensland’s outback architecture calls for a roadtrip
A series of tourist attractions in outback Queensland has become an unlikely architectural trail that’s seen 3 remote towns become hot design destinations.
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9 fresh takes on Education and Urbanism in Indesign #84
Our latest issue looks beyond the classroom as simply an environment for teacher and student, to consider the relationship between education and urbanism.
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“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.
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Is Queensland the education design capital of Australia?
The AIA’s 2021 Queensland Architecture Awards winners demonstrate strong investment and innovation in educational design throughout the state.
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Diversity in design: Herman Miller x Cox explore Australia’s Indigenous story
Cox looks to Australia’s Indigenous story, as well as the design team’s own individual backgrounds to reinterpret the iconic Herman Miller Bubble Lamp around themes of diversity and inclusion.
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5 workplace design trends seen in the Australian Interior Design Awards 2021
What can we learn from the workplace design projects named on the Australian Interior Design Awards 2021 shortlist?
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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.
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The many faces of wellness at work
In recent years, wellness and workplace culture have skyrocketed to become all the rage for office fitouts and commercial design.
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The Indesign Edit On Healthcare Environments
Welcome to The Indesign Edit: Health Check. In this issue, we explore three of the best health and aged care projects and the outstanding products that contribute to achiever the overall design.
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Modern Workplace Design: Where Heritage Meets the Future
In Cox Architecture’s latest Brisbane studio renovation, modern design brings stunning building heritage to the forefront.
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Cardno’s City-Like Office Celebrates Variety And Community
Resembling a modern mini-city, Cardno’s Brisbane office fosters the concept of community through a human-centric design by Cox Architects
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Healthy horizons: Perth Children’s Hospital
Frightening or fascinating? Perth Children’s Hospital takes the nightmare out of hospital visits, inviting curiosity and play into its life-changing spaces.
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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.
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Public Invited To Vote For Favourite Founders’ Memorial Design
Next week, an exhibition of the five shortlisted designs in the Founders’ Memorial competition begins a two-month tour of the island, with the public invited to choose their favourite ahead of the jury’s final selection.
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Design throwback: Melbourne Rectangular Stadium
Heralding sustainable design; spectacular lighting displays; unparalleled sightlines; and an innovative bioframe roof – what’s not to love about Melbourne soccer stadium?
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5 minutes with HY William Chan – the recently awarded “Forbes 30 Under 30”
Recognised for his game-changing disruption of the architecture and design industry, HY William Chan has earned a well-deserved place on Forbes magazine’s coveted “30 Under 30” list for architectural leadership and advocacy in 2019.
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Indesign’s top 5 picks for Open House Melbourne
Visit and bear witness to some of the city’s most iconic architecture this weekend as Open House Melbourne returns for its 11th year.
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Rising expectations: The rise of vertical schools
Vertical education. It’s a fact, but is it also a fad? Paul McGillick looks at how education is reaching for the skies.
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Woodside, by Unispace
The same blue-sky thinking that underpins Woodside’s energy exploration, development delivery and supply business set the tone for its new global HQ in Perth, designed by Cox Architects and Unispace.
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And Here Are Your 2019 INDE.Awards Winners!
Selected by our esteemed jury from over 430 entries from 14 countries, the Winners and Honourable Mentions of the INDE.Awards 2019 represent the most progressive architecture and design in all its diversity and dynamism within the Indo-Pacific region.
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Proudly Presenting Your 2019 INDE.Awards Winners!
In 2019 we received not only a record-breaking number of entries, but saw some of the most exciting and progressive work that exists within our vast region. We have been energised by the raw talent of our regional design community, and humbled by the Jury’s commitment and devotion to meticulously reviewing this year’s submissions. This […]
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Blue-sky thinking: Woodside Perth by Cox and Unispace
As the ‘well’ movement gathers momentum, we see numerous workspaces re-skinned as colourful, enticing work-life centres. But just how well do these workplaces deliver on the promise? Enter, Woodside.
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Creating a High Line in Melbourne
Cox Architecture’s elevated rail in Melbourne’s south-eastern corridor has engendered a vibrant dynamism and a transportation transformation.
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The Language Of Regionalism
What makes a project stand out in a particular region? Why does regionalism in design count in today’s world of increasing urbanisation? We explore….
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The language of regionalism
What makes a project stand out in a particular region? Why does regionalism in design count in today’s world of increasing urbanisation? We explore….
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“Innovative and awe-inducing” – Announcing INDE.Awards 2019 Official Shortlist
The results are out! We’re excited to introduce you to your INDE.Awards 2019 Official Shortlist. Read on to find out which entries made the final cut.
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Announcing INDE.Awards 2019 Official Shortlist
The results are out! We’re excited to introduce you to your INDE.Awards 2019 Official Shortlist. Read on to find out which entries made the final cut.
Events
The Official Shortlist Of INDE.Awards 2019
“Innovative and awe-inducing” – We’re excited to introduce you to your INDE.Awards 2019 Official Shortlist. Read on to find out which entries made the final cut.
Dissections
Perth Children’s Hospital, by JCY, Cox, Billard Leece Partnership and HKS
How, as adults, do you design a hospital from a child’s perspective? That was the challenge given to the team behind Perth Children’s Hospital: JCY Architects and Urban Designers, Cox Architecture and Billard Leece Partnership (BLP), with HKS Inc.
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Works like magic: The top workplace projects of 2018
Work is such a big part of life. And designers are constantly pushing forward with new agendas in the spaces we inhabit while at work. What workplace projects had you inspired throughout 2018? We count them down.
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UNStudio x Cox Architecture announced as winners of $2b Southbank by Beulah tower
“The concept [of Green Spine] is about ‘how can this be an opportunity for Southbank?’ We looked at how Southbank is developing with huge density and we tried to break through that and create more openness,” shares Caroline Bos of UNStudio on the design of the winning tower for the $2b Southbank by Beulah development.
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Starchitect-designed Southbank Precinct projects revealed
Vertical cities in the sky, deconstructed boxes and ample greening – six widely varying designs with similar themes have been revealed in the Southbank by Beulah competition.
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Peeling back the layers: Cox Brisbane reveals new studio
Getting a glimpse into the inner workings, and design, of an architecture practice, fulfils a voyeurism for many in the industry. Brooke Lloyd, director – head of interior design at Cox Brisbane, opens up about the process taken when redoing the practice’s own office. And as you can imagine, it’s all about diplomacy and democracy meeting design.
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Top education design for a smarter future
Education design cannot be overlooked when we think about the future of our built environments. From architecturally inspired schools, to the break down of physical barriers to learning – the way we design our education facilities says a lot about what we care about in society.
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Dance for Life 2018 went off!
Dance for Life is a rare opportunity for the architecture and design community to really let its hair down and party – all for a good cause. 2018’s dance celebration was no exception.
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St Aidan’s Anglican Girls School
With renewed emphasis on collaboration and active participation, Cox Architecture was engaged to renovate St Aidan’s Anglican Girls School’s existing arts precinct – originally built in the 1960s – into the new Innovation and Design Hub.
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Game changers: Five women setting their own design course
In honour of International Women’s Day, Indesign takes a look at just a small handful of women who can easily be described as game changers.
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Health, redefined: Karratha Central Healthcare
Designers are working in an exciting health and aged-care climate where the very definitions of the sectors are being questioned, challenged and redefined. Karratha Central Healthcare by Cox Architecture (formerly CODA Studio) is one such example.
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Place responsive design: Willinga Park Equestrian Centre
Place-specific design is so very de rigueur. But beyond the obvious, how is place-driven design being strategically integrated across both macro and micro aspects of a mega development? This was Terry Snow’s objective for his best-in-class Willinga Park Equestrian Centre – and Cox Architecture has delivered.
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Karratha Central Healthcare by CODA Studio/Cox Architecture
Designers are working in an exciting health and aged-care climate where the very definitions of the sectors are being questioned, challenged and redefined. Cox Architecture’s (formerly CODA Studios) joyous and uplifting design of Karratha Central Healthcare is a strong example of a multi-dimensional health facility providing medical services and training opportunities that contribute to the improved health and wellbeing of the regional community.
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Willinga Park Equestrian Centre by Cox Architecture & Sally Heiatt Interiors
Place-specific design is so very de rigueur. But beyond the obvious, how is place-driven design being strategically integrated across both macro and micro aspect of a mega development? This was Terry Snow’s objective for his best-in-class Willinga Park Equestrian Centre – and Cox Architecture have delivered.
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SID17: What Went Down At The Venue?
Global design fairs usually occupy dull exhibition halls, where besuited visitors trudge down rows of same-same stands. SO. BORING. This is why every year at Sydney Indesign, we turned things up a notch at The Venue: one location with one enormous lineup! And it was truly stellar…
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Can A Building Improve Your Social Life? Murdoch University’s Mandurah Campus By CODA
Murdoch University’s new student space bridges the gap between classrooms, class times and students, contributing to the all-important social aspect of student life.
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Cox Architecture: “The Only Way Is Up”
How is community infrastructure and public amenity improved when inner-city space is already at a premium? As the future Melbourne Square project demonstrates, it’s time rise up instead of build out.
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Dance For Life 2017 Went Off!
After a brief hiatus from the spotlight, Dance For Life returned to Sydney for an epic designer showdown!
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Galleria – Indesign’s vibrant, interactive hub
Indesign’s dynamic Galleria hub offered lofty heritage-listed industrial architecture at the Locomotive Workshops at Eveleigh’s Australian Technology Park in Sydney’s inner-west. Sophie Davies reports.
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Indesign Luminary: Philip Cox
Indesign celebrates the career of luminary Philip Cox, whose distinctive style is seen throughout Australia as well as internationally.