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Indesign x Wilkhahn: Melbourne, where are you working?
Our latest collaboration saw a range of designers come together at Wilkhahn’s Melbourne showroom for a discussion on the workplace dynamics specific to the Victorian capital.
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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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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.
Articles
Dale O’Brien on sitting easy with Herman Miller’s Verus Chair
In the first instalment of our three-part series exploring what it means to sit your best, we pose the question to Gray Puksand’s Dale O’Brien, who discusses the importance of ease and majority rule when it comes to sitting and reveals why specifying a task chair is not unlike choosing a Volvo.
News
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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Gray Puksand transforms workplaces into learning spaces
Gray Puksand’s adaptive reuse of former Melbourne office into Hester Hornbrook Academy’s new City Campus shows how architecture can support wellbeing, connection and community.
Workplace
The university of TAFE by Gray Puksand
A new $67.6 million facility at Chisholm Institute’s Frankston campus in Victoria marks a shift in how vocational education is delivered in Australia.
News
On the Move: Key industry and career developments in the first quarter of 2025
The first quarter of 2025 heralded a period of growth and transformation in architecture and design, with practices broadening their influence, experiencing leadership shifts and inaugurating new operations – here’s what you need to know.
Workplace
Seek and you shall design
The story of how Gray Puksand’s design team crafted their very own office in Melbourne.
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Gray Puksand reinvents Medibank Melbourne workplace
Medibank has officially opened its new Melbourne headquarters, a workplace design project by Gray Puksand that focuses on people and Country.
Workplace
On The Move to wrap up 2024
In the final round-up for the year, there are some practices with a high number of internal changes as well as new studio launches and collaborations.
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Going off the rails in Melbourne CBD
Merging heritage, hospitality and education design, Gray Puksand has restored a retired W-class Melbourne to become the CBD’s newest cafe.
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Building futures: New TAFE NSW facility streamlines entry into construction sector
Gray Puksand’s construction-focused facility at TAFE NSW responds to the critical need for a resilient Australian construction industry.
Ideas
Comment: Gray Puksand’s predictions for Australian architecture in 2024
In this comment piece, Gray Puksand’s National Managing Partner, Nik Tabain, outlines some anticipated trends for this year.
Ideas
Robert Puksand comment: Have you ever wondered why you design the way you do?
In this opinion piece, the founder of Gray Puksand reflects on past influences as well as the trends and technologies influencing today’s designers.
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New schools rule: 7 ground-breaking education designs
In no particular order, we bring you some of the most inspiring, unique and unusual recent projects across education design that have also featured in the INDE.Awards.
Workplace
Gray Puksand comment: Brand your building!
In this opinion piece, Francesca Moccia, senior associate at Gray Puksand, makes the case for understanding buildings as commodities.
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Meadowbank Tafe poised to become central hub of skills-based learning
Australia’s first tertiary campus with the facilities to host both trade and digital skills-based education under one roof is now complete. Designed and delivered by Gray Puksand, the campus is ready to address Australia’s skills shortages.
Events
Recognition, promotion and brand new roles: On The Move September
From promotions in architecture and new roles in the arts to milestone retirements, there’s been a bit of everything happening across our creative industries in September.
Events
Meet the speakers that you’ll be hearing from at Saturday Indesign
Get ready to hear from design’s best and brightest.
Ideas
The big questions answered, with Gray Puksand’s Lauren Oneile and Francesca Moccia
In the post-COVID world of work, trust and wellness have become key. Gray Puksand’s senior associates, Lauren Oneile and Francesca Moccia, discuss the needs of people, the imperatives of workplace environments, and design’s role in the complex equation.
Workplace
This workplace has definite village vibes
Working with Gray Puksand, this leading Australian retailer has crafted a workplace that captures those elusive work-from-home qualities in a relaxed, responsive corporate environment.
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Four schools in one: Gray Puksand’s masterful plan for Greater Shepparton Secondary College
Bringing four schools into one, Greater Shepparton Secondary College has seen Gray Puksand masterplan an entire campus and modelled a benchmark for future multi-school amalgamations.
News
Stepping up: Careers on the move in design
New appointments, a return to the fold, and national growth – there’s plenty happening in the practice of architecture and design. Catch up with our On The Move column.
Ideas
News from the editor’s desk
Entries for the INDE.Awards close this Thursday, 31 March. Our Indesign editorial lead, Alice Blackwood, gives you the big deadlines and regales you with highlights of the past fortnight in design.
Events
Top program picks for Melbourne Design Week
With a program so huge where do I even start? You may well ask! And we’ve curated a comprehensive list of the our top highlights ahead of Melbourne Design Week. Don’t delay – read now!
Articles
Biophilia comes to the fore in this Gray Puksand fit-out
For this Melbourne-based workplace, Gray Puksand has created an environment that exudes calm and balance. Soft, gentle Milliken flooring helps to craft the ambience and flow of the spaces.
Ideas
Designing for inclusivity: Key learnings for designing alternative flexible education schools
Research by Gray Puksand found that a sensitive, community-focussed approach was key to ensuring alternative flexible education schools best support students, Mark Freeman reports.
People
Listen – Robert Puksand on turning 30 years young
Tune in to this podcast with Indesign editor Alice Blackwood and Gray Puksand’s founding partner, Robert Puksand.
News
On the move: the latest industry promotions and appointments
Buchan, Gray Puksand, McGreggor Coxall, Woods Bagot and more from across the design industry announce their latest appointments, changes and promotions.
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Design industry kicks off FY21/22 with some major moves
The beginning of a new financial year has come along with numerous new appointments and promotions made by the likes of Architectus, DesignInc, Gray Puksand and more.
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Greening Parcel Deliveries for the Built Environment
Presented by Groundfloor
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When design brings workplace culture to life
Inspired initially by the groundbreaking Google HQ, workplace culture has risen steadily as a priority on the agenda of businesses since the beginning of the internet age.
News
Gray Puksand initiates change from the inside-out
“We are focused on proactively initiating change that will shape the future built environment, starting with our own thought leaders and design visionaries.” Robert Puksand.
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Botanicca 3 is a reflection of place
Gray Puksand’s Botanicca 3 project takes inspiration from the surrounding landscape with a palette and form that speak of place in a most hospitable fashion.
Articles
Well, Designed: Health and Wellbeing in Post-Pandemic Times
By Porta
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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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Resting the Case for Ageing in Place, at Scale
Greenway Views, designed by Gray Puksand for LDK Healthcare and Cromwell Property, rewrites the book on design for aged care – and it strikes a chord.
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RISE: A wellness space upping the game for end-of-trip facilities
101 Collins expands and enhances its end-of-trip facility, ONE, with the wellness and fitness studio RISE, designed by Gray Puksand.
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RISE: A wellness space upping the game for end-of-trip facilities
101 Collins expands and enhances its end-of-trip facility, ONE, with the wellness and fitness studio RISE, designed by Gray Puksand.
News
On The Move
We cover the latest moves, promotions and celebrations across the architecture and design industry, including Buchan, Gray Puksand, Fender Katsalidis and more.
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On The Move
We cover the latest moves, promotions and celebrations across the architecture and design industry, including Bates Smart, Gray Puksand, The Design Institute of Australia, Assemble and more.
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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.
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Retail roll call: David Jones and Country Road Group HQ
Six major Australian labels, two buildings, one unified workplace… how does it work? Heidi Smith of Gray Puksand gives us the scoop on David Jones’ and Country Road Group’s stylish new Melbourne headquarters.
Articles
Medibank’s Sydney HQ is refreshingly modern
Instilling a workplace with heart and soul, Medibank’s Sydney office, designed by Gray Puksand, puts the user experience front and centre.
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An artful balance of wellness and functionality at Chifley Lifestyle
Renowned architecture and design firm Gray Puksand demonstrates the importance of a healthy work-life balance with a sophisticated and elegant end of trip facility – Chifley Lifestyle.
Articles
Medibank HQ Sydney brings local flavour and a productive work environment
A strong emphasis on employee wellbeing and an engaging work culture inspires the new Sydney CBD Medibank office. It is a holistic space that addresses both the specific needs of the company and their workers.
Ideas
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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David Jones and Country Road Group, by Gray Puksand
Six major Australian labels, two buildings, one unified workplace. Graydelviered David Jones and Country Road Group a stylish new Melbourne headquarters.
News
“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.
Ideas
What makes a stand-out workplace project? Gray Puksand unpacks some findings
What turns a team into a community? Following a whirlwind tour of Europe’s most successful workplaces, Heidi Smith of Gray Puksand, shares the team’s findings.
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Design to change office culture: Gray Puksand’s NCR HQ
When a historic global tech company embarked on an office refit, they knew it would have a knock-on effect. What they didn’t realise was how deeply it would change the office culture entirely.
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Top 5 tips for thinking like an agile designer
The desire to be an agile designer is strong in today’s busy design community, but what does this mean exactly?
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Agile working up-close: Gray Puksand’s new HQ
Find out how Gray Puksand’s recently revamped Melbourne studio is geared up for its progressive and agile workforce. Sandra Tan investigates agile working first-hand as she takes up residence in a variety of architecture practices for a series of stories.
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The rise of end-of-trip facilities: 3 projects on our radar
From luxurious executive bathrooms to humble bike lockers, the explosion in end-of-trip facilities is hard to ignore. More than a way to offer employees a little bit extra when they arrive, end-of-trip design is a rapidly evolving school of thought that’s changing the way we live and work.
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5 minutes with… Dale O’Brien of Gray Puksand
It’s official: Melbourne is about to become Australia’s undisputed fashion capital (sorry-not-sorry Sydney). Find out how as we get to know Dale, one of Gray Puksand’s new Senior Associates leading a project set to rock our sartorial scene.
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Designing For Organisational Change With Gray Puksand’s Heidi Smith
You can lead your client’s to water, but can you make them drink? Graypuksand’s Heidi Smith details how designers are now not only designing spaces, but lasting, sustainable organisational change.
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Five Minutes With… Girl Power @ Gray Puksand!
Two of Gray Puksand’s brand spanking new team members – Maria Correia, Director of Interior Design Brisbane, and Anna Breheny, Director of Interior Design Sydney – speak on the importance of women in leadership and our brave Aussie design culture.
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Gray Puksand Celebrates 25 Years
Gray Puksand recently celebrated Party 2016 in their 25th Year at Vue de Monde, Melbourne with clients and supporters from the Australian property and design industry.
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Game Changer
Australia Post’s new Melbourne HQ weaves together long-term and transient staff from four locations using an agile environment that takes seriously employees’ requests for wellbeing and fun.