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Back to basics at Zero Gipps: First-principles sustainability with SJB and Verosol

Back to basics at Zero Gipps: First-principles sustainability with SJB and Verosol

Beau Fulwood and Alison Peach on returning to a low-tech, first-principles concept of design as a strategy to combat climate change.

Carr completes the ‘future office’ for Salta Properties in Melbourne

Carr completes the ‘future office’ for Salta Properties in Melbourne

Lacquered in warm timber tones and complemented by high-quality furniture and fixtures, the new HQ for Salta Properties is a home away from home.

Facade operability shapes the corner gateway to Cremorne precinct

Facade operability shapes the corner gateway to Cremorne precinct

In what is a growing workplace precinct, Fieldwork has wrapped a distinctive skin of operable screens around this office block.

It’s design festival season! Melbourne Design Week asks us to ‘Design the world you want’

It’s design festival season! Melbourne Design Week asks us to ‘Design the world you want’

With over 300 events planned, the eighth edition promises another marathon week of design and its theme is at once a proposition of hope and an urgent call-to-arms.

Homes on one side, businesses on the other – and Industry Lanes right in the middle

Homes on one side, businesses on the other – and Industry Lanes right in the middle

Industry Lanes by Architectus is a new mixed-use precinct of interconnected office and retail space in character-rich corner of Richmond.

Chasing lightning at Melbourne Art Fair

Chasing lightning at Melbourne Art Fair

Melbourne Art Fair brings the high energy each year and this 17th edition is marked by a mammoth program of showcases, activations and satellite presentations.

Coming home to the creative incubator: ACMI by Warren and Mahoney

Coming home to the creative incubator: ACMI by Warren and Mahoney

In Melbourne’s Fed Square, the ACMI team is now working under one roof in a colourful new space home to co-working residents and museum staff.

CHADA weaves some flamboyant stories at Motley Hotel

CHADA weaves some flamboyant stories at Motley Hotel

Putting the quirk back into five star accommodation, CHADA has created a bespoke hotel experience of deliciously layered complexity.

Art and history on show at Melbourne’s Tolarno Hotel

Art and history on show at Melbourne’s Tolarno Hotel

With Tolarno Hotel on the market to be sold, the art that lies within takes centre stage at the launch of a new book, ‘Art in Residence’.

Architectural self-portrait: Chamberlain Architecture and Interiors designs very own studio space

Architectural self-portrait: Chamberlain Architecture and Interiors designs very own studio space

Tackling an interior previously defined by dark and divided space, the practice has reinvigorated this Fitzroy warehouse.

Free of charge: The Living Room by socially minded Studio Tate

Free of charge: The Living Room by socially minded Studio Tate

The pro bono work of Studio Tate is making a tangible difference to the many organisations it supports. In its latest project, there is no question that fine design makes all the difference to living a better life for those at Youth Projects’ The Living Room.

narrm ngarrgu, a place of learning and celebration by Six Degrees Architects

narrm ngarrgu, a place of learning and celebration by Six Degrees Architects

A new community hub has opened in Melbourne – narrm ngarrgu celebrates and showcases the voice and presence of Kulin people.