Office design
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Workplace designed as an urban sanctuary
Bean Buro discusses the design of Palatino Hospitality’s Hong Kong workplace, where biophilic design, warm materiality and hospitality principles combine to create a calm retreat within the city.
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A workplace that doubles as a design showroom
Designed with Made For, Wildflower’s Melbourne office uses a restrained material palette, bold colour and curated furniture to create a workplace that reflects the company’s approach to interiors.
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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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From floorplate to cityscape
M Moser Associates has reimagined DuPont’s Shanghai R&D Centre as a network of connected neighbourhoods, using local references and workplace strategy to support collaboration, flexibility and future growth.
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What happens when a chair becomes the conversation?
At Machine Hall, Herman Miller gathered Sydney’s design community to consider performance seating as part of workplace strategy, not just workplace furniture.
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Comment: Four design principles pushing beyond the office in 2026
As 2026 gathers pace, Davenport Campbell Principal Neill Johanson argues that the people-place-process nexus in workplace design just won’t cut it any longer.
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The bedrock of beautiful interior realms
Finding inspiration from the textures, geometries and mineral hues of landscape formations, Godfrey Hirst has released a new carpet tile collection that offers earthly treasures to enhance commercial office and hospitality spaces.
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Mangrove garden: Bean Buro reimagines corporate culture in Hong Kong
Bean Buro transforms a financial office into a biophilic workplace using local art, hospitality design and wellbeing-driven spaces.
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Material confidence at Ambit Curator’s Everton Buildings
Trust sits at the core of Everton Buildings’ new office, where Ambit Curator was given licence to move beyond convention and deliver a workplace defined by vision, materiality and assured detail.
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Omnicom’s Melbourne headquarters revitalises a heritage icon on Bourke Street
The new headquarters for Omnicom in Melbourne’s CBD sees heritage re-invigorated with style and finesse.
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The changing workplace and why it demands good design
With Steelcase having reopened its refreshed WorkLife Showroom in Singapore this year, we spoke to Navedita Shergill about some key workplace macro shifts identified in their research.
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Across waters: Anglo-Eastern Singapore by Bean Buro
Bean Buro’s Singapore office for Anglo-Eastern is a poetic continuation of their Hong Kong headquarters — a workplace that balances identity and calm.
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Architectural asset management
In Auckland, Wingates designs a new headquarters for a specialist investment firm focused on future growth, biophilia and collaborative work.
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A workplace designed for a rapidly changing profession
Law is one of the oldest professions in the world but Architectus’ new design for Ashurst Sydney’s workplace at 39 Martin Place reflects and responds to contemporary shifts.
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Ace: A smarter way to sit, stand and work
Krost’s new Ace height-adjustable system challenges convention with the world’s thinnest column profile, engineered for design-led workspaces.
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Adaptive reuse secures new life for Brisbane Therapy Centre
Jesse Lockhart-Krause, Director of Lockhart-Krause Architects, tells us about a storied building in Queensland that has now become a functional workplace for a therapy centre.
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Shaping spatial identity through custom flooring with Designer Rugs
In commercial interiors, flooring needs to do more than ground a space, it should tell a story. Through collaboration with the industry’s leading lights, Designer Rugs creates custom rugs & bespoke carpet solutions, finding ways to elevate commercial environments with material nuance and design integrity.
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Home Comforts: Coverite Projects uses Milliken flooring to create a warm and welcoming HQ
In Newcastle’s CBD, Coverite Projects transformed a blank floorplate into a workplace with soul, using Milliken flooring to balance industrial grit with residential warmth and intuitive wayfinding.
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Celebrating fifteen years of Russell and George
Timeless design defines Russell & George, a practice that always breaks new ground and leads the pack in design.
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Designing spaces for work and life
The office is no longer just a place to work. In an era defined by collaboration, creativity, and connection, workspaces need to encompass so much more. At the forefront is Actiu.
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A departure from conventional corporate environments
Architectus has designed new interiors for Allianz with an astute understanding of the modern workplace, where architecture, nature and technology converge to create an agile environment.
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A law office that references residential precedent, then conventional office design
At SOFT FIRM by Kim Kneipp, the design pivots around a central kitchen, a configuration commonly seen in residential undertakings.
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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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Fabulous Fanuli reinvigorated by RIZEN
RIZEN Atelier has created an exceptional retail experience for Fanuli that shines a bright light on all things design.
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The jewel in the Surat crown
This project is recognised as the world’s largest office building and the Surat Diamond Bourse is indeed a glittering addition to the Gujarat landscape.
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From rags to riches: A colourful, heroic workplace
The collaboration between Jost Architects and Brahman Perera, shortlisted at this year’s INDE.Awards, creates a convivial workspace reflecting the outlandish character and devilment of creative agency, HERO.
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Designing for tomorrow: A new era of workspaces at Alibaba Nanhu Industry Park
Alibaba DAMO Nanhu Industry Park by Aedas Global Design features state-of-the-art facilities in Hangzhou
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BAR Studio revives heritage
An iconic Collingwood building has been repurposed by BAR Studio into a collaborative and convivial workspace, for a creative roster of tenants to share.
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An exemplary working environment: Deloitte by Hassell
Deloitte’s new Australian Headquarters takes the working environment to the next level for staff and visitors alike and does it on a grand scale in Sydney.
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Sydney Water’s rejuvenated headquarters is an urban watering hole designed by GroupGSA
Drawing on the concept of a watering hole as a gathering place in nature, GroupGSA has rejuvenated Sydney Water’s headquarters located in Parramatta.
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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.
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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.
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How the workplace evolves: Elenberg Fraser and Slattery
With a finger on the pulse of the changing workplace in and around the pandemic, Elenberg Fraser completed Slattery’s dynamic office in Melbourne.
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Today Design, tomorrow the zero-waste workplace
In a veritable feast of recycled material, modular efficiency and functional flexibility, Studio Edwards has designed a zero-waste workplace for Today Design.
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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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A most prestigious office in Mumbai
Led by INDE.Awards juror, Apoorva Shroff, lyth Design has created a new workspace in Mumbai – it’s elegant, it’s functional and it’s right on brand.
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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.
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Hub by Hassell, the cutting-edge flexible workplace in Sydney’s CBD
The listed heritage building at 44 Martin Place has been transformed by Hassell for a flexible workplace offering defined by variety and high-end amenities.
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Creating a legacy of design
Join us for a Herman Miller series that looks at how architects and designers use their most iconic designs to create beautiful and functional office spaces.
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The Bligh lobby: Archer Design brings art to the workplace
25 Bligh Street is a multifaceted project, and its lobby – designed by Archer Designs – is a standout with its artworks.
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Elevating the workplace inside 25 Bligh Street
Archer Design has comprehensively reimagined this towering Sydney office. We take you inside the workspace.
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GroupGSA’s Sydney fit-out wins at the Polytec Design Awards 2023
GroupGSA has been named national winner, Polytec’s highest design honour, for an enthralling commercial fit-out which spotlights Australian talent and craftsmanship.
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From the earth: Texture in the Woods Bagot workplace
Woods Bagot has completed new offices that capture the colour and texture of the earth to perfection but also provide an exemplary and flexible workspace.
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Stephen Minnett launches Next Workplace
Our Editor, Alice Blackwood, speaks with Stephen about what’s next, and what businesses and their leaders are grappling with in today’s ever-evolving workplace culture.
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The ergonomics of collaboration
The workplace can be organised according to four foundational space typologies. But how do we maximise the ergonomics of each?
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“Crafting artefacts with heart and hands”: CCD’s very own multilayered workplace
Expanding its global headquarters with the addition of two extra floors in the International Chamber of Commerce Building (Studio Fuksas), Architectural firm Cheng Chung Design (CCD) has applied its sound design principals to its very own workplace.
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Homegrown melody: Kiln by Fiona Lynch Studio
Set atop the Ace Hotel Sydney, Kiln is a unique expression of Australia by Fiona Lynch Office. Mandi Keighran brings us a lyrical review of this restaurant that is the talk of Sydney.
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DesignOffice x The Commons: Seamless collaboration to create co-working spaces with character
The Commons has been providing co-working spaces since 2016 and, following collaboration with DesignOffice, has two fresh sites in prime Sydney locations. We spoke to The Commons founder, Cliff Ho, and DesignOffice co-director, Damien Mulvihill, about using local touches to balance function and connection.
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“The most successful projects are those that reflect an authentic culture”
Featured in the new Indesign magazine, now on sale, Warren and Mahoney’s Melbourne studio has been conceptualised through strong cultural narratives. Principal Daryl Maguire shares how the practice led with heart to achieve a symbiotic response that also met key workplace objectives.
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Working with character: M&C Saatchi Group by Woods Bagot
A building that came with sumptuous period detail set the scene for a heritage-sensitive fit-out by Woods Bagot for M&C Saatchi Group. Discover jewel-like spaces that put the emphasis on flexibility.
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Designing for agility, flexibility and fluidity in the future workplace
The workplace has changed – and it will continue to evolve. With dynamism at the heart of clients’ requirements, architects and designers at leading practices such as Elenberg Fraser are using and recommending Herman Miller’s OE1 products for the future workplace.
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You won’t find a chilly reception in these law offices
With a little buff and polish, as well as some expert joinery, boutique architectural studio Fabric Architecture has brought warmth and tactility into these law offices.
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Creating that “butterfly moment” – Arent&Pyke’s design for Vida Glow
With Vida Glow, taking your supplements feels like an indulgence. The brand has recently worked with Arent&Pyke to execute its beautiful and lush Sydney headquarters. We take you through this “butterfly moment” with Sarah-Jane Pyke.
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Working in the round: Compact office design with Envisage
Iris is a small space in Gurugram, India, that has become a beautiful and functional workplace. Envisage has made a grand design gesture on an intimate scale, providing its client with a bespoke and signature environment.
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To know the future you must create it, Thomas Bentzen at Orgatec
Thomas Bentzen presents a friendly and warm character, thoughtful in his responses, intuitive and just a little nostalgic in his approach to furniture solutions for modern working modes. Alice Blackwood meets Thomas at the Muuto stand, at Orgatec.
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Renovated for remote work: Inside Newmont’s new Perth office
Interiors and architecture studio Rezen has designed a sleek, modern office in Western Australia for the American company. Colour, light and versatile spaces come together to create a contemporary working environment.
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Making mid-century modern sculpture go green in London
Following recent award wins for Brookfield Place Sydney, Make has also been recognised for a landmark workplace project in London. At 80 Charlotte Street, you’ll find architecture in tune with its surroundings.
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Playful and porous work: Bean Buro in Hong Kong
Drawing on traditional Japanese architecture as well as the designers’ own international backgrounds, Bean Buro has created an interior office space with a distinctly modern atmosphere.
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“It’s a new sensibility”: Claudio Bellini on our modern work-life
The Elinor Low Back by Claudio Bellini for Pedrali encapsulates the modern sensibilities that define our modern work lives. Alice Blackwood speaks with Mr Bellini at Orgatec.
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Check out AMP’s head office in the award-winning Quay Quarter Tower
Inside the internationally award-winning Quay Quarter Tower in Sydney, AMP’s workplace by Hassell has been likened to a biophilic, vertical village.
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From the outside in: The story behind Extremis
Extremis founder Dirk Wynants creates smart furniture pieces that speak to our very human needs, while also delivering solutions for the evolving workplace. Alice Blackwood speaks with him at Orgatec.
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The stand designs that stopped us in our tracks at Orgatec
We’ve just arrived back from the Orgatec fair where the world of workplace was on show. Here are three inspiring brands whose product showcases invited us to experience and learn.
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Cocooned in green – Irving Smith Architects’ new bespoke office
Would you love to work here? We certainly would! Discover the highly sustainable and functional offices of New Zealand firm Irving Smith Architects.
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A hub of flexibility: Bates Smart designs Hub Australia’s newest co-working space
With a new emphasis on luxury, Hub Wynyard in Sydney accommodates hybrid working in a fit out that strongly connects with the city.
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Tom Mark Henry’s latest: Into the core of Ebonex
Forever the challenger of unorthodox layouts, Tom Mark Henry ignores the status quo of workplace design and crafts a project of dynamic beauty.
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Behold this stone-clad elliptical office
Indian design studio Charged Voids has created Office 543 as a clean and minimal box. Thankfully the natural ventilation and light makes you feel anything but boxed in.
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Lighting design that helps humanise the office
How can lighting design help us create human workspaces and harmonise spatial functionality? Willow Aliento reports.
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Full of surprises: Afterpay by The Studio* Collaborative
Afterpay by The Studio* Collaborative is modelled as a destination for a non-traditional workforce of young, engaged, tech-smart individuals.
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Transform commercial spaces into meaningful experiences
As workplaces take on a new identity in a post-pandemic world, Business Interiors is enabling engagement, collaboration and culture with intelligent furniture solutions that address the evolving needs of employees and organisations.
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“Like a lolly shop for designers”: The story behind HOW.’s new showroom and rebrand
Celebrating 10 years with a rebrand and new showroom opening HOW.’s CEO, Paul Howard, shares his vision for the business.
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Ten creative wall mounted desk setups for your home office
Wall mounted desks are gaining recognition as one of the most space-efficient setups for a working-from-home situation.
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Gensler’s Singapore office stands tall despite state of flux
The practice’s new office on the CBD fringe of Singapore offers a window into the future of hybrid work.
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Google Aotearoa takes out Work Space award
As the winner of INDE.Awards’ 2022 Work Space, this Warren and Mahoney project exemplifies the very cutting edge of workplace design.
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Bring back the hills hoist! Woods Bagot’s design for ABN Perth
ABN Group is one of Australia’s most prominent home building companies. Its Perth office celebrates the ‘great Australian dream’, interpreted by Woods Bagot.
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Inside Wyer & Co’s new workplace by Daniel Boddam
Daniel Boddam Studio’s design of Wyer & Co’s workplace takes nature as inspiration with a palette of tactile materials and muted colours.
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Hammond delivers creative ingenuity for ECP
Hammond Studio has brought to life a dynamic workspace that both challenges and exemplifies the unorthodox space at ECP Asset Management.
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The real deal: Studio Prineas’ new Rushcutters office
Less is more in the newly transformed offices of Studio Prineas, where select and authentic pieces tell a tale of good taste and intelligent design.
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Brush of blue for HDR’s Sydney HQ
HDR’s architectural and engineering teams come together in its new office at 25 Martin Place: the iconic Harry Seidler building.
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Vida Glow’s sumptuous new home by Arent&Pyke
Vida Glow’s stunning new home base features bespoke rugs in a design that adds a sense of comfort and luxury to a place of work.
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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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PTID re-announces itself to the interior design world
In the wake of both COVID-related disruptions and its own 25th anniversary, the interior design practice is letting the market know why its knowledge-led approach is the way of the future.
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Akcelo office takes its cue from co-working
Co-working feel, in a mono-brand workplace. The offices of Akcelo by Cachet Group feels relaxed and flexible while also delivering an ‘engine room’ of productivity.
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“We’re all about humanity”: The experiential designs of Downstream
How do we captivate people’s imaginations? Downstream, through its experiential design work, is taking experience design beyond digital interfaces and technology.
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The future workplace in theory and motion
What was once a disruption is now an opportunity for new, nimble, adaptable approaches to workplace design.
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This emerging tech solution from Zenith is helping digitise workplaces
Delivering inspirational experiences to people at work has become an imperative of the modern workplace. It’s thanks to the likes of Zenith Connect that designers today can tap into emerging technology to transform building operations and entice workers back into the office.
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Every day Hot Black delivers ‘different as usual’
As Hot Black celebrates its 10th birthday, we reflect on the how the studio continues to challenge and blur the lines of workplace design.
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Vestiaire Collective’s new Paris headquarters
Simple, elegant and wholly appropriate, the design for Vestiaire Collective’s new Paris Showroom is brand realisation writ large.
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Mirvac rethinks office space valuations
The property group has released a discussion paper and established a pilot program at its Sydney headquarters, signalling its intention to help overhaul the way we measure property values.
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Freed by flexibility: Heidi Smith on the future of workspace
The COVID-19 pandemic has indelibly changed the way we work, writes Gray Puksand’s Heidi Smith. The virus halted our daily routines and restrictions caused an enormous shift in the way we now do things, which is arguably here for good.
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Revealing the alter ego at Dexus Place
Warren and Mahoney has unlocked potential by dialling up the experiential at Dexus Place. As Indesign #86 hits doorsteps, Tamara White gives us a sneak peek into one of this issue’s headline projects.
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How does architecture shape employment? The INDE.Awards’ Work Space reveals all
What will The Work Space category of INDE.Awards reveal to us in 2022? Last year it shone a light on the changing standard of workspaces and commercial design. Here’s what past shortlisters and category partner, Herman Miller, have to share.
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Balancing privacy, connection and superior acoustic performance in the office with Konnect
As a leader in building and supplying custom-made operable walls throughout the nation, Bildspec continues to impress with their Konnect Operable Wall for Minetek’s new commercial office in Sydney’s north.
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Greg Natale’s Cotton On campus makes work look like luxury
What would entice you back into the office? For the Cotton On campus in Geelong, Greg Natale solves the dilemma with a set of luxe and soulful facilities. Work never looked so good!
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Work life meets park life with this Hot Black workplace concept
Hot Black’s “atemporal” architectural concept has been recognised as a Top Design in Herman Miller’s Workplace Redefined – The Design Challenge. Here’s what Hot Black put forward.
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Gensler’s forecast for the new hybrid workplace
With the release of Gensler’s ‘RESILIENT: Design Strategies for the Human Experience’, Sarah Bader shares three indispensable pieces of advice.
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Foolscap opens doors with ANZ Open House
ANZ pulls back the curtains on its former executive quarters and, with Foolscap Studio’s help, brings new creative vision to its working environments.
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COMUNiTI distils the Davidson brand to perfection
For an organisation that champions making positive change, it made perfect sense for Davidson to change their workspace to reflect their philosophy. COMUNiTI’s inspired approach to flooring using Milliken-Ontera saw the Davidson brand flawlessly translated into its new working environment.
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This Tassie office is softened and warmed with local oak
Cumulus develops a sustainable office with a small footprint in Hobart for an environmentally focussed client.
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The Studio* Collaborative delivers an ultra-secure Westpac command centre
Westpac’s Infrastructure Crisis Command Centre by The Studio* Collaborative allows secure tech monitoring from a single, stylish location.
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Siren Design finds its “perfect match” in IDP Education
When IDP Education brought Siren on board to design their new corporate office in Melbourne, they knew it would be a good match. The significant accolade they’ve already received shows they made the right choice.