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“It’s a privilege to be able to support”: OFFICE works with Victorian Aboriginal Health Service
The Melbourne-based, not-for-profit practice has designed a new fit-out and outdoor gathering space for the Victorian Aboriginal Healthcare Service.
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200 years down, 200 to go
Historic Littlebourne Guest House was one of the first settler houses built west of the mountains two centuries ago. Now, a renovation and extension are designed to secure the next 200 years.
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Copper-clad pavilion connects tennis court with Sydney home
With interiors by Mathieson and architecture by SJB, Avalon Tennis Pavilion connects the main house with a tennis court at this Sydney property.
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London meets Mexico City as this year’s Serpentine Pavilion is announced
Mexican architecture studio LANZA atelier has been selected to design the Serpentine Pavilion 2026, which will open to the public in London’s Kensington Gardens on 6th June.
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Lexus unveils reimagined Birdcage pavilion for Melbourne Cup Carnival
Melbourne interior designer Brahman Perera creates three-level trackside space exploring synthesis of craft and technology.
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Oyster terrazzo by the harbour
Pier Pavilion by Besley & Spresser provides a refreshing, architecturally thoughtful and versatile public space by the water at Barangaroo.
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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.
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Tadao Ando’s MPavilion to remain open until 2030
The Naomi Milgrom Foundation has announced that the MPavilion, designed by Tadao Ando, will stay in Queen Victoria Gardens for five more years.
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Woods Bagot finds European inspiration for new market hall
Melbourne’s Chadstone shopping precinct has expanded with the opening of the Market Pavilion, a large-scale fresh food and dining destination designed by Woods Bagot.
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Making a HOME in Venice
Developed by an all-First Nations curatorial and creative team, the Australia Pavilion at the Venice Architecture Biennale has officially opened.
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Layers of meaning in Greenaway Architects’ Melbourne pavilion
Designed with culture and meaning, Casuarina Pavilion is a jewel in the crown of Melbourne city and a place where everyone can come together to celebrate Country.
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Casa Ferrari in motion
As the cultural footprint of F1 expands, so too does the Ferrari presence beyond the track – and it’s taking the form of highly refined spaces of design.
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Comment: How to create a compelling design narrative for more successful projects
In this comment piece, Buchan’s Dong Uong discusses the why and how behind the stories underpinning design projects.
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Sam’s Federation-red pavilion lights up a new community hub in Sydney
In a project both thoughtful and practical, Sam Crawford Architects (SCA) has completed a multifunctional community centre in Sydney’s inner west.
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The sweeping straight-line geometry of Splinter Society’s Monash pavilion
With contextual care and the odd formal flourish, the Monash University Pharmacy Pavilion has been completed by Splinter Society.
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Individual moments of joy inside the LANDMARK by Lexus pavilion
If the LANDMARK by Lexus pavilion has previously been about electrifying the senses, more recently Lexus Australia stepped out of the fast lane with a highly curated, slowed-down approach.
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Tadao Ando and 10 years of MPavilion
Marking a decade of MPavilion and Ando’s first ever Australian project, the 2023 iteration is open in Melbourne.
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Koichi Takada on nature, luxury and his latest collaboration with Lexus
As LANDMARK by Lexus returns for its sixth iteration, Sydney-based Japanese architect Koichi Takada is reflecting on the place of nature in design.
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Beachside elegance at Promenade Bondi
Revisiting the much-loved Bondi Pavilion as a destination befitting the picturesque sweep of Bondi Beach, The Stella Collective has taken a sophisticated European approach to present Promenade Bondi.
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Australian Pavilion set to chase the sun at Osaka Expo
Led by Buchan, the striking concept design for the Australian contribution to Expo 2025 in Osaka has been unveiled.
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This bamboo-built ‘sea-to-table’ pavilion cultivates and serves its own oysters
Reinvigorating its local Angsila economy, this pavilion in Thailand becomes a floating restaurant where fishermen and visitors can select and eat their own oysters. No wonder it won The Influencer award at INDE.Awards!
Articles
Pedrali Pavilion embraces nomadic architecture to celebrate 60 years of company history
Designed by AMDL CIRCLE and Michele De Lucchi, the Pedrali Pavilion and the exhibition “Pedrali60, we design a better future”, curated by Luca Molinari Studio, celebrate Pedrali’s past, present, and future.
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Unsettling Queenstown: Questions of decolonisation at the Venice Biennale
The Australian pavilion at this year’s Venice Architecture Biennale involves confronting questions of decolonisation in architectural form and history. Unsettling Queenstown looks at the ubiquitous presence of British colonialism.
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When is enough, enough? Singapore Pavilion at the Venice Architecture Biennale
To be housed in the 1460 armoury building Sale d’Armi in Arsenale, Venice, this year’s Singapore Pavilion responds to the 18th International Architecture Exhibition’s theme — The Laboratory of The Future — but taking the form of a giant evolving machine that seeks to understand our true desires for how we live in the city.
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The gateway to Bondi Beach: TZG balances old and new to restore an iconic Sydney site
Recently nominated for awards in public, heritage and sustainable architecture, this milestone project marks the start of a new era for one of Sydney’s most renowned sites.
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Sam Crawford Architects and the fire-ravaged puzzle of Parramatta Park
In 2016, a fire destroyed a cafe in Sydney’s Parramatta Park. With a sensitive touch, both materially and historically, the architects have brought new life to the site by designing a pavilion that respects what was there before.
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Layered in luxe sustainability: LANDMARK by Lexus
LANDMARK by Lexus was back in full swing at the Lexus Melbourne Cup Carnival, with an electrifying ‘green’ feast for the senses. Experience it first-hand here.
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Wood Pavilion #1 wins The Social Space at 2022 INDE.Awards
Situated near a river and designed as a gathering place for people to meet and contemplate life, the winner of the 2022 INDE.Awards, The Social Space, explores more that sociability but space and the surrounding environment as well.
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Space for the spirit: Wood Pavilion is the Social Space of 2022
Situated near a river and designed as a gathering place for people to meet and contemplate life, Wood Pavilion #1 has been named The Social Space of 2022.
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Who can resist a Greek column? Temple of Boom comes to NGV gardens
Time periods collide in the Temple of Boom, the latest Architecture Commission, set to grace to gardens of the NGV this summer.
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‘+Pavilion explores the future of sustainable construction
Open from 26 May till August 2022 to the public, +Pavilion installation seeks to contribute towards building better lives in Singapore, and beyond.
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Time to pause with LIN’s Wooden Pavilion
This extraordinary architectural project has been designed to investigate space and how we inhabit it.
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Standout Asian pavilions at London Design Biennale
The theme of this year’s London Design Biennale, which runs from 1-27 June, is “resonance” – and it’s all about addressing the world’s biggest challenges through design.
People
Glenn Murcutt on his design for MPavilion
Indesignlive sits down with Pritzker Prize laureate Glenn Murcutt, in the newly opened MPavilion, to talk about concept development, collaboration and designing through observation and curiosity.
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Build it, but will they come? Pavilion architecture in focus
Spectacular architectural pavilions are big crowd-pleasers, but critics claim they’re running out of control.
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Junya Ishigami’s slate Serpentine Pavilion opens
61 tonnes of slate define the 2019 Serpentine Pavilion in London. Junya Ishigami describes it as “a hill made out of rocks”.
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Junya Ishigami’s Slate Serpentine Pavilion Opens
61 tonnes of slate define the 2019 Serpentine Pavilion in London. Junya Ishigami describes it as “a hill made out of rocks”.
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Temporary Pavilion By New Office Works Opens At West Kowloon Cultural District
Winner of a competition for young architects and designers, New Office Works constructs temporary pavilion referencing everyday life in Hong Kong.
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Remaining truly Australian then and now: Kinley Cricket Club
Respective of the site’s history and the role it has played in the state of Victoria, Winter Architecture and Zunica have transformed an existing cricket pavilion at the Kinley Cricket Club into one that fosters community engagement and activation.
Products
The Kettal PH1 Pavilion Series: An Open System
The adaptable Kettal PH1 Pavilion series allows the admiration of nature from the comfort of designer style. Kettal’s Design Manager Antonio Navarro explains the open system on which they are built.
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Archifest 2018 Will Focus On How Design Can Most Meaningfully Serve People
Festival Director Yann Follain of WY-TO brings his human-centric mindset to Archifest this year. A pavilion by Kite Studio Architecture will be the anchor space.
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Genome Architects Explore A Heritage Narrative At New Singapore Botanic Gardens Pavilion
The new Bukit Timah Gate Visitor Pavilion references the Bukit Timah Core’s history of rubber plantations and railway transport.
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Collectible Architecture: Ellipsicoon Pavilion by UNStudio for Revolution Precrafted
Wouldn’t mind having a work by UNStudio in your backyard? Filipino prefab company Revolution Precrafted has released a digitally developed, hand-woven pavilion designed by Ben van Berkel.
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Who Won (Not The) Singapore Venice Pavilion Competition?
After lengthy deliberations by a heavyweight jury, there was not one winner but three! Now the schemes will be refined for documentation.