Queensland
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Living outside the box
At Northshore Hamilton, Plus Studio’s Danny Juric is looking beyond the apartment tower as an isolated object, drawing on mature trees, Brisbane’s subtropical climate and the rituals of outdoor living to shape Duet.
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An Italian sea urchin finds Gold Coast hospitality
Bar Ricci by Studio Kennon brings a touch of Milanese restaurant style to the Gold Coast, inspired by the meaning of ‘ricci’ in Italian.
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Golden Avenue, brutal Brisbane
J.AR OFFICE’s hospitality venue in Brisbane strives to create a small oasis of shade and greenery amidst the concrete jungle of the city. Jared Webb tells us more.
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Performance and versatility at Brisbane’s new Glasshouse Theatre
Designed by Blight Rayner Architecture in partnership with Snøhetta, the Glasshouse Theatre is a rippling glass landmark that connects Brisbane’s public life with the performing arts.
Ideas
The evolution of Queensland’s interior design
As Plus Studio’s newly appointed Principal, Kate Ockwell discusses how the 2032 Olympics, climate-responsive design and a maturing design culture are reshaping Queensland’s interior landscape.
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Norte rejects coastal cliché to win Best Restaurant Design
J.AR OFFICE’s Norté in Mermaid Beach wins Best Restaurant Design 2025 for its moody, modernist take on coastal dining.
Ideas
Comment: “Heritage architecture and climate resilience – don’t throw the baby out with the floodwater”
David Gole, principal at leading climate-resilient design practice JDA Co., comments on the intersection between heritage and climate in architecture.
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Marella by Mosaic elevates coastal living on the Gold Coast
Completed in 2025, Marella by Mosaic is a 30-storey residential tower in Broadbeach designed by Plus Studio. The project brings sculptural form, ocean views and hotel-style amenities together in a refined expression of coastal living.
News
Plus Studio and ICD Property unveil plans for major West End riverside precinct
Plus Studio and ICD Property have submitted a proposal for a development on Brisbane’s Donkin Street, using a 1.68-hectare former industrial site as a new riverside residential and community destination.
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Carr expands Brisbane leadership
Following the launch of Carr’s Brisbane studio, Director Richard Beel has permanently relocated to lead the practice’s growth across Queensland — supported by a local leadership team and a growing portfolio of projects ahead of the 2032 Olympic Games.
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Hogg & Lamb’s heritage restaurant marks Mt Coot-tha summit
A multi-million dollar revitalisation of the heritage-listed venue at Brisbane’s beauty spot has been completed with The Summit Restaurant.
Events
Speakers share their reflections ahead of fjcstudio’s Queensland event
As the next event in a series of discussions centring on Richard Francis-Jones’ book comes to Brisbane, we hear directly from the speakers on fences, villas and the importance of critical community.
Workplace
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.
Workplace
Moments of material reuse magic as Hassell designs Arup’s Brisbane office
Reuse, resourcefulness and material transformations bring unexpected stories to Arup’s new Brisbane office, designed by Hassell.
Events
Queensland’s finest landscapes recognised
The Australian Institute of Landscape Architects (AILA) Queensland Awards have been announced at a gala event held at inner-city Brisbane’s Blackbird on Thursday 12th June.
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Shed your skin: The Warehouses’ metamorphosis by J.AR Office
J.AR Office has redesigned the traditional warehouse typology into a contemporary precinct.
Events
From Expo 88 to AI: Buchan celebrates forty years in Brisbane
The Brisbane studio of global architecture and design practice Buchan is launching into 2025 by celebrating its forty-year anniversary and moving to a new studio.
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Australia’s oldest continuous architecture practice commemorates 140 years
To honour Wilson Architects’ storied legacy, the practice has released a tome titled Genius Loci.
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Towers of senior living
Architectus Conrad Gargett lead the way in design for health and wellness for seniors with this latest project in Brisbane.
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Indigenous heritage lacquers the walls of Australia’s newest rail stations
As an act of designing with Country, the integration of Indigenous art into rail infrastructure honours deep histories while symbolising a vibrant future for First Nations peoples.
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“The architecture is the play” at award-winning Bradbury Park Playscape
Fresh from a highly successful showing in the Greater Brisbane Regional Architecture Awards, Alcorn Middleton’s genre-hopping project is worth a closer look.
Events
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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Denim divine at Nudie Jeans’ compact Brisbane store
Leading the charge for sustainable design, X+O and Nudie Jeans are both making a statement in Brisbane and doing it with creativity and innovation.
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Harmony and healing in mental health design with Hassell
Caring for our mental health is paramount these days and architecture and design can lead the way as Hassell shows in its latest project in Queensland.
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AIA Queensland President’s Prize recognises a design advocate
The eponymous founder of Lindy Johnson Creative has been honoured with the 2024 President’s Prize by the Australian Institute of Architects (AIA), Queensland Chapter.
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There’s nothing mediocre about Babylon Brisbane by Hogg & Lamb
Having previously designed Babylon Sydney, it was important for Hogg & Lamb that Babylon Brisbane becomes a sister restaurant while responding anew to Brisbane’s climate and clientele.
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Adaptive reuse wins the day at BVN’s UQ Brisbane City
BVN’s redesign of this heritage site has created a new city campus in Brisbane featuring a varied range of functional spaces and long-term flexibility.
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Thoughtful entry and nautical inspiration at Hogg & Lamb’s Tillerman restaurant
Bringing Tillerman into the sight line of passing foot traffic, Hogg & Lamb’s design is all about light and the relaxed mood of a Brisbane sunset.
Events
Brisbane Designscape makes its triumphant return: Here’s the debrief
An excellent turnout from the design industry and beyond solidified Brisbane Designscape’s continued success among Brisbane’s buzzing design enclave.
Events
Enchantment, thresholds and transformations at QAGOMA
Across a magical threshold and beyond the everyday, Fairy Tales is an unexpected and immersive exhibition at Brisbane’s Gallery of Modern Art this summer.
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Mediterranean vibes in Hogg & Lamb’s design for Sunshine
Crazy paving and bright yellow umbrellas: Sunshine is a bright spot on James Street in Fortitude Valley. Hogg & Lamb has executed the design, channeling a Mediterranean vibe to match its vegetarian fare.
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Inner city oasis: We visit Rivière by Aria Property and Bates Smart
Alice Blackwood visits Rivière by Aria Property and Bates Smart, pausing for an overnight stay, to explore the sustainability principles and design innovations underpinning Rivière’s unique lifestyle proposition.
Events
In review: Spectra widens the lens on Queensland furniture design
‘Spectra – Contemporary Queensland Furniture’ recently opened at Artisan in Brisbane, greeted by a community of cross-industry creatives hungry for Queensland furniture design content, writes Nicky Lobo.
Ideas
Plus Architecture comment: What’s next on the Queensland hospitality frontier?
Kate Ockwell, interior design associate at Plus Architecture, comments on the four ideas hoteliers, restaurateurs and their interior designers should be considering when designing their spaces.
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This streamlined cricket club has been named The Building of 2023
At this year’s INDE.Awards, Lineburg Wang and Steve Hunt Architect took home The Building category. The project? This University of Queensland Cricket Club Maintenance Shed.
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BLP appointed lead architect for Queensland’s Bundaberg Hospital
Billard Leece Partnership will lead the architectural design of Queensland’s new Bundaberg Hospital, tipped to be a significant step forward in the state’s health infrastructure development.
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BVN is right at home in its classic Queenslander studio, complete with open-air verandah
Taking the ‘buildings that breath’ guidelines to the natural next step, BVN has designed its new studio in Brisbane to welcome and embrace nature, while acknowledging place and connection to Country.
Events
Museum of Brisbane is collecting ceramics with a new artist-driven clay exhibition
Celebrating 60 years of clay-making in Brisbane, Clay: Collected Ceramics is more than just an exhibition of pots. It will be the museum’s largest artist-sourced display to date, bringing together a wide range of artists.
Ideas
Climate change is right now, and architect James Davidson is ready
Architect James Davidson of JDA Co. wants to move the dial faster on making homes safer, insurance cheaper and enabling communities to rebuild better when natural disaster strikes.
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All roads lead to Barcaldine with the arrival of The Globe Lookout
The Globe Lookout is the newest tourist attraction in the Outback Queensland town of Barcaldine, joining the award-winning Tree of Knowledge (2009) and The Globe Hotel (2016). It’s all part of the master-planning that has cemented Barcaldine’s position as a regional tourist destination.
Events
Buchan and the University of Queensland combine for Indigenous scholarship
A new architecture scholarship will support an Indigenous student through their degree and prepare them for a career in design thanks to a partnership between a global architecture practice and a major Australian university.
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Let there be (well designed) light!
Responding to a request to update the lighting for St Mary’s Church in Warwick, two hours south west of Brisbane, Gillard Group CEO Jenni Gillard put the church at the heart of the community.
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Terminal architecture: Arkhefield’s advanced design for Brisbane cruise passengers
Designed by Arkhefield and with all of the security considerations of an international airport, only on water, Brisbane International Cruise Terminal is the most advanced in Australasia.
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Buchan “brings a little bit of Times Square to Ipswich CBD”
Buchan’s Nicholas Street Precinct redevelopment for Ipswich City Council is bringing light to the heart of the CBD, enticing people of all ages back.
Events
The Ghost Net Collective: Mermer Waiskeder (Stories of the Moving Tide)
Threading together Country and cultures across Australia, this artist collective has produced a series of memorable sculptures to sit by Sydney Harbour.
Ideas
Hassell comment: How inclusive, universal design improves wellbeing in healthcare facilities
How do we design healthcare facilities where everyone feels included? The answer is to give people a choice.
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Destination Great Dane: The great Danish design aficionado opens in Brisbane
Great Dane joins the Queensland set with the opening of its new retail destination in Brisbane’s Fortitude Valley. Here are all the highlights from its welcoming soiree.
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Raising the barre: Conrad Gargett’s Queensland Ballet
A new home for the Queensland Ballet is not only aesthetically beautiful but filled with every amenity to help support and encourage the dancers and the dance.
Events
Winning Queensland architecture: Editor’s snapshot
The winners of the Queensland Architecture Awards have been announced, giving us a pretty impressive snapshot of Queensland’s architectural flair.
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The pared back luxury of Eden Health Retreat
Collectivus creates an immersive wellness escape at Eden Health Retreat with luxury cabins that celebrate a natural material palette and spectacular views.
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Hogg & Lamb bring the taste of Italy to Fortitude Valley
Hogg & Lamb deliver Gemelli and Tano, a Brisbane restaurant and bar inspired by the Mediterranean.
People
Kevin O’Brien, the architect designing for Country
Kevin O’Brien is a designer and Principal architect with BVN. In a new installation for Queensland’s Bleach Festival, O’Brien takes inspiration from Country and the Wallum Banksia.
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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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A refreshing Queensland workplace: Mirvac HQ, Brisbane by Peddle+Potter
What defines the Queensland vernacular and how does it permeate into a workplace fit-out? Local studio Peddle+Potter (P+P) brought a truly refreshing design to life.
Articles
Australian architecture at its finest in the Maleny House
The Sunshine Coast’s Maleny House, from Bark Architects for Villa Prestige Properties, exemplifies all that’s unique and special about local Australian architecture.
People
Indesign Luminary: Michael Banney, m3architecture
Michael Banney likes to talk and write architecture into existence. It’s an “inclusive habit” that allows him to step outside the architect’s mindset, but still inhabit the role. He talks to Indesign about what makes m3architecture so idiosyncratic.
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The Ephemeral Nature of Light With Siobhan Gomes McNabb
SGM-LCD is a recently established lighting consultancy and design practice led by Siobhan Gomes McNabb. Here, we discuss her international experiences, creative insights and exposure to such a fascinating element.