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The theatre that became an office at Watt St Commercial

The theatre that became an office at Watt St Commercial

CKDS has created distinctive new office space in Newcastle’s CBD following the adaptive reuse of what was previously a theatre.

Building a culture of product stewardship: Cultivated 10 years on

Building a culture of product stewardship: Cultivated 10 years on

In 2013 Cultivated launched as a restoration service, today it is a full-service product stewardship business, buying back, refurbishing and recycling authentic design pieces. In this article we continue the conversation around whole-of-lifecycle-furniture.

Leopold Banchini profile: A sense of place from Sydney to Switzerland

Leopold Banchini profile: A sense of place from Sydney to Switzerland

Leopold Banchini is nothing if not internationally mobile. So how does this architect, whose Marramarra Shack has recently been turnings heads in Australia and around the world, build authentic connections to places as far apart as Sydney, Lisbon and Bahrain?

Spontaneity and collaboration in the place where unicorns work

Spontaneity and collaboration in the place where unicorns work

Adaptable, neurodiverse work settings define this boundary-pushing workplace designed by Geyer for fintech unicorn, Tyro, and its next-gen talent.

Younghusband marries old Melbourne heritage site with carbon neutral adaptive reuse

Younghusband marries old Melbourne heritage site with carbon neutral adaptive reuse

‘Younghusband’, the historic woolshed site in Melbourne’s inner-north-west, will be transformed into both an A-grade commercial location and a model of sustainability.

An exclusive tour of Cox Architecture’s new heritage home

An exclusive tour of Cox Architecture’s new heritage home

Today’s designers talk the talk on adaptable workplace design and sustainability, but how often do they walk the walk? Timothy Alouani-Roby paid an exclusive visit to Cox Architecture’s new Sydney studio to find out how the firm is making a home there by practicing what it preaches.

Transforming life in the library: Spowers at Chadstone Campus

Transforming life in the library: Spowers at Chadstone Campus

Through a strategy of reusing materials and maintaining the existing layout, Spowers has transformed the Chadstone campus library in Victoria. With strong input from end-users, the fit-out is a model of sustainable and conscientious design.

What’s black and white and timber all over?

What’s black and white and timber all over?

The Black & White Building by Waugh Thistleton Architects (WTA) in collaboration with TOG is a timber milestone. As the tallest mass timber office building in central London, this is a ground-breaking project in its use of material.

Albury Summer Place launches by rethinking the familiar

Albury Summer Place launches by rethinking the familiar

Re/place has been installed for this year’s Albury Summer Pavilion! Studio Chris Fox has partnered with Bollinger+Grohmann engineers, the University of Sydney and Swinburne University of Technology to create this temporary installation with an experimental approach to materials and circular economy.

Growth industry: Students leading the way in biodesign

Growth industry: Students leading the way in biodesign

In a competition held by K5 Furniture in collaboration with Monash University, students were challenged with a brief of mycelium-based product design. We visit the avant-garde with the exhibition ‘Metanoia’.

These beautiful objects are made from waste

These beautiful objects are made from waste

Waste not want not! These bold and innovative creators are designing objects and fashion using waste as their starting point.

Olivia Lee’s Sci-Fi Inspired Installation for Hermès petit h

Olivia Lee’s Sci-Fi Inspired Installation for Hermès petit h

The petit h collection of handcrafted objects by Hermès is presented in the brand’s Liat Towers store in an otherworldly installation imagined and crafted by Olivia Lee.