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The winners of the 2026 NSW Architecture Awards
From landmark transport infrastructure and adaptive reuse to inventive housing and regional projects, the 2026 NSW Architecture Awards recognised the breadth of architecture shaping the state.
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Bundarra unites heritage and modern design
Smart Design Studio and Those Architects combine landmark and workplace in Bundarra, a Surry Hills gateway blending old and new.
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Sydney Open returns for 21st Year
Sydney Open invites the public to explore over 55 buildings, spaces and new additions to the skyline, with a newly released Talks & Tours program offering direct access to the architects behind Bundarra and Pier Pavilion.
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The 2025 NSW Architecture Awards shortlist has been revealed
The 2025 NSW Architecture Awards shortlist is out, spotlighting standout projects from across New South Wales. Winners will be announced Friday 20th June at ILUMINA Sydney.
Events
INDESIGN #92 might be our Smartest issue yet
Coming together to raise a glass to Guest Editor William Smart at his own home, INDESIGN #92 celebrates his architectural insights intertwined with the INDE.Awards, all within a theme of ‘complex simplicity’.
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Live & Learn: Indesign 92 is here!
The latest print magazine is about to arrive! With Guest Editor William Smart in the hot seat, we are delighted to share some of the highlights.
Articles
Feeding new design expression with net zero impact
The story of Verosol is one of vision and innovation. Since the 1960s the company has been pushing the boundaries of sustainable design to positively impact our built environment, give back to the natural environment, and nurture new creative expression. How do they do it? We’re about to find out.
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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.
Articles
All aboard: The Nautilus development sets sail
Smart Design Studio’s take on premium waterfront living showcases design-led solutions that fuse aesthetics with class-leading functionality and performance.
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Celebrating the design legacy of William Smart
Celebrating 25 years in his indominable style, William Smart invited the glitterati of Australian architecture to an evening of white on white in the Sydney Opera House’s impeccable Utzon Room.
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25 of the world’s most transcendent designs: Now on show at Cult
Launched last night in Sydney, Cult presents Cult Design Icons. An exhibition curated by Australia’s top design influencers, it is a comprehensive celebration of design at its most timeless and transcendent.
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Discover the latest kitchen trends with Gaggenau Kitchen of the Year Design Contest 2023
The Gaggenau Kitchen of the Year Design Contest is back, and here we speak to two of the judges about kitchen trends, design influences and finding magic in the unexpected.
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Reimagining the classic terrace with Smart Design Studio
Smart Design Studio has explored the classic terraced house as a convenient and comfortable luxury staple for Mirvac’s latest development. Read on for a sneak peek of the Portman Terraces, due for completion in 2023.
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Concrete revolution – 5 ground breaking poured concrete structures
Gillian Serisier rounds up 5 outstanding examples of poured concrete structures. Prepare to be wowed by seamless stretches of materiality.
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Introducing your 2022 Saturday Indesign speakers
Catch up with some of our industry’s top talents at this year’s Saturday Indesign speaker series.
Events
What does it mean to win? INDE.Awards winners reflect
As we await news from our INDE.Awards jury on the winning projects and practices of 2022, we talk to last year’s winners about what it means to receive an INDE accolade.
Articles
The path to true sustainability with Smart Design Studio and Verosol
As Smart Design Studio can attest, achieving sustainability is no easy task. It involves ambition, true commitment and choosing products like performance blinds from Verosol.
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Your last days to enter INDE.Awards! Plus 10 past winners to inspire you
INDE.Awards entries close this Thursday 31 March. We’ve rounded up 10 of our all-time favourite INDE.Awards winning 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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Smart Design Studio and LAAB Architects on Practice and Process
As people are at the heart of every endeavour, The Design Studio category in the INDE.Awards honours a studio and its people.
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Best projects of 2021 – the Indesignlive edit
You liked it, we listened! We bring to you just a small sample of the built environment’s best projects from the year gone by.
Articles
The best kitchens unveiled
Drawing the inaugural edition of the Gaggenau Kitchen of the Year Design Contest to a close, we’re thrilled to announce the competition’s very first winners.
Events
We’ll show you what a Smart Design Studio looks like
This year the winner of The Design Studio at the INDE.Awards is Smart Design Studio, recognised for creating a sustainable home with an outstanding team.
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Science never sleeps at Science Gallery Melbourne
Behind-the-scenes takes front stage at the Science Gallery Melbourne, thanks to Smart Design Studio’s clever display of exhibition setups.
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The Work Space at its best in the age of working from home
Alexander & Co. and Smart Design Studio’s joint win for The Work Space award is a testament to the fact that, in 2021, there’s no place (to work) like home.
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Pipi is a multi-residential masterpiece by Smart Design Studio
With multi-residential living a preferred lifestyle these days, the winner of The Multi-Residential Building category at the 2021 INDE.Awards shows why.
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A winning place to live
With multi-residential living a preferred lifestyle these days, the winner of The Multi-Residential Building category at the 2021 INDE.Awards shows why.
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We’ll show you what a Smart Design Studio looks like
Not just a pretty space, the home of William Smart and his Smart Design Studio is a self-sufficient creative powerhouse that’s earned the awards its won.
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HURRY Last days for Peoples Choice voting for Best of the Decade categories in the 2020 INDE.Awards! Closing soon.
Now is the time to have your voice heard and make a difference by voting for your favourite projects in the People’s Choice award for, Best of the Decade I The Living Space and Best of the Decade I The Work Space. You have until 22 May to make a decision, cast your vote and participate in the 2020 INDE.Awards.
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Dialling in with William Smart: Working from Home literally
This week Sue dials in with William Smart, the founder and creative director of SDS, Smart Design Studio.
People
Dialling in with William Smart: Working from Home literally
This week Sue dials in with William Smart, the founder and creative director of SDS, Smart Design Studio.
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Which Projects Are Your Best of the Decade? Vote Now!
In this milestone year, the INDEs are looking back at the best homes and workspaces from the past decade. Now it’s time to have your say through People’s Choice voting!
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Which Projects Are Your Best of the Decade? Vote Now!
In this milestone year, the INDEs are looking back at the best homes and workspaces from the past decade. Now it’s time to have your say through People’s Choice voting!
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Announcing the winners of the Think Brick Awards 2019
If what we saw at the Think Brick Awards in Melbourne last Thursday is anything to go by, brilliant things can – and do – happen when architects and building designers “think brick”.
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“Innovative and awe-inducing” – Announcing INDE.Awards 2019 Official Shortlist
The results are out! We’re excited to introduce you to your INDE.Awards 2019 Official Shortlist. Read on to find out which entries made the final cut.
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Announcing INDE.Awards 2019 Official Shortlist
The results are out! We’re excited to introduce you to your INDE.Awards 2019 Official Shortlist. Read on to find out which entries made the final cut.
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The Official Shortlist Of INDE.Awards 2019
“Innovative and awe-inducing” – We’re excited to introduce you to your INDE.Awards 2019 Official Shortlist. Read on to find out which entries made the final cut.
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Who has been On the Move in 2019?
We’re kicking off the first On the Move for 2019 and it’s a big one! Geyer, Architectus, P4, Smart Design Studio, SJB and GroupGSA – find out who has been promoted and who has moved roles.
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Light it up: Smart Design Studio’s Optique
Light and colour are combined with crisp white surfaces to create an eye-catching store for Optique Barangaroo, designed by Smart Design Studio.
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Jury insights into the INDE.Awards 2018
Three of our regional judges reflect on the quality of the INDE.Awards 2018 submissions, and the significance of architecture and design produced in Asia Pacific.
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Dance for Life 2018 went off!
Dance for Life is a rare opportunity for the architecture and design community to really let its hair down and party – all for a good cause. 2018’s dance celebration was no exception.
People
Get Smart – Smart Design Studio
Since Indigo Slam hit the media waves, Smart Design Studio has been the name on everyone’s lips. But it was more than just this project-gone-viral that saw William Smart named The People’s Choice Luminary at the INDE.Awards – it was his entire trajectory of work.
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Who Won At The Inaugural INDE.Awards?
On Friday 30th June, we announced winners of the very first INDE.Awards program. Couldn’t make it? Don’t stress! Here are your offIcial 2017 winners…
People
Who Has Changed the World of Design … For YOU?
Indesign’s Luminaries return in 2017 for our inaugural INDE.Awards. Here we meet the shortlist.
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Futuristic Fashion Boutique Wins World Interior of the Year
A repurposed City Palace in India; a 1950s-style diner in Shanghai; an artisanal co-working space in Sydney – here are some of the winners of the INSIDE World Festival of Interiors 2016.
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Who won what at the 2015 NSW Architecture Awards
The 2015 winners of the Australian Institute of Architects’ NSW Architecture Awards were announced at Sydney Town Hall last night.