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“Architecture is always about more than form; it is about meaning”: In conversation with Lina Ghotmeh

“Architecture is always about more than form; it is about meaning”: In conversation with Lina Ghotmeh

As French-Lebanese Architect Lina Ghotmeh prepares for lectures in Melbourne and Sydney, we hear about the philosophy shaping her internationally celebrated practice.

Liberating efficiency, effortless cooking: Bosch’s Series 8 Ovens

Liberating efficiency, effortless cooking: Bosch’s Series 8 Ovens

With its new Series 8 Ovens, Bosch leverages the intuitive appeal of quiet efficiency to address the most pressing challenge of a modern home chef: making healthy cooking not only delicious but quick, effortless and inspired.

WORKTECH25 Sydney with Architectus

WORKTECH25 Sydney with Architectus

Architectus Principals Simone Oliver and Patricia Bondin are set to speak at WORKTECH Sydney this year, so we asked them for some sneaky early insights on workplace design.

Davenport Campbell: Forget ‘future-proof,’ because your workplace is about to perceive, adapt and evolve 

Davenport Campbell: Forget ‘future-proof,’ because your workplace is about to perceive, adapt and evolve 

Davenport Campbell’s Neill Johanson shares insights from WORKTECH25 and the impact of AI on the workplace experience.

Ross Harding: What about the work-life balance of our cities?

Ross Harding: What about the work-life balance of our cities?

The Finding Infinity Principal comments here on the question of balance in city life, with architecture and design highlighted as the key levers for making change.

Grimshaw in Venice

Grimshaw in Venice

The 19th International Architecture Biennale has been on in Venice and Grimshaw’s latest installation explores the civic role of digital infrastructure in our cities.

Tilt on preserving heritage in public spaces: How technical innovation is making history accessible

Tilt on preserving heritage in public spaces: How technical innovation is making history accessible

From preserved boat remains to 8,000-year-old hearthstones with First Nations significance, Tilt Industrial Designs shares how their technical work is often directed towards heritage.

Technology, AI and more with Gensler’s Robbie Robertson

Technology, AI and more with Gensler’s Robbie Robertson

The Asia Pacific and Middle East regional leader for Gensler’s Digital Experience Design (DXD) practice discusses technology, AI, Scotland and the meaning of human-centred design in this episode of Stories Indesign.

Powerful presence, silent service: Gaggenau’s Dishwasher 400 Series

Powerful presence, silent service: Gaggenau’s Dishwasher 400 Series

In design, the concept of absence is particularly powerful – it’s the abundant potential of deliberate non-presence that amplifies the impact of what is. And it is this realm of sophisticated subtraction that Gaggenau’s Dishwasher 400 Series so generously – and quietly – occupies.

Creating the spatial economy: James Calder’s latest venture

Creating the spatial economy: James Calder’s latest venture

James Calder is renowned as a maverick in the world of workplace design and now with his new practice, Placing, he is set to shake up the establishment and carve a new path forward in how and where we work.

From Expo 88 to AI: Buchan celebrates forty years in Brisbane 

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.

Comment: Buchan on how to harness AI in your practice

Comment: Buchan on how to harness AI in your practice

Jeames Hanley discusses four ways in which design practices can make the most of AI and automation to boost their design value in 2025.