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Comment: Fender Katsalidis principal Jessica Lee on the three biggest trends in aged care design

Comment: Fender Katsalidis principal Jessica Lee on the three biggest trends in aged care design

In this comment piece written by Jessica Lee, talks us through the standout trends in designing for aged care.

The pursuit of anti-ageing and wellbeing, at Saint Haven

The pursuit of anti-ageing and wellbeing, at Saint Haven

Gurner Group has just opened its first Australian Saint Haven private wellness club, boasting facilities, client services and an ethos that promotes wellness, anti-ageing and bio hacking. We took the private tour.

Splinter Society brings luxury to the edge of the lagoon at Metung Hot Springs

Splinter Society brings luxury to the edge of the lagoon at Metung Hot Springs

Sitting lightly in the landscape overlooking the Gippsland lakes, about half way along the eastern coast of Victoria, Metung Hot Springs takes full advantage of the unique geographical connection between the mountains and sea at the confluence of three alpine rivers.

Club AM:PM by Made For provides a thorough wellness welcome

Club AM:PM by Made For provides a thorough wellness welcome

In its new design for Club AM:PM, Made For has delivered a sophisticated, minimalist interior where the emphasis is well and truly on wellness.

Silver Thomas Hanley on healthcare: Design brief, but with emotion

Silver Thomas Hanley on healthcare: Design brief, but with emotion

STH’s Anna Fox, Bill Kaloudis, Natalie Pitt and Stuart Turk put forward the case for emotionally responsive design with reference to healthcare projects that prioritise safety, views and space among other things.

Waterside Buddhist Shrine stretches around nature

Waterside Buddhist Shrine stretches around nature

This Buddhist temple by Beijing firm, Arch Studio, is innately tied to the delicate and changeable nature of its natural surrounds. Its architecture even stretches between and around trees.

Woods Bagot comment: ‘People-centric care’ sounds obvious, but we’re stuck in a system

Woods Bagot comment: ‘People-centric care’ sounds obvious, but we’re stuck in a system

In this comment piece on healthcare design, Edwina Bennett, associate principal at Woods Bagot, asserts that it’s time to prioritise people with new ways of organising our health spaces.

Good design is the solution to resenteeism and employee wellbeing

Good design is the solution to resenteeism and employee wellbeing

Future X Collective co-founder and managing/creative director at Futurespace, Angela Ferguson, comments on the phenomenon of resenteeism. Good design is at the heart of the solution.

Holistic, not hedonistic: Meet Technogym’s Nerio Alessandri as he lands in Australia

Holistic, not hedonistic: Meet Technogym’s Nerio Alessandri as he lands in Australia

To mark 40 years of design excellence, founder and CEO Nerio Alessandri recently came to Sydney. We spoke to the Italian design icon at a bustling event at Technogym’s Ruschutters Bay showroom.

Welcome to Hospital Street: BLP realises Campbelltown expansion

Welcome to Hospital Street: BLP realises Campbelltown expansion

Opening in February 2023, the centrepiece of the $632 million Stage 2 Campbelltown Hospital Redevelopment in south-west Sydney realises the latest thinking around healthcare and healing environments. Campbelltown Hospital campus is almost doubled in size in Billard Leece Partnership’s (BLP) integrated design.

Monumental and intimate: John Wardle Architects in Ballarat

Monumental and intimate: John Wardle Architects in Ballarat

As featured in Indesign issue #87, the centre for civic life in Ballarat is a complex project that delivers a community hub, workspaces and an architectural destination.

HUMANSA Hong Kong: A new way to health and wellbeing in the busy city

HUMANSA Hong Kong: A new way to health and wellbeing in the busy city

A new destination in Hong Kong provides all that is required to support health and wellbeing. PANORAMA Design Group has created a wonderful environment that is anything but ordinary.