wellness
Workplace
Softness balanced with boldness in Technē’s lobby fitness fit-out
The very first SFIDI fitness and wellness centre is a cutting-edge interior architecture fit-out designed to add impactful new life to the lobby of Melbourne’s Rialto Towers.
Project
A place of water in the Park Lands
Designed by JPE Design Studio with Warren and Mahoney and cultural creative designer Karl Winda Telfer, Adelaide Aquatic Centre — Kauwingka — recasts civic leisure as landscape, gathering place and cultural story.
Workplace
Designing the daily rituals of work, hospitality and health
The Commons has recently opened two new sites in Melbourne designed by DesignOffice — and this time, they include comprehensive health amenities.
Project
Wellbeing at its best
Éthos by Biasol in Brighton reimagines the wellness clinic with sculptural interiors, rich materials and a calm, immersive experience.
Project
One Two Five by Hub expands flexible work in Perth
A 10,000-square-metre flagship by Hub Australia and Hassell at Brookfield Place reframes the co-working office as a hybrid of workplace, events venue and lifestyle destination.
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The detail of design
After eight years at Cera Stribley, Jessica Ellis launches her own studio, bringing a refined, hands-on approach to residential, hospitality and lifestyle interiors, beginning with the quietly confident Brotherwolf flagship in South Melbourne.
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Copper-clad pavilion connects tennis court with Sydney home
With interiors by Mathieson and architecture by SJB, Avalon Tennis Pavilion connects the main house with a tennis court at this Sydney property.
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R.Evolution: Plus Studio completes nine-year vision for South Melbourne
The final tower in R.Corporation’s R.Iconic precinct demonstrates how density can create connection — through a 20-metre void, one-acre rooftop and nine years of learning what makes vertical neighbourhoods work.
Project
Wellness architecture serving up residential-level craftsmanship
In their first major commercial project to date, Woodward Architects brings a bespoke sense of craft and material authenticity to this wellness destination in Balgowlah.
Ideas
Behind the Brand with Jasper Sundh
Jasper Sundh of Hästens shares insights on global growth, wellness-led design and expanding the premium sleep brand in Australia.
Project
Wellness, reimagined at One Playground Victoria Cross
It’s glamourous, luxurious and experiential – the new flagship destination for One Playground by Mitchell & Eades has it all.
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.
Ideas
A journey of renewal: Integrating Japanese bathing rituals into bathroom design
Jason Gibney, winner of the Editor’s Choice Award in 2025 Habitus House of the Year, reflects on how bathroom rituals might just be reshaping Australian design.
Project
Green Cup opens at Chadstone with a fresh, pared-back design by Hecker Guthrie
Hecker Guthrie brings a natural, material-led design to Green Cup’s new Chadstone store, pairing pine, steel and glass with a grab-and-go layout inspired by the brand’s fresh, organic ethos.
Project
Inside Precinct 75’s build-to-rent transformation
COX Architecture uses saturated colour and hotel-style amenity across the historic St Peters location, designed for Coronation Property.
Events
Alba Thermal Springs joins the Sustainability Summit as exclusive prize partner
Experience sustainability and luxury in one unforgettable stay! Alba Thermal Springs joins the Sustainability Summit as our exclusive prize partner.
Project
Retirement living that feels “grounded, adaptable and unapologetically architectural”
Designed by DKO, the latest Ingenia Lifestyle Element resident clubhouses at Fullerton Cove and Natura at Port Stephens focus on the lifestyle needs of a changing over-55s demographic.
Project
Sanctuary within a sanctuary: KWD completes accommodation interiors at Alba
In what is already a peaceful idyll on the Mornington Peninsula, Kate Walker has crafted an intimate retreat with new villas for overnight stays at Alba.
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Growing space: grovve by FARM and WY-TO reimagines youth wellness with design empathy
grovve sets a new benchmark in youth mental wellness design – an empathetic, biophilic sanctuary where mental wellbeing is nurtured through choice, comfort and co-creation.
Products
Wellness by design: floor coverings creating healthier indoor environments
Designing people-first buildings with flooring that contributes to achieving WELL features in the WELL Building Standard. Works with WELL is a new trademark created by the International WELL Building Institute for use by manufacturers to show when their products align with features in the WELL Building Standard.
Articles
“A space that affects all the senses:” Bates Smart and MillerKnoll create a holistic workplace in Melbourne
A new holistic workplace design typology is achieved thanks to collaboration and customisation.
Project
Shangchen Bathhouse is a sensory exploration of wellbeing
Shangchen Bathhouse, conceived by Wei Zhixue for WUXING YOUXING SPACE DESIGN, goes beyond problem-solving, delving into the infinite possibilities of sensory exploration.
Project
Radiating warmth and wellness in Byron Bay
Comma Byron is a bathhouse where wellness and creativity converge in a space that anticipates every need and sparks the senses.
Workplace
Long life, loose fit: The ‘chameleon architecture’ of 151 Toorak Road will evolve and adapt
Making a statement in South Yarra, 151 Toorak Road by Bird de la Coeur Architects is both sustainable and adaptable as a design for today and the future.
Project
Far from the madding crowd, better health through great design in Hong Kong
The AIA Alta Wellness Haven offers the complete package for health and wellbeing away from the busy city life in Hong Kong and does it through a stellar interior design.
Project
Exploring Hotel Indigo Kuala Lumpur on the Park with Anna Vivian
We hear from the GA Group Marketing Executive about how the neighbouring forest reserve, local culture, art and sustainability create a unique boutique hotel with a sense of place.
Project
Total luxury at ACME’s newly opened Brisbane health club
Designed by ACME, Brisbane’s Total Fusion Platinum aims to set a new benchmark in luxury living and fitness facilities in Brisbane.
Ideas
4 key factors to designing for wellness
Three representatives from well-known Asian hotels share their successful blueprint in designing hospitality spaces from a wellness perspective.
News
Warren and Mahoney craft an urban village in Melbourne’s Docklands
Designed by Warren and Mahoney, ‘District Living’ is a build-to-rent project set to significantly expand and enhance accommodation options at Melbourne’s inner-city Docklands precinct.
Workplace
Working inside the cloud with HDR
It’s time to take a peek inside NEXTDC M2 designed by HDR, an altogether different approach for workplace interiors.
Ideas
What can we learn from the ‘Blue Zones’ as we strive to live longer and age well?
A specialist in senior living, Dr YE Ng of Architectus Conrad Gargett draws on research into the ‘Blue Zones’ – regions worldwide where people have the longest lifespans – to offer insights into the key ingredients to create places for ageing well.
Products
Milliken releases the world’s first self-sanitising carpet, MGUARD+
Milliken Flooring Covering (ANZ) has recently launched the world’s first carpet tile that is effective against the COVID virus and various bacteria. It’s a self-sanitising carpet that is set to revolutionise how we manage and maintain hygiene in our everyday environments.
Project
“From council car park to vertical campus”: Bankstown City Campus by HDR
HDR, in collaboration with Walker Corporation and Lyons, has designed Western Sydney University’s new 26,500 square metre vertical Bankstown City Campus as part of a $340M investment in the area.
Project
Workplace meets hospitality at Diageo by Woods Bagot
Woods Bagot has breathed new life into Sydney’s historic Transport House, fashioning it into a dynamic workplace complete with its very own bar.
Ideas
Bates Smart comment: Can city-making inform hospital design?
From third spaces to connections with the urban realm, Alison Huynh shares her vision for healthy hospital design.
Project
Let the gaming begin: Design Shop’s workspace for Ubisoft, Canada
Design Shop presents an inventive workspace for Ubisoft. Located in the Historic Exchange District of Winnipeg, this workspace amalgamates historical charm, local narrative and modern design elements to reimagine office design.
Project
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.
Project
Wurun Senior Campus is a unique take on vertical school model
Wurun Senior Campus’ terraces in the sky and dynamic learning neighbourhoods turn the vertical school model outside-in. Senior year just got better.
VIC
Elegance, luxury and deep restoration at Alba Thermal Springs and Spa
Alba Thermal Springs and Spa is all fire and ice: essential yet monumental, discrete yet indulgent. The project has been shortlisted at this year’s INDE.Awards in The Health and Wellbeing Space category – the wellness journey is yours for the taking.
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Wurun Senior Campus, the height of education design in Melbourne
Winner of The Learning Space at 2023 INDE.Awards, Wurun Senior Campus by GHD Design and Grimshaw features terraces in the sky and dynamic learning neighbourhoods that turn the vertical school model outside-in. Senior year just got better.
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“Manipulating the state of water”: Aurora Spa and Bathhouse by Woods Bagot
Nestled in the heart of Victoria’s Mornington Peninsula, Woods Bagot’s Aurora Spa and Bathhouse blends traditional and contemporary design elements. Aurora’s style takes inspiration from the past and present to create a serene wellness retreat.
Articles
Technogym evolves an ecosystem of wellness: available anywhere, anytime
Industry specialists in providing personalised wellness experiences, Technogym continues to innovate and adapt. This new comprehensive health and fitness platform takes a holistic approach to individual fitness and empowers people to take control of their own wellbeing – at anytime, from anywhere.
Events
Technogym Run: Versatility, technology and no shortage of style in home fitness
The Technogym Run, a new entrant in the home fitness landscape, combines advanced technology, diverse training modes and interactivity in a single package. This versatile treadmill could significantly enhance the scope and quality of home workouts, as well as complementing any stylish space.
NSW
Best practice in animal welfare: BARC by Sam Crawford Architects
Considered and humane, BARC sets a new benchmark in pet management that considers all aspects of both the relinquishing and adoption of pets. It’s a Sydney project that meets the international benchmark of animal wellbeing design.
NSW
Welcome to Hospital Street: BLP realises Campbelltown award-winning expansion
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) award-winning integrated design.
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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.
Project
Designed to be climbed all over: Kuzman Architecture in Melbourne
At Rocket Climbing there is a wonderful view when you reach the top and, thanks to Kuzman Architecture, it’s a design-led vista to behold.
VIC
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.
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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.
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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.
Workplace
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.
Events
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.
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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.
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Ally Singapore: Spin studio with a tribe experience
Ally Singapore by Kaizen Architecture is more than a spin studio with multiple communal spaces carved out for social interactions in a post-pandemic world.
Ideas
Wellness-driven cities can be an antidote to loneliness
What makes a healthy town centre in 2022? HDR director, Alex Wessling, comments on how important it is for architects to place wellness at the very centre of neighbourhood and town centre design.
Project
Bold new business: Biasol’s latest wellness project
Insight Body and Mind, a new multidisciplinary studio focused on holistic wellbeing in Melbourne, offers a sensory design experience. It is the place to go to review, revitalise, regenerate and refresh – all in the most beautiful surroundings.
Project
6 gyms that have had their own glow up
With 6 gyms that span from the corporate, to private, to the futuristic, working out has never felt so good.
Project
Bold beauty: Made For’s Bali Body fit-out
Made For has brought refinement and relaxation to a dilapidated warehouse in Brighton, Melbourne, that brings Bali Body into an era of beauty and space.
Finishes
Arent&Pyke’s bespoke rug design for Vida Glow HQ
Vida Glow has teamed up with Arent&Pyke to create its stunning new home base. A destination that, thanks to supple elements like Tappeti bespoke rugs, feels both luxurious and grounded.
Articles
Vida Glow’s sumptuous new home by Arent&Pyke
Vida Glow’s stunning new home base features bespoke rugs in a design that adds a sense of comfort and luxury to a place of work.
Project
Stripped back, amped up: Joyce’s gym
Veiled in a stainless-steel mesh screen, this new 24/7 gym in Geelong by Joyce Architects creates a ‘paradigm shift’ in the fitness category.
Project
Herculean effort: A new paradigm for fitness design
Created as a place to enhance daily workout life, Hercules Fitness is anything but your average gym.
Events
American Standard Design Catalyst: Ideas, insights and trends on wellness
Thought leaders from the Asia Pacific region come together to inspire the future with purposeful design through a one-day webinar.
Project
This healthcare unit is made from upcycled shipping containers
Architecture Discipline has done it again! Not only is its latest project a response to need, it also provides a template of health-giving design for the future.
Project
Where we swim: Liquid Blu’s aquatic culture
With a portfolio that extends from Hobart to Darwin and everywhere in between, Liquid Blu has played a key role in the development of Australia’s aquatic culture.
News
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.
Ideas
What’s shaping residential and hospitality design in 2022?
SB Architects, renowned for creating award-winning hospitality, residential, and mixed-use design solutions tailored to the heritage and character of their location, has released insights into the biggest influences that informed design in 2021, and what trends will pick up even more momentum in 2022.
Articles
A tranquil women’s wellness centre, delivered with quality and integrity
Building Guild’s early contract involvement in Holixir, an all-in-one women’s wellness space, culminated as a high-calibre, sophisticated and serene project with collaboration and meticulous client consultation at its core.
Project
A medical practice designed to favour warmth over austerity
Rezen Studio utilises a soft, warm and balanced material palette in New Me, an unconventional medical centre in Booragoon, Perth.
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First factory in Vietnam with naturally ventilated manufacturing halls
How can architecture positively impact less-than-ideal manufacturing practices in developing countries? With Jakob Factory, Rollimarchini Arkitekten and G8A Architects propose a new factory typology that puts an emphasis on the well-being of the people and the land.
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The New Age of Wellness
From office buildings, hospitals, parks and retreats, wellness is becoming multi-dimensional. Once the outlier of architectural vernaculars, we now look to wellness as a core design narrative, informing the way we build, design and interact with all kinds of spaces and places.
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RISE: A wellness space upping the game for end-of-trip facilities
101 Collins expands and enhances its end-of-trip facility, ONE, with the wellness and fitness studio RISE, designed by Gray Puksand.
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RISE: A wellness space upping the game for end-of-trip facilities
101 Collins expands and enhances its end-of-trip facility, ONE, with the wellness and fitness studio RISE, designed by Gray Puksand.
Articles
What is design for wellbeing?
Part of a series produced by VOLA, Wellness and Wellbeing is a thought-provoking short film presented by none other than acclaimed British designer Ilse Crawford.
Project
A Clinic For The Body And Soul
Despite limited materials for medical facilities, UPSTAIRS_ has conceived a contemporary clinic, fit for medical and aesthetic treatments, while embedding the practitioners’ beliefs.
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A Clinic For The Body And Soul
Despite limited materials for medical facilities, UPSTAIRS_ has conceived a contemporary clinic, fit for medical and aesthetic treatments, while embedding the practitioners’ beliefs.
Events
SID Design Conversations: The New Pathways To Wellness At Work
Walking meetings and escape nooks – designed for both connection and disconnection – are key to wellness and productivity in two new workspaces at Paya Lebar Quarter.
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MT TITLIS Club: Tranquil Voids In Foshan By Matrix Design
Matrix Design has created a serene, minimalist building inspired by the four elements for a private members’ club in south China’s Foshan.
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Balance by Studio 103 brings a balanced design
Balance by name and balanced by design, this wellness studio designed by Studio 103 is a tranquil, peaceful space for AMP employees to look after their health and wellbeing.
Products
Dyson Lightcycle: The Right Light For The Right Time Of Day
Two years R&D, 90 engineers, 982 prototypes – Dyson Lightcycle is designed to provide the right light for the right time of day, anywhere in the world.
Project
A dermatology clinic with a difference by LAANK
Peer behind the calming timber reception and you will be surprised to find bursts of pink, orange and blue. This dermatology clinic breaks with convention to offer a new way of projecting professionalism and comfort.
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A Dermatology Clinic With A Difference By LAANK
Realms of pink and orange, undulating walls in wood; this dermatology clinic breaks with convention to offer a new way of projecting professionalism and comfort.
Ideas
What is wellness in 2019?
The wellness revolution is well and truly upon us. But what exactly defines wellness and how is it shifting? We reflect on projects from the 2018 INDE.Awards.
Ideas
What Is Wellness In 2019?
The wellness revolution is well and truly upon us. But what exactly defines wellness and how is it shifting? We reflect on projects from the 2018 INDE.Awards.
Project
FARM Designs A New Type Of Gym Inspired By The Coworking Model
The fitness industry sees reinvention with Core Collective, where FARM crafts a well-rounded approach to fitness with healthcare services and social spaces as well as gym equipment.
Ideas
The Workplace Themes You Need To Know From Orgatec 2018
From wellness to materiality and the changing requirements of an office space – we take a look at the discussion points arising from biennale commercial trade show Orgatec in 2018.
Ideas
Big themes tackled for the workplace at Orgatec 2018
From wellness to materiality and the changing requirements of an office space – no stone is being left unturned as a design reference at Orgatec 2018. We take a look at the discussion points arising at the biennale commercial tradeshow.
Events
Cubes 93: Designing Well(ness)
What is the role of architects and designers in fostering wellness? Cubes 93 casts an eye over healthcare design as well as the pursuit of wellness in hospitality, the workplace, and community facilities.
Project
Here’s Why We’re Leading Wellbeing In Design: Asia Pacific’s Best Wellness Spaces
Wellness continues to be a central driver in contemporary design. Here are the region’s best wellness spaces according to the INDE jury this year.
Project
Reinventing the boutique fitness studio
Ohlo Studio’s new design for LA Fit takes inspiration from 1980s Los Angeles and reinvents the boutique fitness studio typology as a friendly place for all.
Articles
Bringing wellness to the workplace with The Working Capitol
The Working Capitol’s INDE-nominated Robinson Road space is a bold sophomore effort that interweaves efficiency and wellbeing.
Articles
Going green: How the design industry is embracing a return to its roots
The old saying goes that “sticks and stones can break bones”. But is there really any reason to be afraid of nature? From a ‘forest kindergarten’ to natural finishes, nature is making its way back into our interiors.
Ideas
How ‘Wellness’ Became A Global Industry – And Why Our Wellness Spaces Are Here To Stay
Mafi joins the 2018 INDE.Awards as the Official Partner of the ‘Wellness Space’ Award, continuing the brand’s commitment to the pursuit of wellness through design in all its forms.
Articles
How ‘wellness’ became a global industry – and why our wellness spaces are here to stay
Mafi joins the 2018 INDE.Awards as the Official Partner of the ‘Wellness Space’ Award, continuing the brand’s commitment to the pursuit of wellness through design in all its forms.
News
Indesign #71 is Hitting Shelves Now
In this issue – The ‘design pharmacy’ issue – co-editors Alice Blackwood and Sophia Watson invite you to ‘get’ well, to really understand and consider what this newly defined ‘health economy’ means.
Project
Link Group’s New Melbourne Home by GroupGSA
Given the brief of merging Link Group’s newly acquired business Super Partners with its own unique business culture and style, GroupGSA has completed work on Link Group’s new $30 million, 10 floor office fit-out in Collins Square, Melbourne.
Project
Can Design Help Us Reconnect With Nature?
Bangkok-based Bensley Design Studios conceived a series of curated spaces for the Coqoon Spa to help guests reconnect with nature in a subconscious manner.
Workplace
How is design making us healthy?
Businesses are finally understanding how precious employees’ health is, and the design industry needs expert consultants to deliver projects that meet these expectations. Welnis shares its 10 key wellness elements for human-centric wellbeing in the built environment.
Furniture
Working with wellness: Explore bespoke fitness solutions with the industry experts
Pioneers of the sleek, sculptural, and oh-so-efficient, Technogym’s dedication to personalisation allows architects and interior designers complete design freedom to engineer the wellness environment of their dreams.