workplace design
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What’s on in Surry Hills at Saturday Indesign 2026
Explore everything happening across Surry Hills at Saturday Indesign 2026, from immersive installations and hands-on workshops to design discussions, live making and hospitality.
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Better work environments for everyone
Angela Ferguson is focused on creating workplaces that support and benefit everyone, and her new practice, NeuroHaven, is leading by example.
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Tzannes’ Amy Dowse on three golden rules for a viable practice
Tzannes Director Amy Dowse sets out a triangle of three golden rules for a successful practice: leadership, rigour and respect.
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It’s time for debate and discussion at Saturday Indesign
Saturday Indesign might be revitalised and full of surprises in 2026, but the ever-popular Design Discussion series is back for more thought-provoking panels. Find out who’s discussing what in Sydney on 12th September.
Furniture
Zenith: 70 years young!
Zenith marks the incredible milestone of seven decades, celebrating as well as looking to the future.
Workplace
The butterfly workplace
A new workplace by lyth Design for ChrysCapital in Mumbai is both creative and original and enhances the everyday working life through its innovative design.
Workplace
Per atria ad astra
In the very heart of Sydney’s CBD, 1 Elizabeth is a vast civic-scale project that integrates workplace design, transport infrastructure, event spaces, and hospitality around some dramatic void spaces.
Workplace
Seidler, Nervi and fjcstudio walk into an office tower
Set within hallowed architectural surroundings amidst the ghosts of Harry Seidler and Pier Luigi Nervi, fjcstudio’s new Sydney home brings geometric clarity and a spirit of creative exchange to a challenging workplace fit-out.
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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.
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INDE.Awards Gala marks ten years with truly regional scope
At a packed awards night in Melbourne, the design community from all corners of the Asia-Pacific region came together to celebrate an incredible range of winners.
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“A moment of global significance”: Atlassian tops out in Sydney
Atlassian Central by SHoP Architects and BVN has reached its full structural height, marking a construction milestone for the 39-storey commercial tower in Sydney.
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Workplace designed as an urban sanctuary
Bean Buro discusses the design of Palatino Hospitality’s Hong Kong workplace, where biophilic design, warm materiality and hospitality principles combine to create a calm retreat within the city.
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Adaptive reuse in WA turns teachers college into workplace
Spaceagency Architects complete executive offices for the Prendiville Group through the restoration and conversion of the State Heritage-listed former Fremantle Technical School Annex.
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Special delivery for the people of Ofload
Our economy and society rides on the freight and logistics sector, which translates into an enormous responsibility for the people behind the scenes who keep supply chains moving.
Events
INDE.Awards celebrates ten years with shortlist reveal at Zenith
The design community gathered at Zenith’s Sydney showroom to celebrate the tenth anniversary of the INDE.Awards and the official unveiling of the 2026 shortlist.
Events
A bold light and sound experience by Autex Acoustics and DARKON
Presenting a sound and light event in Melbourne’s CBD, Autex Acoustics and DARKON showcased their exemplary products and raised the bar for better design.
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Art, acoustics and colour come together
Woven Image welcomed more than 100 architects and designers to Sydney to celebrate its latest collaboration with Australian artist Ben Goss, exploring how art and colour are shaping contemporary commercial interiors.
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A workplace that doubles as a design showroom
Designed with Made For, Wildflower’s Melbourne office uses a restrained material palette, bold colour and curated furniture to create a workplace that reflects the company’s approach to interiors.
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The office as a stage: Wilkhahn x Indesign
A recent gathering hosted by Wilkhahn brought designers together to discuss flexibility, technology and the changing role of the workplace.
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Comment: Why the most valuable workplace connections are built offline
Davenport Campbell’s Neill Johanson argues that, in a hybrid era, the office is no longer justified by attendance alone.
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Mutual Trust finds a new home in Adelaide
For Mutual Trust’s Adelaide workplace, Woods Bagot drew on the idea of a stately family home to create an interior shaped by legacy and ease.
Events
The next phase of Passivhaus in Australia
Returning to Melbourne this month, Australia’s official Passivhaus conference THRIVE turns its attention to the commercial case for high-performance building.
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“Renewable real estate”: Wrapping up Melbourne Design Week with FK
FK hosted a standout Melbourne Design Week event with a panel on adaptive reuse and renewable real estate at 500 Bourke, featuring previous contributor Nicky Drobis and our editor as moderator.
Workplace
From floorplate to cityscape
M Moser Associates has reimagined DuPont’s Shanghai R&D Centre as a network of connected neighbourhoods, using local references and workplace strategy to support collaboration, flexibility and future growth.
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A perfumery with somewhere to sit
For Libertine Parfumerie’s new Armadale boutique, Tamsin Johnson looked to the warmth of the home and the rhythm of old-world shopfronts to make fragrance retail feel slower, richer and more personal.
Articles
What happens when a chair becomes the conversation?
At Machine Hall, Herman Miller gathered Sydney’s design community to consider performance seating as part of workplace strategy, not just workplace furniture.
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Alex Bain on finding his anchor in Herman Miller’s Aeron Chair
In the last instalment of our three-part performance seating series, Alex Bain from Architectus explains why sitting well shouldn’t feel like sitting at all and explores an unexpected success metric of the hybrid workplace: the grounding power of emotional support.
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La Marzocco finds its Sydney rhythm
Inside La Marzocco Sydney, Open Creative Studio has turned a Botany warehouse into a flexible showroom, training space and events venue — one that understands coffee culture as both technical craft and social ritual.
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Architecture as a cultural negotiator
As Snøhetta marks ten years of permanent presence in Australia, co-founder Kjetil Trædal Thorsen reflects on Country, civic generosity, regenerative design and why architecture must keep imagining “memories of the future.”
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Some special commercial pieces from Salone del Mobile
Milan Design Week means more than lounging in luxury and the latest in bathroom beauty. We pull out a handful of exciting commercial furniture highlights.
Products
Designing colour with intent: Inside the Breathe palette
Tamara Veltre, director at Breathe, reflects on the studio’s collaboration with Haymes Paint — a deliberately reduced, architect-designed palette that reframes colour as part of architecture, not an afterthought.
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Surround sound of colour and movement
Discover Doreme’s Kolkata workplace and showroom — a neon wonderland celebrating children’s joy with bespoke design.
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When space sounds like serenity
As sensory beings, humans thrive in environments that deliver subtle visual cues, pleasing textures and harmonious acoustics.
People
25 years of Greg Natale: Beyond the decorative
This November marks 25 years since Greg Natale opened his Sydney studio. In the decades since, he has built one of Australia’s most recognisable design practices, defined by pattern and decorative conviction.
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Michael Drescher and Jacob Olsen on finding the sweet spot with Herman Miller’s Sayl Chair
In the second instalment of our performance seating three-parter, we turn to DKO’s Michael Drescher and Jacob Olsen to peek behind Sayl’s confident architectural form and explore the ideas of inclusivity, adaptability and freedom to move as hallmarks of what sitting your best actually means.
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Dale O’Brien on sitting easy with Herman Miller’s Verus Chair
In the first instalment of our three-part series exploring what it means to sit your best, we pose the question to Gray Puksand’s Dale O’Brien, who discusses the importance of ease and majority rule when it comes to sitting and reveals why specifying a task chair is not unlike choosing a Volvo.
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Woods Bagot reimagines its very own Sydney studio
Woods Bagot has completed the refurbishment of its Sydney studio, delivering a purpose-built creative environment designed to reflect a collaborative culture and signature design thinking.
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Sound solutions
Celebrating 50 years in Australia and 35 years successfully manufacturing in Australia, the significance of this longevity required a project that truly acknowledged this milestone – the development of a new headquarters designed for the future.
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.
Workplace
A COX carnival of colour in the workplace
A bold approach to colour aims to balance flexible workspace functionality with convivial areas of connection in this Sydney office by COX Architecture.
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Inside Brisbane Plastic & Cosmetic Surgery’s new flagship clinic
Casey Talbot of Studio Collective discusses the design of a new Brisbane clinic that balances healthcare requirements with a more considered, patient-focused interior.
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A high-tech, future-ready extension for Mumbai’s automobile design hub
Designing for the future, SJK Architects has completed a workplace for automobile designers, Mahindra & Mahindra in Mumbai, that embraces technology but also has the all-important human touch.
Articles
A fabulous flex in human-centric design
In any interior space, tables need to imbue functionality with flair. They are the quiet achievers of breakout zones, the centre of attention in agile workspaces and the magic zone for brainstorms or brunches.
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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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Comment: Four design principles pushing beyond the office in 2026
As 2026 gathers pace, Davenport Campbell Principal Neill Johanson argues that the people-place-process nexus in workplace design just won’t cut it any longer.
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Soundscape serenity meets geometric pizazz
The difference between music and noise is partly how we feel when we hear it. Similarly, the way people respond to an indoor space is based on sensory qualities such as colour, texture, shapes, scents and sound.
Workplace
New FK-led research bolsters the importance of adaptive reuse in workplace design
FK’s Nicky Drobis takes us through a recent poll of 1,000 office workers across Sydney, Melbourne and Brisbane that suggests a preference for reuse – despite an ‘awareness gap’.
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Steelcase opens hybrid showroom and workplace in Hangzhou
Steelcase has unveiled one of its largest Asia Pacific showrooms in Hangzhou, merging workplace, brand experience and client engagement in a single flexible environment designed by M Moser.
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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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A vision in silver: TAOA’s new studio
A simple and stark silver box juts out into the street. It can be no other than architectural practice TAOA’s new studio.
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A museum of Meenakari: Studio Lotus designs Sunita Shekhawat’s Jaipur flagship
Shortlisted in The Retail Space category at the 2025 INDE.Awards, this new design for brand retailing is so much more than a retail store and is now the jewel in the crown of Sunita Shekhawat.
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Designing your very own studio calls for only the highest standards
Hammond Studio has completed its own workplace in Sydney, placing great emphasis on collaborative technology, light and of course high-quality detailing.
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Crafting a unique sense of place
In design for contemporary commercial buildings, the nexus of design energy revolves around human wellbeing and planetary stewardship, two concepts that are woven into the approach of Tappeti, creators of fine hand-crafted rugs and carpets.
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The Great Room expands Sydney footprint with design-led flagship
The Great Room by Industrious opens a design-led flagship coworking space at One O’Connell Street, blending hospitality and flexible work.
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Rodd & Gunn reimagined
With a superb design for the new Rodd & Gunn flagship in Melbourne’s CBD, Studio Y has created something very special that takes the idea of retail to another level.
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Designing education on a grand scale
Monash University Malayasia will be making its presence felt with a grand new project in Kuala Lumpur.
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Thirty years of practice: How PTID has evolved
As PTID marks 30 years of practice, founder Cameron Harvey reflects on the people-first principles and adaptive thinking that continue to shape the studio’s work.
Workplace
The world of work in 2026 according to WORKTECH
With its Academy report, WORKTECH sets out some predictions and reflections on the workplace in 2026.
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How adaptable furniture is redefining the hybrid workplace
Zenith introduces Kissen Create, a modular system of mobile walls designed to keep pace with the realities of contemporary work.
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Mangrove garden: Bean Buro reimagines corporate culture in Hong Kong
Bean Buro transforms a financial office into a biophilic workplace using local art, hospitality design and wellbeing-driven spaces.
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A lick of blue to welcome you – 440 Collins St designed by Studio Tate
A lobby upgrade of 440 Collins St demonstrates how a building’s street-level spaces can be activated to serve many purposes.
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The Commons opens hospitality-led workspaces in Sydney and Melbourne
The Commons opens new Sydney and Melbourne locations by DesignOffice, blending hospitality, design and community.
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Australia Post’s circular workplace rethinks what a national institution can be
Australia Post’s new Melbourne Support Centre by Hassell showcases circular design, adaptive reuse and a community-focused approach to work.
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Inside Dissh Armadale: retail as space to linger
At Dissh Armadale, Brahman Perera channels a retail renaissance, with a richly layered interior that balances feminine softness and urban edge.
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CBRE Sydney workplace by Bates Smart reimagines the office experience
CBRE’s new Sydney workplace elevates the working life and celebrates design that is all style and sophistication.
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Five projects embracing the next wave of circular design
From radical material reuse to office-to-school transformations, these five projects show how circular thinking is reshaping architecture, interiors and community spaces.
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Landscape as a blueprint: a workplace anchored in Western Australia’s terrain
Designed by Woods Bagot, the new fit-out of a major resources company transforms 40,000-square-metres across 19 levels into interconnected villages that celebrate Western Australia’s diverse terrain.
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Translating design intent with Klaro’s manufacturing-led approach
In an industry where design intent is often diluted by value management and procurement pressures, Klaro Industrial Design positions manufacturing as a creative ally – allowing commercial interior designers to deliver unique pieces aligned to the project’s original vision.
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AIR emerges: Eid Goh launches a new chapter in practice
After more than two decades at Architects EAT, Eid Goh launches AIR, a new Melbourne-based studio focused on adaptive reuse, hospitality and human-centred design across commercial and civic projects.
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Boronia Apartments delivers affordable housing in Waterloo by TURNER
Boronia Apartments in Waterloo, designed by TURNER for City West Housing, delivers 74 affordable rental homes that combine sustainable design with long-term community-focused living.
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Material confidence at Ambit Curator’s Everton Buildings
Trust sits at the core of Everton Buildings’ new office, where Ambit Curator was given licence to move beyond convention and deliver a workplace defined by vision, materiality and assured detail.
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Omnicom’s Melbourne headquarters revitalises a heritage icon on Bourke Street
The new headquarters for Omnicom in Melbourne’s CBD sees heritage re-invigorated with style and finesse.
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Stylecraft opens new Collins Street showroom in Melbourne
Stylecraft opens its new Collins Street showroom, unveiling curated design spaces and Ross Gardam’s Dwell collection.
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When Worlds Collide: HOW WE LIVE opens in Sydney
Sydney’s newest design concept store, HOW WE LIVE, explores the overlap between home and workplace – with a Surry Hills pop-up from Friday 28th November.
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Brahman Perera’s contemporary cocoon for One Point Seven Four
A calm, gallery-like boutique by Brahman Perera for One Point Seven Four brings contemporary luxury and craft to Strand Arcade.
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Sydney Children’s Hospital Randwick opens with integrated care and research by BLP
BLP’s new Sydney Children’s Hospital, Randwick building brings together paediatric care, family-centred design and Australia’s first Children’s Comprehensive Cancer Centre in a major addition to the Randwick Health & Innovation Precinct.
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Ed Lippmann celebrates four decades of architecture
The eponymous practice founder reflects on four decades of work in a new book launched by Lord Mayor Clover Moore, tracing lessons from New York to Sydney and revisiting seminal works including 8 Chifley Square and the Andrew “Boy” Charlton Pool.
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Peerless design meets planet-aligned professionalism
True sustainability doesn’t have to be complicated. As Wilkhahn demonstrate with their newest commercial furniture range.
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Waves of change: PMG Group elevates a Sydney workplace from ordinary to exceptional
A thoughtful, low-waste redesign by PMG Group in collaboration with Goodman has transformed a dated office into a calm, contemporary workspace featuring a coastal-inspired palette and Milliken flooring for a refined finish.
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Japanese delight in Melbourne’s CBD
Making a splash on the hair spa scene, the latest project from X + O makes a little slice of Japan right at home in suburban Melbourne.
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Fernando Menis wins World Building of the Year 2025 for The Holy Redeemer Church
The World Architecture Festival has named The Holy Redeemer Church and Community Centre of Las Chumberas in La Laguna, Spain as World Building of the Year 2025, alongside major winners in interiors, future projects and landscape.
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NSW Government releases nine new architect-designed mid-rise housing patterns
The Minns Labor Government has unveiled nine new architect-designed mid-rise apartment patterns, expanding the NSW Housing Pattern Book and accelerating the delivery of accessible, high-quality housing across the state.
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Requiem of Ruins: Multitude of Sins turns leftovers into living design
Bangalore studio Multitude of Sins elevates true leftovers — not surplus — into a richly layered workspace where waste materials become narrative, structure and sculptural expression.
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Dinding Design Office captures the art of watchmaking
Inside Bangkok’s Siam Paragon Mall, L’Atelier by Dinding Design Office celebrates the artistry of independent watchmaking through a space defined by light, craft and meticulous detail.
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AIM Architecture elevates HARMAY’s signature style at Hongqiao Airport
With its latest outpost inside Shanghai’s bustling Hongqiao International Airport, HARMAY once again partners with AIM Architecture to reimagine retail through colour, movement and cultural expression.
Workplace
The invisible workforce: Davenport Campbell on the risks and realities of remote work
Neill Johanson, Principal at Davenport Campbell, comments on what we might be losing and gaining with the expansion of remote work.
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“We wanted the building to spark interest and character on the street”
Kiri Morgan, Director at Nightworks Studio, talks to us about the New Zealand practice’s very own new production space at Lawson St.
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Gray Puksand transforms workplaces into learning spaces
Gray Puksand’s adaptive reuse of former Melbourne office into Hester Hornbrook Academy’s new City Campus shows how architecture can support wellbeing, connection and community.
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GroupGSA designs MUFG Pension & Market Services’ Sydney HQ
GroupGSA delivers MUFG Pension & Market Service’s Sydney HQ with a dual Japanese–Australian identity, blending precision, warmth and workplace flexibility.
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Australia’s 2025 national landscape winners
Community, Country and climate were centred at the 2025 Australian Institute of Landscape Architects (AILA) Awards in Lutruwita/Tasmania on 21st October.
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Melbourne Walk opens as Bourke Street Mall’s first new development in 50 years
Buchan weaves heritage and contemporary retail across a 3,600sqm site featuring dual-branded hotels, arcades and revitalised laneways.
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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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In Addition on designing with intention and heart
Founded by Ana Ćalić McLean and Josh McLean, In Addition is a design studio creating thoughtful, client-focused architecture and interiors.
Workplace
Hassell research on returning to the office: Are mandates working?
‘The Mandate Mirage: 2025 Workplace Futures Survey’ is a new report by international design practice Hassell, revealing that the real drawcard for attracting employees to the office in-person is choice.
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“I don’t think we ever imagined it would be as successful as it is”: Ivan Harbour returns to Barangaroo
The Senior Design Director at RSHP reflects on Barangaroo South Masterplan during a visit to Sydney marking ten years since the completion of the first phase.
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The Moment Generator: Warren and Mahoney’s rethink of Beca’s Auckland HQ
Warren and Mahoney’s design for Beca’s Auckland headquarters turns the mechanics of engineering into poetry, rethinking how workplace design can reveal its own systems.
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The Commonwealth Association of Architects marks 60 years of design collaboration
Celebrating six decades of architectural excellence, the Commonwealth Association of Architects launches a year-long campaign.
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Baker Bleu’s refined industrial space by IF Architecture
IF Architecture crafts Baker Bleu Cremorne into a refined, sustainable bakery and café where industrial design meets artisanal warmth.
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The changing workplace and why it demands good design
With Steelcase having reopened its refreshed WorkLife Showroom in Singapore this year, we spoke to Navedita Shergill about some key workplace macro shifts identified in their research.
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Minimalism comes full circle
With a minimalist aesthetic and an inventive approach to product, ZETR is challenging the way electrical accessories are designed, made and experienced.