How The Pipi Beach House Makes A Small Lot Feel Big
This compact holiday home, nestled into a densely packed pocket of a seaside resort village Whangamata, ‘stands on tiptoe’ to capture ocean views. Georgia Cannon reports.
Can A Product’s Packaging Inform The Personality Of A Retail Space?
Japanese design house nendo have crafted a deliciously minimal chocolate shop “BbyB.” in the Tokyo borough of Ginza, Japan, based entirely on the interactive nature of the product’s wrapping.
5 Top New Designer Cafes
Strong design credentials and bold branding have become integral, success-determining elements in our increasingly competitive hospitality industry. With so many impressive interiors in our midst, designers are constantly pressured to up the creative ante. Elana Castle looks at a few of the standout restaurant and cafe interiors to emerge in recent months.
See the tropical renovation of a Federation dwelling
When a Danish couple became enamoured with Australia and set about making a home for themselves in North Sydney, they probably didn’t anticipate the tricky design process ahead of them.
A Private Residence In A Very Public Space
It sounds like a contradiction, but yes, this house is private despite being in an awkward corner site by a roundabout with a high volume of traffic.
Chiara, by loopcreative
Loopcreative explain the concept, design and execution of Chiara, a new Italian restaurant in Melbourne’s Docklands.
Exploring tapestry and stitching in Architecture
A set of three tapestries resulted in a design exploring the rich concept of stitching, as Annie Reid finds.
The Significance of Culture through Design
Technē Architecture + Interior Design have transformed the once drab interior of the MRC (Melbourne Racing Club) Medallion bar at Caulfield Racecourse into an elegant and highly functioning spectator hub.
Elana Castle explores.
5 Inspiring Terrace Renovations
Many of our inner-city houses are terraces; full of character, but often small and at odds with what we want. Transforming poky spaces into spacious family homes, here are five inspiring projects that show Australian architects are well equipped at making small spaces completely liveable.
This House Applies the Surrealist Technique ‘Cubomania’
A dilapidated but heritage-listed house becomes a sustainable, functional and architecturally impressive home for a young family, in Melbourne. Words by Tess Ritchie.
EPICUREAN OASIS: IRVING PLACE CAFÉ
When given the opportunity to take on an existing food kiosk in Brisbane’s Wintergarden shopping centre, proprietors Mitch Suchowacki and Dane Louie engaged interior designer Georgia Cannon to help transform the outmoded outlet into a space fit for today’s epicurean consumer.
Built For Bears
In Bear House, size matters. Designed for Be@rbrick collectors, the house centres itself around the owners’ Be@rbricks display cabinet and scale is based on the toys, rather than the owners.