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• Reframing the retail experience with HARMAY

  14-04-2026 09:24 via indesignlive.com
  Retail is an ever-changing environment; however, one constant is the need to provide an experiential offering for customers. For AIM Architecture, the shopping experience is everything, as the architects understand that connecting people and place through design that inspires and delights ensures a brand will thrive.AIM Architecture has enjoyed a special relationship with HARMAY over the years and has completed more than 15 stores for the Chinese beauty brand. Each project is individual and take
  
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• Art with heart

  14-04-2026 09:06 via indesignlive.com
  An art and architecture destination like no other, the island of Naoshima in the Seto Inland Sea of Japan has just added another masterwork to its collection of Tadao Ando architecture.Thirty years from inception, Naoshima and the neighbouring islands have realised both the practical and philosophical intent of Tetsuhiko Fukutake, the founding president of Fukutake Publishing, and Chikatsugu Miyake, the then-mayor of Naoshima, who embraced the idea of creating an art island. stating: “If a
  
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• Designing the daily rituals of work, hospitality and health

  14-04-2026 08:53 via indesignlive.com
  With sites all over Melbourne and Sydney, The Commons — venue host of our STORIESINDESIGN podcast — has always presented itself as more than co-working spaces. Founder, Cliff Ho, consistently emphasises the blurring of boundaries between workspace facilities and hospitality offerings — and now there is a third part to add.With new locations at South Yarra and Richmond in Melbourne, The Commons has decisively brought health and wellness into the equation. The Commons H
  
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• A COX carnival of colour in the workplace

  14-04-2026 07:17 via indesignlive.com
  Colour: often a point of caution or even fear, where designers opt for the least risky course in an attempt to be as ‘neutral’ or inoffensive (or bland) as possible. Not so with COX Architecture’s approach to Intuit Sydney, a new, vibrant workplace that functions as an Asia-Pacific focal point for the financial software company.COX Architecture has taken a deliberately bold position with colour in this project, led by a clear sense of purpose in the client brief. “From th
  
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• Mapping the Technosphere: Architecture as an Interface Between Systems and Territories

  14-04-2026 06:00 via archdaily.com
  Chilean Atacama Desert. Image by European Southern Observatory with known IDsCC-BY-4.0European Southern Observatory Images ESO files uploaded by OptimusPrimeBotlicensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International licenseArchitecture can no longer be conceived as an isolated object, detached from the technical networks that sustain contemporary life — a condition that calls for new readings and approaches. It is within this context that, in March, ArchDaily’s monthly them
  
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• Cunha House / Roberto Brotero Arquitetura

  14-04-2026 05:00 via archdaily.com
  © Camila Alba architects: Roberto Brotero ArquiteturaLocation: Cunha, BrasilProject Year: 2024Photographs: Camila AlbaArea: 300.0 m2 Read more »
  
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• Performance and versatility at Brisbane’s new Glasshouse Theatre

  14-04-2026 04:50 via indesignlive.com
  Cementing its position as one of Australia’s most diverse and dynamic cultural hubs, the Queensland Cultural Precinct welcomes a new landmark in the Glasshouse Theatre, a 1,500-seat venue that will play host to world-class ballet, dance, symphony, opera and musicals.Back in 2019, when the international competition was announced, Blight Rayner Architecture invited Snøhetta to collaborate. It was an opportunity rooted in an earlier meeting between director Michael Rayner and Kjetil Tr
  
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• Lee House / Candalepas Associates

  14-04-2026 04:00 via archdaily.com
  © Rory Gardiner architects: Candalepas AssociatesLocation: Watsons Bay NSW 2030, AustraliaProject Year: 2020Photographs: Rory Gardiner Read more »
  
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• NSW government proposes single statewide community consultation framework

  14-04-2026 02:53 via architectureau.com
  The proposed Community Participation Plan would replace more than 100 existing plans across the state with a single, consistent process for public input on planning proposals.
  
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• Australia’s first new cathedral in over a century planned for Sydney

  14-04-2026 02:52 via architectureau.com
  The 7.7-hectare cathedral precinct is the first Australian project for London-based Níall McLaughlin Architects, working alongside local practice Hayball.
  
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• Allison Pye on the power of restraint and designing for life

  14-04-2026 02:08 via indesignlive.com
  As part of the SpeakingOut! series for the 2026 INDE.Awards, industry voices come together to explore the ideas shaping contemporary design. In this episode, host Jan Henderson speaks with Allison Pye of Lindblom Pye Interiors, an accomplished designer whose work continues to define thoughtful, human-centred interiors.This interview is proudly supported by Tongue & Groove, partner of The Interior Space category at the 2026 INDE.Awards, celebrating excellence in interior design across the Ind
  
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• Hongling Middle School Shixia Campus / Tumushi Architects

  14-04-2026 02:00 via archdaily.com
  © Chao Zhang architects: Tumushi ArchitectsLocation: Shenzhen, ChinaProject Year: 2023Photographs: Chao ZhangArea: 42177.0 m2 Read more »
  
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• Inside Brisbane Plastic & Cosmetic Surgery’s new flagship clinic

  14-04-2026 01:29 via indesignlive.com
  Tell us about the site context.
  The site is located in one of Brisbane’s most active urban precincts, on Robertson Street at the heart of the broader James Street precinct. It is an area full of shopping, hospitality, accommodation and commercial spaces.What can you tell us about the client and their brief?
  Brisbane Plastic & Cosmetic Surgery is a leading clinic founded by specialist plastic and reconstructive surgeon Dr. Philip Richardson.The brief was to design a contemporary and bea
  
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• Carlton Laneway House by MRTN Architects

  14-04-2026 01:10 via architectureau.com
  Inspired by a patchwork aesthetic of outbuildings and extensions, this laneway addition reorients a Melbourne terrace for the evolving demands of multigenerational living.
  
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