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• South Perth House by Simon Pendal Architect

  19-07-2024 02:50 via architectureau.com
  
  Wrapped in a facade of over-scaled shingles, this beguiling addition peels away from the existing Arts and Crafts home and envelops a continuous set of rooms that unfurl across and down the site.
  
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• Perth Design Week 2026 adopts curated festival format

  12-02-2026 02:42 via indesignlive.com
  Perth Design Week (PDW) has unveiled the program for its 2026 edition, marking a significant evolution in the festival’s format and ambition. Now in its fourth year, the event will shift from an open-call model to a curated program of larger-scale events and exhibitions, positioning design as both cultural catalyst and civic instrument across Western Australia.Since its inception in 2022, PDW has built momentum as a platform for design thinking, collaboration and public dialogue. Inspired
  
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• Copper-clad pavilion connects tennis court with Sydney home

  12-02-2026 02:01 via indesignlive.com
  Set among the treetops and water views of Sydney’s Northern Beaches, this site already had plenty going for it. Mathieson’s interior design follows SJB’s architecture, with the new pavilion designed to act as a sanctuary as well as a connection between the tennis court and main house.Director Phillip Mathieson explains that their interiors are “respectful of the architectural form, while expressing our own design philosophies… It’s a beautiful, understated sp
  
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• Mondrian Gold Coast: barefoot luxury comes ashore

  12-02-2026 01:47 via indesignlive.com
  From Studio 54 to the birth of the boutique hotel, Schrager’s legacy lies in creating places that feel social, immersive and alive. With Mondrian Gold Coast, that philosophy arrives in Australia, translated through the coastal sensibility of Burleigh Heads by Fraser & Partners and developer Vitale Group.Rather than leaning into the polished excess often associated with luxury on the Gold Coast, the project proposes a quieter, more tactile idea of indulgence. The architects describe it
  
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• Entries open for 2026 Dezeen Awards

  12-02-2026 01:00 via architectureau.com
  In last year’s awards, 12 Australian projects made it through to the shortlist – the most of any country – and four claimed accolades.
  
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• R.Evolution: Plus Studio completes nine-year vision for South Melbourne

  12-02-2026 00:46 via indesignlive.com
  Urban renewal projects often promise transformation but deliver sameness — generic towers stacked above formulaic retail, wrapped in the rhetoric of community without the substance. R.Evolution, the final stage of Plus Studio‘s nine-year masterplan for R.Corporation’s R.Iconic precinct in South Melbourne, takes a different approach. The 40-storey tower, currently under construction on Normanby Road, concludes a landmark story of urban renewal grounded in materiality and sustain
  
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• Research survey invites architects and allies to reflect on Country-centred national competencies

  12-02-2026 00:44 via architectureau.com
  An online survey investigating how current practices in architecture and allied built environment disciplines interact with Country is now open.
  
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• Beauty Point House by CO–AP

  11-02-2026 22:11 via architectureau.com
  At once subtle and spectacular, this new home spills down its harbourside site in tribute to the coastal landscape and the lessons of the Sydney School.
  
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• Perth Design Week 2026 program launches

  11-02-2026 05:29 via architectureau.com
  The 2026 edition of the festival shifts from an open-call format to a curated program of larger-format events.
  
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• Inside the global ethos of NICE PROJECTS

  11-02-2026 05:01 via indesignlive.com
  There’s something more than just nice about NICE PROJECTS. Yes, the practice is led by two highly experienced principals and the work is diverse and beautifully resolved, but it’s the studio’s ethos that truly sets it apart.Established in 2020 by Simone McEwan and Sacha Leong, NICE PROJECTS is a small, highly organised architecture and design studio with a global presence. Between them, McEwan and Leong bring more than 35 years of experience across large and small commercial pr
  
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• Hannah Street Hotel by Flack Studio

  11-02-2026 04:05 via architectureau.com
  Given carte blanche in Southbank, Flack Studio distils Melbourne’s effortless eclecticism into Hannah Street Hotel – a layered, atmospheric world where modern nostalgia, surprise and soul collide.
  
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• Wellness architecture serving up residential-level craftsmanship

  11-02-2026 03:52 via indesignlive.com
  The brief for Positive Energy was based on a mission to positively impact people’s lives through a wellness facility offering multiple movement modes encouraging flexibility/mobility, meditation, breathwork and nutrition. The client also had a strong creative vision (as well as being a movement devotee and business owner, she is also a DJ), bringing Woodward Architects references of New York warehouse conversions and Miami art deco aesthetics. For her, it was important that the enviro
  
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• Bunnings’ backyard pods won’t fix the housing crisis, but they signal a shift

  11-02-2026 03:36 via architectureau.com
  Australia’s biggest hardware retailer has begun selling tiny homes, riding the shift toward factory-built housing, but the real shift is bigger: Australia needs to build high-quality homes at scale, not just sell small pods.
  
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• Sydney Fish Market: Roundtable podcast with 3XN, BVN and ASPECT Studios

  11-02-2026 03:35 via indesignlive.com
  LISTEN HERE!It’s been one of the city’s most prestigious projects in recent years: the new Sydney Fish Market, designed by 3XN, BVN and ASPECT Studios. Having opened to the public in January 2026, we are delighted to host representatives from each design practice for an in-person conversation hosted by The Commons, Surry Hills.Fred Holt (3XN), Catherine Skinner (BVN) and Louise Pearson (ASPECT Studios) – pictured left to right, below – reflect on how the project ties
  
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• Degrees of separation: Exploring the common ground of 31 Degrees Design’s new releases

  11-02-2026 02:53 via indesignlive.com
  At first glance, it’s the distance between DuO Too and CoALL that seems to define the relationship between 31 Degrees Design’s latest releases. However, while the degree of separation between a heavy-set public seating collection and a streamlined, tech-integrated workstation is apparent, this striking juxtaposition is just the surface of a far more singular narrative.Inspired by the assertive gestures of Brutalist architecture and the sincere material expression of béton brut
  
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• The Great Room expands Sydney footprint with design-led flagship

  11-02-2026 02:03 via indesignlive.com
  Coworking provider The Great Room by Industrious has unveiled its second Sydney location, opening a flagship workplace within the One O’Connell Street tower. Spanning Levels 14 and 15 of the WELL-certified building, the new space signals the brand’s continued confidence in Australia’s flex-work market and reinforces a broader shift toward hospitality-driven, design-led workplaces in the CBD.The opening follows CBRE’s acquisition of Industrious in early 2025 and builds on
  
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• Plans lodged to transform prominent St Martins Centre site in Perth

  11-02-2026 00:54 via architectureau.com
  Under the plans, St Martins Tower, once the tallest building in Western Australia, will be converted into a 243-room “lifestyle hotel”.
  
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• Cafe by day, bar by night

  11-02-2026 00:37 via indesignlive.com
  Transforming a rare inner-city bungalow, Spacemen Studio creates an all-day dining and lounge destination defined by natural light, layered materials and a seamless shift from brunch café to evening bar.In the dense fabric of central Kuala Lumpur, where commercial towers increasingly eclipse the city’s earlier domestic scale, Sun & Moon occupies a rare remnant: a standalone bungalow with a layered and somewhat unruly past. Rather than erase that history, Spacemen Studio has care
  
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• Café by day, bar by night

  11-02-2026 00:37 via indesignlive.com
  Transforming a rare inner-city bungalow, Spacemen Studio creates an all-day dining and lounge destination defined by natural light, layered materials and a seamless shift from brunch café to evening bar.In the dense fabric of central Kuala Lumpur, where commercial towers increasingly eclipse the city’s earlier domestic scale, Sun & Moon occupies a rare remnant: a standalone bungalow with a layered and somewhat unruly past. Rather than erase that history, Spacemen Studio has care
  
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• Gelato Messina Glenelg by Sans-Arc Studio

  10-02-2026 22:38 via architectureau.com
  On Glenelg’s bustling Jetty Road, a bold, colour-saturated interior by Sans-Arc Studio channels joy, community and the energy of southern Italy for Gelato Messina’s newest store.
  
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• Behind the Brand with Jasper Sundh

  10-02-2026 06:01 via indesignlive.com
  Behind the Brand is about getting to know the people shaping design-led businesses from within the industry. Jasper Sundh is a senior commercial leader at Hästens, working across wholesale, retail and hospitality markets globally. With a career built on international growth and premium brand development, Sundh brings a measured, performance-led perspective to one of the world’s most established luxury sleep brands.You’re originally from the Netherlands and now based in Sweden. H
  
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• David Sequeira on colour, form and time

  10-02-2026 04:56 via indesignlive.com
  The established, Indian-born Melbourne-based artist and curator is widely known for his emboldened studies of colour and form. His fashion performance pieces extend this passionate language. Form from the Formless, made with gouache and pencil on paper and mounted on collapsible music stands, is a silent tribute to both idioms and is one of four bodies of work installed in Sequeira’s solo exhibition The Shape of Music.The work’s colour applications are reminiscent of modernist Josef
  
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• Melbourne Metro and the design heft of transport infrastructure

  10-02-2026 04:18 via indesignlive.com
  Having opened in late 2025, Melbourne Metro Tunnel gained significant attention even beyond our beloved realm of design media. Likewise, Sydney Metro. These are obviously huge projects, but there seems to be something extra garnering all this attention recently in Australia – a certain dynamic that keys into the wider importance of such large-scale transport infrastructure projects.For Hassell’s Ingrid Bakker in Melbourne, it has something to do with how “the architecture
  
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• Potter Museum of Art / Wood Marsh

  10-02-2026 03:00 via archdaily.com
  © Fergus Floyd architects: Wood MarshLocation: Parkville, AustraliaProject Year: 2025Photographs: Fergus Floyd Read more »
  
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• New vision seeks flexible future for Australia’s oldest Aboriginal cultural institute

  10-02-2026 01:47 via architectureau.com
  Grieve Gillett Architects has developed a conceptual vision reimagining the future of Tandanya, Australia’s oldest First Nations-owned and -run cultural institute, which has been closed for repair since 2023.
  
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• Fujian Wuyi Mountain National Park Moon Bay Observation Deck / CLAB Architects

  10-02-2026 01:00 via archdaily.com
  Courtesy of CLAB Architects architects: CLAB ArchitectsLocation: Nanping, ChinaProject Year: 2024Photographs: Courtesy of CLAB ArchitectsArea: 970.0 m2 Read more »
  
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• Keiji Ashizawa Design transforms historic Singapore restaurant

  10-02-2026 00:57 via indesignlive.com
  The view out of the windows at Loca Nicu is spectacular – and it is not because of any kind of panoramic scenery. Rather, the openings – accompanied by timber shutters painted a blood-red colour – frame the chromatic roofscapes of the House of Tan Yeok Nee within which the restaurant is located.One of these details is a band of ceramic horses galloping in frozen motion across the roof’s da ji (or main ridge), among other imagery. It is a fitting representation of the Japa
  
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• Paula Fox Melanoma and Cancer Centre by Lyons

  09-02-2026 23:33 via architectureau.com
  In Lyons’ design of a new Melbourne medical facility, the collective endeavour of scientific research and institutional care is folded into an environment that privileges ease, familiarity and individual experience.
  
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• JT Residence / Wahana Architects

  09-02-2026 20:00 via archdaily.com
  © Ernest Theofilus architects: Wahana ArchitectsLocation: Jakarta, IndonesiaProject Year: 2024Photographs: Ernest TheofilusArea: 800.0 m2 Read more »
  
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• A Forest in the House / Equipo de Arquitectura

  09-02-2026 16:00 via archdaily.com
  © Federico Cairoli architects: Equipo de ArquitecturaLocation: San Bernardino, ParaguayProject Year: 2025Photography: Federico CairoliArea: 260.0 m2 Read more »
  
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