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LONDON DESIGN FESTIVAL LONDON, 17 – 25 SEPTEMBER One of the ongoing highlights of the London Design Festival is the series of pieces commissioned by the American Hardwood Export Council, Arup, Merk and the London Design Festival. The designers and architects invited to take part have been consistently at the forefront of British talent and this year’s choice of Alison Brooks could not have been better. The installation, The Smile, proposes an interactive architectural intervention of construction-sized panels of hardwood CLT realised as a 36-metre long curved rectangular tube (3.5 metres high). This will be the first mega tube made of timber. The rest of the festival is just as fabulous with every London designer taking part along with a huge British, European and Scandinavian contingent. PARIS DESIGN WEEK PARIS,…

Mills Gorman’s brief and challenge was to design a contemporary infill building within a Heritage streetscape. The dwelling was to provide a flexible and sustainable environment for living and working – part of which could be zoned off at times for family and guests to stay. From Napier Street, the built form responds to the proportions of the adjacent terraces. Finely detailed steelwork was adopted to acknowledge the scale and rhythm of the Victorian streetscape with bespoke woven steel strap screens creating familiar vertical window proportions when viewed from the street beyond. Muted tones and colours were deliberately selected so as not to overwhelm the Victorian streetscape and emphasise the simple proportions of the façade. From each room occupants glimpse views – towards the courtyard garden, the central light court,…

Part of the AG x Cult 2016 collection, Bower is Goodrum’s first foray into designing specifically for the commercial market. Drawing on Goodrum’s talents as a furniture and industrial designer, the skills of local craftspeople and Cult’s long-standing support of Australian talent, the development of this range of solutions is both innovative and a visual feast. Inspired by the rambling woven nests of the bowerbird, the design is loose and organic in appeal. “There is an abundance of product on the market, but I wanted to create something that had a softer, calmer language,” says Goodrum. There is also something refreshingly personal about the soft colours, exposed timber (a combination of ash, oak and walnut) and a general tactility that suggests a cocoon rather than barrier. That said, one of…

Light and shadow is sculpted to convey the good and the bad of the characters and their situations, and smoke is utilised to evoke an atmosphere of gloom and desperation. The Melbourne Theatre Company (MTC), established in 1953, has organically grown into an indomitable force within the world of Australian theatre and is a fine example of talent, expertise and community. Over the years the company has presented many memorable plays with outstanding actors, exceptional productions and precision delivery; however, with the advent of two new productions, Skylight and Double Indemnity, the complementing force of the set design of both plays enhances the words of the writers and the performances of the actors, and takes a visual centre stage that satisfies the creative in us all. As the curtain opens…

practice - Cox Rayner Architects in association with Hames Sharley and Conrad Gargett Riddel project - University of Queensland Oral Health Centre location - Brisbane, Australia The largest and most comprehensive oral health facility in the southern hemisphere, designed by Cox Rayner Architects, Brisbane, for the University of Queensland, responds to site and brief with sensitivity and intelligence. The seven-storey School of Dentistry brings together Queensland Health’s Oral Health Services, combining public health and tertiary education in a technically sophisticated and formally expressive building. The cavernous spaces of the interior that support the complex business of teaching, learning and treatment, transcend the clinical demands of program to create rooms that are highly crafted and personable. The UQ Oral Health Centre was the brainchild of former head of the School of…

Designed to read as a large continuous floating form with soft lighting emanating at top and bottom. practice - Sean Dix, dix design + architecture project - Public Restrooms, IFC Mall, Hong Kong location - Hong Kong Considering its design aesthetic, which is somewhere between a luxury yacht and a grand foyer, with details to suit either, it is remarkable to conceive of a restroom with quite such grandeur. That said the restroom is a public facility in the middle of IFC Mall, one of the busiest shopping precincts in Hong Kong, is unfathomable. The idea that a queue will steadily snake its way to the main entrance from the beginning of the day to the end will give some insight into the use these facilities will suffer. And I…

01 BRISBANE INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT RETAIL UPGRADE D | ARKHEFIELD WITH RICHARDS & SPENCE P | TOBY SCOTT The concept of ‘The World’s Most Liveable Airport’ prompted a rethinking of the antiquated transit environment and application of distinct civic elements. Great civic plazas, for example, have been reimagined in the airside setting, establishing a unique sense of Brisbane as an extension of the Queensland experience and a memorable space for travellers. 02 FLYOVER GALLERY D | BRANCH STUDIO ARCHITECTS P | PETER CLARKE Turning an existing first floor, open-air pedestrian link way between an Arts and Science wing at Caroline Chisholm College into an art gallery, the design is a response to the programmatic adjacencies, which had spawned the question of how to link art and science? 03 OUR LADY OF…

The IDEA Gold Medal is one of the most prestigious awards of the Interior Design Excellence Awards, and is given in recognition of those practitioners who have made an influential and enduring contribution to Australian design culture over the course of a career. This year we have changed the process with no advertised shortlist, and the winner of this year’s accolade will be announced at the gala party on 18 November at the Dockside Pavilion in Sydney. Last year, Woods Bagot’s Nik Karalis was named the IDEA 2015 Gold Medal winner and his acceptance speech at Melbourne Museum was a highlight of the evening. As occurs each year, a video was presented outlining Karalis’ career and design philosophy. The full video is available for viewing on the ADR website. IDEA…

In a smallish building (read architectural masterpiece) designed by Tadao Ando, in Roppongi Hills, 21_21 Design Sight has continually delivered some of the best and most relevant design exhibitions of our times. Under the directorship of three leading Japanese designers, Issey Miyake, Taku Satoh and Naoto Fukasawa, the museum has proven a stronghold of design intelligence with all aspects of design, from robotics to graphics equally endorsed. The recent exhibition, Zakka – Goods and Things, has been curated by Fukasawa and looks at the humble household objects of Japanese life. According to the exhibition literature a rough, flexible definition of zakka denotes “things that accompany our everyday lifestyle spaces and provide a subtle element of decoration”. Readily available, ordinary objects are arranged and given beauty and intimacy through Fukasawa’s superb…

Bistrot Gavroche in Kensington Street, Chippendale, is unmistakably French, from the menu through to the interior. It is modern yet authentic to the ideals of a French bistro. The design was brought together by Design Portfolio and sits well in the renovated surrounds that were once a Sydney rum factory. With antiques imported from France placed throughout the space, the atmosphere is familiar, comforting and unpretentious. To create a truly French atmosphere the entrance door comes all the way from the iconic and revered Brasserie Georges in Lyon. The existing architecture of the space – with the rafted ceiling, brick walls, awning windows and Heritage lift doors – works well with the imported French tiles, which evoke a farmhouse country feel to complement the bistro look. The totality creates an…

His output is profound with some 30 to 40 new product designs each and every year; however, these are not just concepts, but prototypes ready for manufacture. As one of Australia’s leading product designers Nick Rennie is a force to be reckoned with. He established his own practice, happy finish design, in 2001 and over the last 15 years has created a way of life and a business, and enjoyed great success both here and overseas. His road from student to leading designer is a lesson to anyone who has talent, a vision and the will to succeed, and these attributes Rennie has in abundance. As one of the busiest designers in Australia, Rennie’s creative output is prolific. He travels constantly and his passport reads like a roadmap to the…

practice - ROAM Architects project - East Gallery House location - Brighton, Australia It is rare that DiPell vintage bike tape makes an appearance in an interior, and for most this would be either a gratuitous Band-Aid of quirk or as part of an actual bike. For East Gallery House, the inclusion (as a wrapping for the art wall handles) is subtle, interesting and make a direct reference to the client’s love of cycling. “It’s a nice little touch and what we like to find for all our clients – one thing that is reflective of the client and their taste and gives them a story that personalises it for them,” says ROAM principal Rod Allan (ROAM is a partnership between Allan and Amanda Robinson). From a non-cycling perspective, it…

01 SORRENTO BEACH HOUSE D | AM ARCHITECTURE P | DIANNA SNAPE A new dwelling located on Victoria’s first settlement site of 1803, on Sullivan’s Bay, Sorrento Beach House begins as an austere and robust object in the landscape, which then relaxes and responds to its natural environment as it approach- 02 BOWER D | ANDREW SIMPSON ARCHITECTS P | PETER BENNETTS All houses in some way resonate with the history of lives spent together; as such the project inscribes the owners’ joint experiences, as a couple, into the spatial character of the building. These previous experiences and memories have been architecturally manifested as a culmination of the owners’ subconscious aspirations for their home. 03 FITZROY LOFT D | ARCHITECTS EAT P | DEREK SWALWELL Comprising a warehouse conversion inside…

01 CUSHMAN AND WAKEFIELD, SYDNEY D | BATES SMART P | CHRISTOPHER FREDERICK JONES A dynamic workspace where clients and staff interact in a relaxed yet professional environment. Luxury materials are contrasted with the raw shell, while a directional ceiling draws visitors into the reception and beyond to the café and spectacular views of Sydney Harbour. 02 CORRS CHAMBERS WESTGARTH D | BATES SMART P | PETER CLARKE An open, flexible and collaborative working environment that fosters knowledge sharing and mentoring, client connectivity and use of leading technology. The design responds to the architectural features of the base building, the local identity of the business and the strategic business drivers implemented nationally. 03 SPARKE HELMORE D | BATES SMART P | PETER CLARKE The new workspace for this national law…

01 MELBOURNE ART BOOK FAIR EVENT D | FOLD THEORY P | SEAN FENNESSY; ELLEN DEWAR The NGV gave the exhibitors their flat-packed stand to take away and recycled any remaining cardboard. The netting was returned to the sports supplier for reuse. The entire construction was assembled without glue, for easy demountability without waste. The dome was connected by slotted ‘hooks’ and additional connections used bulldog-clips that were returned to the stationery cupboard. 02 NOMA AUSTRALIA HOSPITALITY D | FOOLSCAP STUDIO WITH LENDLEASE P | JASON LOUCAS Post-tenancy all equipment, furniture and fixtures were on-sold for future use. The rammed earth walls have a low to moderate embodied energy. Tasmanian wallaby skins are a by-product of wallaby meat production. Candles are 100 percent Australian organic beeswax. Concrete flooring hand troweled…

For the past 30 years Dr Gene Sherman, executive director of SCAF (Sherman Contemporary Art Foundation), has championed care of the planet. It is not surprising then, that she concludes the SCAF Architectural Series: Fugitive Structures, with a work advocating sustainability across vast and interwoven modalities. Presented in association with BVN over four years, four works have been commissioned by architects of significance: Andrew Burns, AR_MA, Sack and Reicher + Muller with Eyal Zur and now Vo Trong Nghia Architects (VTNA). Each has in some way addressed how we live, whether that be how we take a moment of respite or how we can reduce our footprint. Vo’s architecture is simply extraordinary, and very well-known, with work such as Diamond Island, Roc Von Restaurant and Farming Kindergarten garnering huge publicity…

Rothelowman has completed a new office for Turrisi Properties in Brisbane’s West End. The office is located at the rear of the Glass Factory, a new development by Turrisi Properties. The brief called for an office design that was sympathetic and responsive to the surrounding residential character, which references the industrial aesthetic. The exterior of the office reflects the style of a ‘sawtooth’ warehouse, a genre of architecture that has historically characterised the West End area. “The commercial office mediates the transition from the five-storey residential Glass Factory development on Vulture Street to the existing two-storey character housing at the rear of the site,” says Rothelowman senior associate Duncan Betts. Rothelowman drew design inspiration from the West End’s industrial aesthetic and, with limited space for sidewall window openings, created a…

Much has changed in the workplace and the world of furniture design over the past decade. For example, offi ces have become more open plan and, with this, the correct offi ce furniture has become an imperative. The health and well-being of employees is at the forefront of research and development for companies of interior furniture, and designers have had to move quickly to reflect these needs. Workspace Commercial Furniture understands change. After all the company was established in 1911 and since inception it has been at the forefront of furniture supply, setting trends and providing product for the commercial, educational, hospitality, health and aged care sectors. But now, some 105 years later, there is another change occurring, one initiated by the launch of the 3.60 task chair. There are…

Janos Korban and Stefanie Flaubert met in 1986 while working in Stuttgart, but it was not until 1993, when they started working together that the idea of Korban/Flaubert (KF) was born. With a balance of expertise, Korban was working in metal and had previously had a three-year partnership with KM Hardwork (he also had a fabulous studio) and Flaubert was working as an architect with Günter Behnisch, Behnisch Architekten’s long leadtime projects, while fulfilling, lacked immediate satisfaction). It was their shared passion for creating design that fuelled the studio’s inception. “We both just wanted to make stuff, so we started to work together to make things, to make objects,” says Flaubert. And make stuff they did with an inaugural exhibition of 10 chaise longues, which they exhibited in a friend’s…

practice - KPDO project - Harbour House location - Sydney, Australia Sydney is renowned for the spectacular and luxurious homes that populate the foreshore of this naturally formed harbour city. These residences are generally designed on a grand scale and, in many cases, are geographically difficult to visit, located well away from the prying eyes of passers-by. However, not all of these homes are design gems; the really successful projects are ones that are site specific, sympathetic to the environment, and marry architecture and interior design with perfect resolution. One such home is Harbour House, a large and perfectly detailed residence that redefines the word luxury. The commission has been a labour of love by Kerry Phelan and the team at Kerry Phelan Design Office (KPDO) and was some three…

01 THE ALEXANDRA DISPLAY SUITE D | ADDARC P | DIANNA SNAPE Using theatrics to present both a gallery and showcase, the Alexandra display suite adopts dramatic lighting throughout the gallery to highlight the 25 unique residences atop jewel-like display boxes. Completing the experience, a grand stair ascends to a select residence set among the picturesque landscape of the park. 02 CONCAVO D | BATES SMART P | SEAN FENNESSY Surrounded by water on both sides, Concavo is inspired by its extraordinary and unique location, in the Melbourne Docklands. Designed as one of an asymmetrical pair, to be delivered separately, Concavo is the second and final tower of the premium residential development, and its delivery completes the project to read as a whole. 03 ONE BEDFORD STREET D | DKO…

01 CULT BOWER COLLECTION D | ADAM GOODRUM STUDIO P | BROOKE HOLM Bower is an acoustically focused commercial furniture collection of fine tailoring and craftsmanship. Inspired by bowerbird nests, the product is organic, bringing a calm aesthetic to workplaces. This modular range is designed for ease of assembly to create engaging environments. Eligible for Cultivated Stewardship Program, the collection is made of recycled PETG (polyethylene terephthalate glycol) and FSC (Forest Stewardship Council) Certified Timber. 02 LIGHTING AS JEWELLERY D | CHRISTOPHER BOOTS P | CHRISTINE FRANCIS Commissioned to create the bespoke feature lighting for a private residence in a South Yarra development (David Hicks group and Timoli Mustica of Okologi), Boots’ unique signature addresses each room, while forming a comprehensive concept of large-scale precious jewellery. Rich, yet understated, brass,…

01 LITTLE BEAN ROASTERS D | DESIGNOFFICE P | RAPHAEL OLIVIER Large circular openings and suspended mirrors create a playful dialogue between floors, enticing the café customers to learn more about the activities of the coffee academy above. These voids are lined with concrete planters and form a suite of sculptural gestures and segmented forms, which provide seating, counters and low walls. 02 PORT MORESBY PRIVATE RESIDENCE D | GILMORE INTERIOR DESIGN P | GEOFF AMBLER Opening to a spectacular view of Port Moresby Harbour, the site’s natural vista was the main inspiration for the design, with colour and material palette, furnishings and motif details complementing the tropical environment. Luxurious in every respect, the design is highly geared to the tropics with new finishes able to withstand extreme humidity and…