October
- Exclusive
- Luxury property
Dion Hershan buys JB Hi-Fi boss' Toorak mansion for less than asking price
The Yarra Capital Management MD is understood to have paid below the asking range for Richard Murray's luxury seven-bedroom home in Melbourne's most expensive suburb.
- Michael Bleby
Tony Albert's Aboriginal art turns cultural appropriation on its head
The artist used a Canberra Glassworks residency to create a collection of thought-provoking domestic artefacts.
- Stephen Todd
Suburban Canberra reveals its trove of mid-century gems
Dozens of brown-brick treasures await discovery on a slow, deep dive into local design, craft and architecture at the upcoming Design Canberra Festival.
- Stephen Todd
Working from home is changing apartment design
Buyers are wanting study nooks and offices instead of third bedrooms. But it's unclear how long these new demands will last.
- Michael Bleby
'Failed painter' creates artworks of uncanny architectural allure
Australian artist Paul Davies combines photography, sculpture and, yes, painting, in his eerie depictions of iconic 20th century homes.
- Stephen Todd
- Exclusive
- Infrastructure
Has the pandemic shot down the starchitects?
No, says British architect John McAslan, whose firm recently opened in Sydney: he's adjusted to it, and even sees some silver lining.
- Hans van Leeuwen
September
'Design nerd' Tim Ross uncovers a mid-century Opera House mystery
Why were John Coburn's enormous and applauded curtains, part of the original design of the Sydney Opera House, removed only two years after being installed?
- Stephen Clark
How the virus might help fix ‘broken’ aged care through design
COVID-19 could be the impetus needed to drive innovation and generate new business models, says the new head of architecture firm Billard Leece Partnership.
- Ingrid Fuary-Wagner
Healthy and hip: How architecture is handling the virus
Not many people think of a hallucinogenic cluster of toadstools when they think of the office, but it's the kind of design nous that is working in the pandemic when conventional offices are closed.
- Carolina A. Miranda
Mortgage woes of Victoria's professionals will deepen
As other states control the pandemic, workers are more able to take their home loans off COVID hardship measures. It's the opposite in Victoria, however.
- Michael Bleby
Victorian architects warn of 60,000 construction job losses ahead
"We had 13 projects cancelled on the one day," says Melbourne architect Paul Viney, as reported building cancellations total $2.3 billion since the pandemic hit.
- Michael Bleby
- Exclusive
- Commercial real estate
Architectural mergers kick off again
The takeover of Sydney firm McConnel Smith & Johnson by Brisbane's Conrad Gargett shows consolidation is back among design firms.
- Michael Bleby
August
'Dangerous precedent': Architects seek War Memorial redevelopment halt
The peak body for Australia's architects say demolition of a key element of the Australian War Memorial will damage the nation's heritage.
- Tom McIlroy
Tiny houses that offer the perfect pandemic escape
Wide open spaces hold allure but for many, a small home is just the ticket for riding out whatever comes our way.
- Stephen Todd
Dexus, Frasers name architects to design $2.5b development
Dexus and partner Frasers Property have appointed architects to design the multibillion-dollar Central Place Sydney development.
- Nila Sweeney
The star architect bringing a 'stacked forest' of apartments to Sydney
Celebrated Japanese designer Kengo Kuma reflects on his first residential project in Australia and designing for a post-COVID-19 world.
- Stephen Clark
Concrete colossi of war-ravaged Europe captured in black and white
A limited-edition collection of photographs by interior designer Don Cameron channels the immense power of the Continent's far-flung Brutalist beauties.
- Stephen Todd
July
Giorgio Armani resets his fashion sense for COVID-19
The coronavirus pandemic is forcing a rethink among global design houses.
- Tony Davis
Finally out of lockdown, Italy’s design world reboots
With Italy at a standstill, the country's creative luminaries found new ways to keep working – and time to consider the future.
- Tony Davis
- Exclusive
- Commercial real estate
First look at Sydney's next landmark skyscraper
An elegant, three-tiered tower is set to be the next landmark building to grace Sydney's skyline.
- Ingrid Fuary-Wagner
