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Jan Golembiewski remembers Peter Muller an exceptional practitioner of a midcentury architecture collective known as the Sydney School and the first Australian to receive a Fulbright Scholarship.

What started as a research project for Amy Seo and Shahar Cohen, founders of Second Edition, has turned into an ongoing investigation into how buildings and objects can be more resource efficient.

For the past 20 years, Nipa Doshi and Jonathan Levien have combined their complementary skills and knowledge to create design pieces with flair, originality and deeply embedded storytelling.

RMIT deputy vice-chancellor Tim Marshall has announced professor Vivian Mitsogianni as the new dean of RMIT’s School of Architecture and Urban Design.

Ahead of his tour “Rosso 88”, TV personality, comedian, and architecture and design enthusiast Tim Ross shares his five favourite nostalgia pieces from the 80s and 90s with Artichoke.

Ahead of The Architecture Symposium: Ideas from the Fringe, conceptual artist Kirsha Kaechele speaks with ArchitectureAU about the poetics of impermanence and aesthetic obsession.

Rich in invention, the singular, socially minded homes of this practice are not only intensely personal to the clients, but also intricately connected to community.

Set designer Jacob Nash talks to ArchitectureAU about producing a truthful design response in the representation of Country and those who live on it.

Architects Justin Littlefield and Simon LeNepveu celebrate the legacy of educational design pioneer Les Clarke AM.

Seven of Mark Robinson’s friends and colleagues share tributes to a “generous” person who was deeply embedded in the design community.

Director at Nexus Designs, Sonia Simpfendorfer shares her earliest and most recent projects, reflecting on the learnings over her 30-year career.

Reflecting on more than a decade of hosting Grand Designs Australia, Peter Maddison discusses some of his favourite (and least favourite) projects.

With a focus on pared-back, immaculate designs, Volker Haug’s lighting pieces are imbued with a sense of playfulness and individuality.

For more than two decades, this Queensland-based architecture studio has been designing inventive homes characterized by precision, meticulous detail and a passion for making.

Brigitte Shim talks to ArchitectureAU about Canadianness in architecture, the use of time as material, and the difference between placemaking and object-making.

Led by Jamie Sormann and Jo Foong, this studio untangles constraints to yield quiet, thoughtfully detailed and environmentally responsive homes that are finely tuned to the lives of their occupants.

Robert Riddel remembers Peter Heathwood, who recently died at the age of 90 years, as both a “gentleman and an inspiration,” with a career spanning four decades, renowned for midcentury lightweight houses.

Artichoke Magazine speaks with Gilad Ritz and Jean-Paul Ghougassian of practice Ritz and Ghougassian to discuss their five favourite design objects.

Kevin Mark Low of Small Projects speaks with ArchitectureAU about shifting paradigms, finding meaning in the details, and creating relationships through context.

Sydney homeowners Sarah and Evan approached architects Cat Downie and Dan North from Downie North with a brief for a sustainable home to suit their busy family life. Sarah talks to Alexa Kempton about the process of working with an architect.

UNSW has announced it has appointed Richard Hassell and Wong Mun Summ of Singaporean practice Woha as the new Seidler Chairs in the Practice of Architecture, at UNSW Built Environment, Sydney.

This Adelaide-based emerging designer creates furniture and objects influenced by pure geometry, bold colour and the visual spirit of the Bauhaus and Memphis periods.

Maxim John Zuvela led T and Z Architects for over 50 years with dignity and astute professionalism. His meticulous and considered nature fostered a thriving practice that continues to have a significant impact on Perth’s architectural landscape.

The Artichoke newsletter is launching a new profile series, “First and Last”, diving into the careers of eminent designers, from their earliest project to their most recent.

Born in Melbourne but drawn to Tasmania, Core Collective Architects is a practice that works across borders: geographic, typological and temporal.

Brisbane-based ceramicist Nicolette Johnson imbues her work with a sense of slowness and time, and in doing so creates distinctive vessels that are organic yet terrestrial.

A practice at the intersection of architecture and education, Matt and Fiona believes that the organisation of spaces has an important role to play in the formation of identity and personal autonomy.

Paul Munaitya Herzich and Jefa Greenaway remember Elizabeth Grant, whose passion for human rights and work on institutional architecture operated at the intersection of anthropology, criminology and architecture.

This Melbourne practice is building a suite of finely resolved residential projects that are experimental in form and rich in texture and materiality.

HDR has appointed Simon Dormer as the new sustainability lead to reinforce the company’s commitment to sustainable design practices and delivery.

Day Bukh Architects’ Dolls House is an addition to a Federation-style dwelling that shows just how powerful small changes can be in enriching the day-to-day experience of the occupants.

While Emma Wilson, Neil Sheppard and their children enjoyed life in Hong Kong, their dream home was being created in Sydney by Sam Crawford Architects. Here, Emma talks about her experience of working with an architect.

The architect’s construction site visits planted the seed for a new business making home-compostable cling wrap from industrial food waste.

Melbourne architecture and design studio Spowers has announced changes to its leadership team, with director Ros Magee moving into a consultancy role within the business.

Elizabeth Farrelly considers the designs of 2022 Gold Medallist Sean Godsell, which are rooted in the lessons of history while searching for solutions in an uncertain future - making him “absolutely an architect for the present.”

John Wardle Architects has appointed its first partner outside of Melbourne, with Jasmin Williamson announced its first Sydney-based partner.

Award-winning Perth architect Bernard Seeber is remembered as an energetic and optimistic person with egalitarian values and a fascination for human behaviour.

Australian-born, Denmark-based designer Nikolai Kotlarczyk produces work that is both simple and decorative, distilling narrative-laden ideas into refined, geometric expression.

Plus Architecture has announced a series of promotions and appointments across its Melbourne, Perth and Brisbane studios.

Troy King has been appointed the new principal of Architectus’ Brisbane studio.