PROJECTS

Presented with a cavernous, uninviting hospitality space, Melbourne studio The Stella Collective set about turning it into an open, voluminous and comforting dining interior for Melbourne’s city workers.

IF Architecture has taken cues from the history and culture of the Prince of Wales Hotel in Melbourne’s St Kilda to create a new dining experience in the upstairs restaurant.

Designed by Akin Atelier, Bert’s Bar and Brasserie in Sydney’s Northern Beaches is reminscent of the grand hotel dining rooms of the 1930s.

In Melbourne’s prestigious suburb of Armadale, Jason M. Jones and Brahman Perera have created a Parisian-inspired wine bar that is about “making a special occasion of every day.”

Designed by Etic and H and E Architects, the interiors of Barangaroo House in Sydney aim to redefine Australian dining, offering three levels, each with its own personality and appeal.

Designed by Prevalent, the futuristic interior of this restaurant in Newcastle enlivens the 1900s building it inhabits.

In the Western Australian town of Margaret River, Iredale Pedersen Hook in collaboration with Hecker Guthrie has transformed the iconic Vasse Felix winery into a landmark destination that promotes the calibre and culture of the region.

Inspired by the neurological phenomenon of synaesthesia, where one sense can be stimulated by another, IF Architecture has given famed Melbourne restaurant Cutler & Co. a “creamy and crunchy” new fitout.

DesignOffice has teamed up with the owners of famed Melbourne cafes Top Paddock and The Kettle Black to turn a cavernous former power station into a refined and welcoming all-day dining venue in the CBD.

In Hobart, Brustman + Boyde in collaboration with Pippa Dickson have turned a 1970s beachside motel into a fun and friendly bar and dining space that references Australian coastal vernacular.

In Waterloo, Sydney, design firm BrandWorks has used a little thing called luck to create So 9, a refined and minimal Vietnamese restaurant.

How do you design a ten-week pop-up restaurant in Sydney with a 27,000-person waitlist, for one of the most famous chefs in the world? Foolscap Studio has the answer.

Designed by Brahman Perera with Jason M. Jones, Second Home is an elegant and serene cafe located in an Alistair Knox-designed warehouse in Melbourne’s leafy outer suburbs.

The Fat Duck’s time in Melbourne may be over but Bates Smart has transformed the space into Dinner by Heston Blumenthal, a permanent restaurant at Crown Melbourne inspired by historic British gastronomy.

March Studio’s design for souvlaki restaurant Jimmy Grants Richmond is “a psychedelic reinterpretation of the suburban Australian home.”

In Melbourne, Architects EAT has converted a shopping centre tenancy into a spot for destination dining that offers a two-sided experience.

Inspired by the site’s art deco heritage, SJB Interiors has refitted this Melbourne bistro and dining room to give it French character in keeping with the menu on offer.

As part of the redevelopment of Adelaide Casino, new brasserie Sean’s Kitchen by Alexander & Co brings a bit of Manhattan to South Australia.

Breathe Architecture turns a vacant electrical transformer factory in Melbourne into a modern vegetarian restaurant and bar.

Architect Mathew van Kooy adds bold colour to create this Vietnamese restaurant in Melbourne’s Collingwood.

Designed by Fiona Lynch, Melbourne restaurant Prix Fixe merges metallics, marble and concrete to create an interior with a sense of theatre.

Acme&Co has transformed the dormant Willoughby Incinerator in Sydney’s north into the vibrant The Incinerator cafe.

A “dark and sexy” new home for longstanding Sydney restaurant Rockpool.

March Studio serves up luxury with sides of honesty and comfort at The Press Club.

A cosy spot for a quality sip in Adelaide by Xtra Shiny that achieves much more than it lets on.

A former loading dock in Sydney’s Chippendale, transformed with by Anthony Gill Architects.

Pascale Gomes-McNabb Design reinvents Adelaide’s Penfolds Magill Estate Restaurant.

On Sydney’s Lower North Shore, a deer little Italian restaurant and bar by Those Architects.

Grimshaw Architects in association with The Buchan Group “civilizes” Australia’s third largest retail mall, in Melbourne’s north-west.

A Melbourne gelateria, provedore and cheese cellar by architect Kristin Green.