PROJECTS

Nestled in a historic building in Melbourne’s CBD, this retail fitout by Clare Cousins Architects balances architectural heritage with Aesop’s signature, contemporary aesthetic.

In her first interiors project since starting her solo practice, emerging designer Claire Markwick-Smith has created a new eatery and retail interior exuding familiarity and domestic warmth for well-loved Adelaide institution Africola.

Designed by emerging studio Saha, this ceramics workshop in Sydney’s Bronte disappears under a green roof of foliage, while robust materials, such as brick and concrete, reflect the creative nature of pottery making.

This Surry Hills fashion store, designed by young practice Pattern Studio, is a celebration of dualities – exuberant yet sophisticated, polished yet relaxed, hyper-industrial yet playful.

Tasked with creating a retail space, head office and warehouse for contemporary fashion brand Incu, Akin Atelier has transformed an old mechanic’s workshop in Sydney into a space that embodies fashion, design and expert workmanship.

Known primarily for its restaurant interiors and, increasingly, its residential architecture, Anthony Gill Architects has completed its most ambitious project to date, the market hall in Kengo Kuma’s Darling Exchange in Sydney.

Melbourne design studio Golden has taken Seen Skin’s confident approach to skincare and translated it into a spatial experience rich in texture and tactility.

Inspired by sandstone cliffs and monumentality, the new Aesop store in Sydney’s Pitt Street Mall references the city’s textures and character. International studio Snøhetta’s design is generous and flexible for customers and staff alike.

Melbourne architecture practice Kennedy Nolan has revitalized the public arcades of Melbourne Central, strengthening the centre’s character and heightening the user experience.

London-based architecture firm Universal Design Studio with Mather Architecture has restored and redeveloped the historic Canberra Centre into a sophisticated urban retail precinct.

Inspired by the Memphis Group, architect Adriana Hanna uses playful colour and sharp shapes to create a Melbourne hair salon that’s a cut above the rest.

Textural, architecturally sparse and experimental, Dilettante’s new flagship store in Perth, designed by Ohlo Studio, celebrates the theatrical and subversive presentation of clothing that the brand is known for.

Tandem Design Studio has given sheepskin company Yellow Earth’s flagship store at Emporium Melbourne an expressive and tactile “shop window.”

Make-up entrepreneur Napoleon Perdis commissioned Studiobird to design an interior for his new South Yarra concept store that includes cosmetics, a foray into lifestyle retailing and a make-up academy.

Newly minted design studio We Are Huntly has played on the traditional 1950s grocer to make Prahran Grocer in Melbourne a truly pleasant place to do the shopping.

Stephen Cameron Architecture has designed an optical store that resembles a cabinet of curiosities.

Emporium Melbourne is in some ways a model of classic retail planning, but in other ways it turns this model on its head.

Blonde Venus in Brisbane, designed by Richards & Spence, is stamped with the fashion-forward personality of its owner.

A homeopathic laboratory, dispensary, book-shop and residence in one.

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.

Hecker Guthrie creates a dynamic chicken shop, with some wily moves in materials and space.

MRTN Architects gives a Melbourne shoe shop a gentleman’s salon style.

Russell & George’s futuristic vision for luggage retailer merges online and in-store experiences.

Smart Design Studio played with colour and light refraction to bring a Sydney optical store into focus.

Theatrical staging was the inspiration for Melbourne’s Lulamae boutique by Breathe Architecture.

A cultural link makes the fashion statement at a Melbourne boutique by Matt Gibson Architecture and Design.

A store in the centre of Milan shows why Paola Navone is sought after as a creator of magical experiences.

Twenty-five years have passed since the Aesop story began. We take a look at two recent additions.

A Melbourne retail fitout by Hassell and Fabio Ongarato Design toys with Tetris geometries.