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At his 2022 exhibition Translations, at Gallery Sally Dan-Cuthbert, Cameron expressed his appreciation for brutalist architecture, first through photography, and second, through furniture and lighting.

Profile: Don Cameron

13 Mar 2024, Emma-Kate Wilson

Shifting between architectural photography, interior design, furniture and lighting, Don Cameron’s typologically diverse body of work belies its layered connections.

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Simon Pendal established his Fremantle-based practice in 2005.

In profile: Simon Pendal Architect

8 Mar 2024, Emily Van Eyk

Simon Pendal’s work is founded on keen perceptions of the human condition and the natural world, turning everyday domestic spaces into settings for sensory delight and experiential richness.

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New Resident founder Kate Fitzgerald says that a strong, interdisciplinary team has enabled the practice to experiment with business strategy.

Profile: New Resident

7 Mar 2024, Daniel Jan Martin

Representing a model for the next generation of Australian residential architecture, New Resident is both a process for development and an ambition for practice.

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Living spaces unfold down the sloped site in No. 66.

One to Watch: Tristan Burfield

1 Mar 2024, Marcus Baumgart

Sole practitioner Tristan Burfield is producing work that is both disciplined and restrained, yet always informed by the qualities and quirks of people and place.

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Shaped by Dirk Yates’s training in visual arts, Speculative Architecture is an intensely collaborative studio that has produced an unusually diverse portfolio of work.

A novel kind of small-scale practice: Speculative Architecture

29 Feb 2024, Ashley Paine

Shaped by founder Dirk Yates’s training in visual arts and involvement in a broad arts community, Speculative Architecture’s work is characterized by an unassuming desire to carve out spaces and opportunities for others.

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Olivia Bossy reclining on her No. 0422 daybed.

Profile: Olivia Bossy

28 Feb 2024, Dale Hardiman

This Sydney-based former graphic designer is turning her holistic approach and distinctive “soft Modernist” style to interiors and objects.

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Brick House by Studio Roam and With Architecture Studio.

Meet the owners of Brick House by Studio Roam and With Architecture Studio

23 Feb 2024, Brett Mitchell

After many years of living in Perth’s dense inner-city fringe, Philip and Melinda sought to build a small yet distinctive “forever home” for their family. Brett Mitchell spoke with them about the experience of working with Studio Roam and With Architecture Studio.

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Ali Bounds is a principal at BVN who has worked across many sectors, including research, health, adaptive reuse, workplace, education and public buildings.

Generation exchange: Large practice

15 Feb 2024, Tiffany Liew

Tiffany Liew asked two leaders from BVN’s diverse leadership group, Bill Dowzer and Ali Bounds, about why they’ve chosen to remain in the practice long-term and how BVN has evolved over generations.

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David Neustein and Grace Mortlock of Other Architects.

Profile: Other Architects

12 Feb 2024, Dan Hill

By occupying a fluid space that is neither solely “maker” nor “strategist,” Other Architects leverages diverse experiences and activities to find the most effective approach for each of its projects.

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Ben Edwards and Nancy Beka take a pragmatic, innovative approach to design and aim for economical use of space as well as lateral material applications.

Profile: Studio Edwards / alt.material

8 Feb 2024, Peter Davies

Through their inter-linked practices, inventive designers Ben Edwards and Nancy Beka put circular materials and adaptive interior design systems to the test.

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Emma Williamson has been appointed as WA's new government architect and chair of the state's Design Review Panel.

Western Australia appoints new ‘highly credentialled’ government architect

7 Feb 2024, Adair Winder

Emma Williamson, architect and co-founder of The Fulcrum Agency, has been appointed Western Australia’s new government architect and chair of the state’s Design Review Panel.

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Liz Walsh and Alex Nielsen run SO: Architecture while working at other practices so that they can spend time experimenting – an arrangement that yields rewards for their employers.

Profile: SO: Architecture

1 Feb 2024, Alysia Bennett

SO: Architecture is drawn to clients who share the practice’s desire to explore an idea, to pursue high-quality design without high budgets, and to operate outside the usual commercial constraints.

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The Alpine chair by David Caon and Henry Wilson for Laker.

Profile: Caon Design Office / Laker

31 Jan 2024, Nikita Bhopti

From bottle openers to art galleries to aerospace elements, this scale- and shape-shifting pair of design studios defies disciplines to great effect.

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Bruce Mackenzie

Vale Bruce Mackenzie (1932–2024)

30 Jan 2024, Andrew Saniga

Andrew Saniga celebrates the legacy of Bruce Mackenzie and reflects on the profound impact Mackenzie had on the development of landscape architecture in Australia.

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Di Ritter, senior associate at Hassell.

Di Ritter’s five favourite summer restaurants

26 Jan 2024, Amy Woodroffe

Di Ritter from Hassell shares her five favourite hospitality venues designed for summer weather.

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Led by Anna Jankovic and André Bonnice, Simulaa undertakes both built commissions and research projects, and it has a particular interest in reconciling architecture’s relationship with technology, energy, waste and ecology through experimentation.

Profile: Simulaa

25 Jan 2024, Madi Lo-Booth

As an architectural practice, Simulaa works in space – but it also focuses on time and the benefits of both foresight and hindsight. The team’s speculative projects are “not maybes”; they’re designed to be built.

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One to watch: Michael Mckeon Architecture

One to watch: Michael Mckeon Architecture

11 Jan 2024, Peter Davies

Embracing the tension between spatial creativity and technical precision, Michael Mckeon Architecture crafts homes of quiet beauty and considered comfort.

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Joinery becomes art in Kurunpa Kunpu. Shown here is the intricately detailed Manta Pilti credenza by Trent Jansen and Tanya Singer.

Studio: Mast

21 Dec 2023, Georgia Birks

In Brisbane, this studio is proving that high-quality furniture can be produced and manufactured in Australia to a standard rivalling that of Scandinavia.

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Khai Liew with his workIt was born like this, 2018 Adelaide Biennial of Australian Art: Divided Worlds, Art Gallery of South Australia, Adelaide.

Obituary: Khai Liew

20 Dec 2023, Dr James Curry

Dr James Curry – the director of the Architecture Museum at the University of South Australia – pays tribute to Australian design luminary Khai Liew, who died on December 11, 2023.

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Multidisciplinary designer Annie Paxton works in an architecture office by day, and she designs and makes her own furniture and lighting by night.

Annie Paxton: Design driven by the poetics of everyday life

19 Dec 2023, Rebecca Gross

Rebecca Gross reflects on Melbourne-based designer Annie Paxton’s background in architecture, interest in poetics, and her exploration of the liminal space between sculpture and function, process and outcome.

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Kees Christiaanse (left).

Reflections on transforming the city: A conversation with Kees Christiaanse

14 Dec 2023, Andy Fergus

Dutch urban designer and architect Kees Christiaanse speaks with Andy Fergus about creativity in making urban rules, the supervision of large-scale urban transformation projects, and the next generation of urban practitioners.

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Khai Liew leaves behind an outstanding legacy.

Influential, visionary designer Khai Liew dies

14 Dec 2023, ArchitectureAU Editorial

South Australian furniture designer and craftsperson Khai Liew has died, aged 71.

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SueAnne Ware

Curtin University appoints new head of design and built environment

12 Dec 2023, ArchitectureAU Editorial

Curtin University has appointed professor SueAnne Ware as its new Head of School of Design and the Built Environment in the Faculty of Humanities.

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Rainforest Retreat (2022) is one of two compact dwellings carefully sited in a state significant rainforest.

The houses of Bark Architects

8 Dec 2023, Peter Skinner

For 26 years, this Sunshine Coast studio has been designing lightweight and inventive homes with permeable edges that let in the light, the breeze and the landscape.

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Ryan Russell of Russell and George will be taking over the role of chair and president at the Design Institute of Australia.

Ryan Russell elected next president of Design Institute of Australia

7 Dec 2023, Adair Winder

The Design Institute of Australia (DIA) has revealed Ryan Russell, co-founder and director of architecture and design firm Russell and George, has been appointed the role of chair and president.

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El Fenn Hotel, Marrakech, Morocco.

Richards and Spence’s seven favourite hotel designs

6 Dec 2023, Adair Winder

Richards and Spence is a name that has become synonymous with hotel design. The pair are part of the Brisbane-based architecture firm responsible for designing the highly revered Calile hotel in Brisbane’s Fortitude Valley. Unbeknownst to many, the duo have stayed in countless hotels across the globe. Here they share their seven favourite design hotels.

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Adriana Hanna of Kennedy Nolan considers her top five furniture pieces, with each piece offering more than just physical tangibility, but a powerful story.

‘Furniture fanatic’ Adriana Hanna’s five favourite pieces

22 Nov 2023, Adair Winder

Adriana Hanna of Kennedy Nolan Architects considers her top five furniture pieces, with each piece offering more than just physical tangibility, but a powerful story.

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David T. Fortin

David T. Fortin on decolonizing architecture

9 Nov 2023, Linda Cheng

David T. Fortin is a Canadian registered architect and a citizen of the Métis Nation of Ontario. Ahead of his appearance at the Living Cities Forum, he spoke to ArchitectureAU editor Linda Cheng about architecture’s role in the path towards reconciliation.

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Odisho merges her backgrounds in interior and furniture design to create made-to-order pieces.

Emerging furniture designer Joanne Odisho celebrates materiality

8 Nov 2023, Dale Hardiman

The sculptural, functional pieces by this Melbourne-based designer celebrate the materials we find around us and set the tone for the spaces they occupy.

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Joshua Duncan seeks to create “extraordinary buildings with ordinary means.”

One to watch: Joshua Duncan Architect

27 Oct 2023, Andrew Murray

Joshua Duncan’s refreshingly simple architecture deploys utilitarian materials and direct construction logic to produce uncomplicated, hard-wearing and flexible homes that inspire informal living.

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Sabu Studio founder Samuel Burns takes a contemporary approach to craftsmanship.

Designer-maker’s humble dedication to process: Sabu Studio

25 Oct 2023, Nikita Bhopti

Through its subtle, tactile designs, Melbourne-based Sabu Studio crafts furniture and lighting that challenge how we interact with our surroundings.

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Western Australia's first female government architect, Rebecca Moore has announced she will be stepping down from the role

WA government architect steps down

23 Oct 2023, Adair Winder

Western Australia’s first female government architect, Rebecca Moore, will be stepping down from the position.

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Ahead of her presentation at the upcoming Health Care Health Design virtual symposium, Lada Bodnaruk discusses the architectural interventions to consider when designing facilities that service mental health.

Lada Bodnaruk, of Architectus Conrad Gargett, on the healing qualities of good design

17 Oct 2023, Adair Winder

Lada Bodnaruk discusses the architectural interventions to consider when designing facilities that service mental health, as well as the healing qualities of good design.

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In a suburb typified by high fences, Compound House instead offers a ramp of native grasses to the street.

Five houses of March Studio

13 Oct 2023, Peter Davies

This multidisciplinary studio’s material ingenuity and love for making crystallizes in residential designs that are sometimes subversive, often joyful and always individual.

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Kelvin Ho of Akin Atelier shares the origin story of his career, his first and latest projects, and the journey between.

First and last: Kelvin Ho of Akin Atelier

11 Oct 2023, Adair Winder

In this interview we wind back the clock as Kelvin Ho of Akin Atelier shares the origin story of his career in architecture, his first and latest projects, and the journey between.

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Edwina Bennett, principal and global health sector leader at Woods Bagot, has long been advocating for empathetic design when it comes to health precincts.

Edwina Bennett of Woods Bagot on the hospital as an ecosystem

10 Oct 2023, Adair Winder

Ahead of her presentation at the upcoming Health Care Health Design virtual symposium, Edwina Bennett speaks about the pillars of a people-centric design model, including deep community engagement, treating the hospital as an ecosystem and implementing culturally safe practice.

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Danish architect Stig Vesterager Gothel of 3XN is one of several experts to discuss how innovative design can improve the quality and user experience of healthcare systems at the Health Care Health Design forum.

Elements of home in hospitals: 3XN’s Stig Vesterager Gothelf on healthcare design

5 Oct 2023, Adair Winder

Danish architect Stig Vesterager Gothelf of 3XN discusses the influence design can have on the overall healthcare experience.

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Alex Hopkins of Studio Tate reflects on the evolution of her design process.

First and last: Alex Hopkins of Studio Tate

27 Sep 2023, Adair Winder

Alex Hopkins shares the valuable lessons she has learned and carried along with her throughout her career.

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From pan flipping to wheel throwing: Claire Ellis

From pan flipping to wheel throwing: Claire Ellis

22 Sep 2023, Emma-Kate Wilson

Passionate about sustainable ceramics, Canadian-born artist, designer and ex-chef Claire Ellis uses the waste of ceramic studios and restaurants to create her work and zero-waste glazes.

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‘Style meets joy’: Yeend Studio

‘Style meets joy’: Yeend Studio

15 Sep 2023, Dale Hardiman

Thomas Yeend, founder of Yeend Studio, creates hand-crafted object, lighting and furniture designs from his Adelaide studio.

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Ryan Russell of Russell and George

Ryan Russell’s five favourite retail interiors

13 Sep 2023, Adair Winder

Russell’s five retail interiors are all experiential, prophetic, timeless, dynamic and they all incorporate elements that he says, “gets people off their couches.”

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