Located on a corner site in Parnell, Auckland, York House by Monk Mackenzie is an exploration of rich, timeless materiality.
Hailing from Adelaide, studio gram designs fluidly within a tight conceptual scaffold for each project, crafting narratives that offer a balance of familiarity and surprise.
For commercial spaces to re-establish their value to Australian business, it is crucial to recentre the conversation around how design can help them become exceptional destinations once again.
Earth-Ship sees Luigi Rosselli Architects and Alwill Interiors combine to navigate the unique conditions of the site, elongating the form and ensuring optimal visual access remains out over the water.
Imagined as a sanctuary to immerse oneself within, Akmē sees Biasol combine gestures of calm and retreat within a light filled and neutrally encased space.
GlobeWest’s Collections 2023 Volume 2 reimagines its signature furniture and homeware ranges in new shapes, colours and forms.
Launched by brothers Luke and Christian Mills, Melbourne-based lighting company South Drawn is built on material exploration and local manufacturing.
The Stella Collective has reimagined the privately-owned suites at Port Douglas’s Club Tropical Resort and the resulting design reflects the free and easy atmosphere of Far North Queensland.
Exemplifying design with purpose, Auckland City Mission HomeGround is Stevens Lawson’s architectural response to a vision to end homelessness in central Auckland.
Crafted by Ewert Leaf, The Chestnut Tree Bookshop and Cafe is home to over 10,000 literary works, forming a charming addition to Barkly Street.
Danielle Brustman imbues mitch. studio with unique colour and material choices, while also showcasing the award winning salons extraordinary abilities that give clients the reprieve they desire.
In Australia in March to celebrate 20 years of his eponymous brand and launch PORTABLES – a new series of compact, rechargeable lights – with Living Edge.
Greenhouse sees Hugh Jones Mackintosh and Vitale Design combine to design a home with a more contemporary and outdoor liveability.
Flinders Beach House by NOXON Architecture reimagines a family heirloom with a renovation and extension that transforms an occasional weekender into a spacious retreat.
Cera Stribley’s 2019 redevelopment of St Hubert’s Winery has seen two humble sheds reimagined into Hubert Estate – a sophisticated destination unlike anything else in the Yarra region.
Studio Prineas has imbued its own HQ with timeless materials, a warming colour palette and a wealth of natural light to create an enduring workplace for its employees.
The Newlands is an architecturally designed, pedestrian- oriented precinct created in a partnership between Bates Smart and Arcadia Landscape Architecture.
Red Hill Residence sees SJS Interior Design ensures a love of entertaining is woven in among an openly directed home to embrace the natural surrounds.
Hawthorn Studio sees Agius Scorpo Architects utilise the site to its fullest, creating a bookmark along the outermost boundary where an overlap of retreat and recreation coalesce.
In April, The Local Project is expanding to cover North America. Now, with over 20 per cent of our audience based in North America, the time has come to see it represented.
Dan Gayfer Design helps to transform this Edwardian residence into a home that delights, accommodating growth that still honours the existing structure.
JW Residence sees Mim Design restore the original ornate detailing and delicateness of the Victorian-er crafted origins while overlaying a contemporary relevance.
A distinctly Australian casualness balanced with refined sophistication grounds the Refract collection, a new capsule of locally-made furniture created by Hayden Cox with SP01.
Studio House sees William Samuels Architects utilise efficiencies together with passivity to craft a creative resolve amongst an idyllic setting.
Designed and built by MAEK, Grove Residence elegantly expresses all the touchpoints of family life through a distinctly contemporary lens.
Wattletree House sees Design by AD ensure a more modern relevance is embedded into the home through an expansion of open and connected living areas.
Tess Glasson, Alexander &CO.’s Marketing Director and a mother of four, has achieved much in her 25-year career, which she shared as part of Women’s History Month.
South Yarra II enables a balanced continuity between past and present where the alterations and addition reflect a considered calm.
The environmental benefits of biophilic design are widespread and it could hold the answers to our growing individual and social challenges.
Sibling Architecture has designed a building for Wangaratta District Specialist School, a multi-modal school for students with clinically diagnosed intellectual and associated disabilities.
Established in a GFC and now with offices in Australia and New Zealand, the award-winning interior design studio CTRL Space is on a mission to make good design commonplace.
Slated to be an ‘anti-office building’, 100 Walker Street by Bates Smart looks beyond the traditional work environment to offer a space that does it all.
Salsa Verde sees Arent&Pyke add complementary layers, injecting colour, texture and materiality to craft a series of spaces that are the embodiment of luxury living.
Initially founded as an online store, Sheet Society has opened its first physical space, designed together with GOLDEN.
Guided by the flow and meditative state of yoga, The Light Practice by Harrison Interiors delivers an experiential yoga studio for movement, introspection and connection.
Celebrating its unique heritage and neighbourhood context, Fitzroy House sees a 19th-century bootmaker’s factory building transformed into a timeless multi-residential structure.
Issue 11 Commercial Feature
Crisp and Contemporary – Brent Wilson Atelier by Nickolas Gurtler Office
Crisp and contemporary, Brent Wilson Atelier forms an effortless display of masculine sophistication that has been perfected by interior designer Nickolas Gurtler.
The finalists for the 2023 Dulux Colour Awards have been announced by this year’s judging panel, narrowing down a record number of entries to 113 finalists.
As King celebrates 20 years of its award-winning Jasper sofa, customers are reminded of the flexible and sustainable nature of contemporary Australian design.
Maintaining a connection to its ornately detailed past, Crown Street Terrace sees Studio Arkive rework the existing home through a contemporary lens to create a more flowing sense of movement within.
On a quiet side street in Brunswick East, Breathe has created not just another carbon neutral multi-residential building but an entire environmentally conscious community.
A disused soap factory in the centre of Port Melbourne has been transformed into the stylish new headquarters for cycling apparel brand MAAP.
On a corner site in Brunswick East, Figlia by Ewert Leaf breathes new life into the old charm of iconic Lygon Street. The pizzeria offers an approachable, genuine and relaxed dining experience.
With Arent&Pyke delivering an abundance of jubilant spaces, Vida Glow HQ is an achievement of animated vitality that faithfully mirrors the brand’s own blissful character.
Gloss House sees Studio Doherty and Enth Degree Architects carefully craft the new home, injecting colour as a playful expression its owners.
Conceived by Wolveridge Architects and grounded by Eco Outdoor surfaces underfoot, Courtyard Residence is innately imbued with robust warmth through the use of natural materiality.
Jewellery Box sees Crosson Architects push the form out to engage with surrounding views, elevating the everyday engagement between the home and the surrounds.
Inspired by the typology of miners huts, Biv Punakaiki sees Fabric Architecture and Mark Pankurst envision a series of light-footed temporary accommodation pods.
Continuing the legacy left by the stonemason who built the original form, Glebe Castle sees KLK Architecture overlay vibrant colour and playful elements to mould the resulting home.
On Melbourne’s busy Lonsdale Street, interior design studio Bergman & Co. offers an intimate patron experience at Sakura – an izakaya that opens a contemporary hand to traditional Japanese influences.
Creating a dynamic workplace, Richards Stanisich has developed a series of space to complement existing on-floor tenancies throughout the building.
A serene retreat beyond the bustling streetscape of Wellington Central, Stravinskij Salon by Seear-Budd Ross exists as an evocative den of tactility and tone.
As a reworking of an existing 1970-80s era home, Play House sees State of Kin carefully articulate a series of interventions that encase the outer envelope, and reshape the interior experience.
Stylist, writer and interiors authority Megan Morton is driven by small yet prodigious moments that propel her to discover more through her work.
C6 by Fraser & Partners and Grange Development is the world’s tallest hybrid timber tower and represents the next evolution of sustainable design.
A material spotlight on interior finishes such as stone, paint and wood décor from a selection of five companies including Artedomus, Laminex and Bishop Master Finishes.
With Be Kids Therapy, Selzer Design Studio met a curly design challenge head on. The result is a psychology clinic that manages to escape a clinical aesthetic, opting instead for a calming feel.
A nimble renovation by Molecule Studio retains the heritage of an 1890s West Melbourne terrace house and adds a rich new dimension to its story.
The 2023 Color Forecast by Dulux demonstrates a subtle nod to nature’s most graceful hues.
