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Ryan Russell’s five favourite retail interiors
Russell’s five retail interiors are all experiential, prophetic, timeless, dynamic and they all incorporate elements that he says, “gets people off their couches.”
PeopleVale Jean-Louis Cohen 1949–2023
Philip Thalis and Russell Olsson pay tribute to Jean-Louis Cohen, a professor, lecturer, curator and researcher with encyclopaedic knowledge of architectural and urban culture.
PeopleThree new professors appointed to University of Sydney
Jennifer McMaster, Ashley Dunn and Daniel Fallman have all been appointed as the new professors of practice at the University of Sydney School of Architecture, Design and Planning.
PeoplePlucked from nature: The designs of Samantha Dennis
Based in Tasmania, Samantha Dennis explores the visceral through highly realistic insect jewellery.
PeopleKerstin Thompson: Negotiating the in-between
Justin Clark reflects on Kerstin Thompson’s generous contribution to professional and public culture.
PeopleVale Ken Latona: architect, larrikin and tourism legend
Jonathan Buist and Dayna Trevaskis remember their friend, mentor and former colleague Ken Latona, whose pioneering architecture and commitment to tourism left an indelible mark on Tasmania.
PeopleFour houses of Chrofi
The skilfully planned residential work of this practice responds to the particularities of people and place, an approach underpinned by the directors’ expertise in city-making.
PeopleHarnessing the power of AI in architecture
Designer and innovator Alisa Andrasek believes that artificial intelligence will transform the architectural office, automating tedious tasks and leaving us free to do the creative thinking that our world so desperately requires. She spoke with Jet Geaghan.
PeopleVale Patrick Pinder, 1938–2023
The Western Australian architectural community recently lost an industry stalwart with the passing of Patrick (Pat) Pinder.
PeopleTransforming space and dreaming new realities: Meagan Streader
By employing light in her sculptural installations, Meagan Streader plays with perception through intersecting forms and glowing hues.
PeoplePoetics of everyday: Knight Wilson
The founders of Gold Coast- and Melbourne-based Knight Wilson believe that architecture need not be original or on trend, but instead dictated by the everyday lives of its occupants.
PeopleDesign as a ‘love language’: Marlo Lyda
For Marlo Lyda, a youth spent between inner-city Sydney and the Central Tablelands lead to work inspired by nature, but created using industrial methods and materials.
PeopleEmerging practice: Trower Falvo Architects
With its depth of intention and resolution, the work of Simona Falvo and Dayne Trower requires careful, quiet and considered observation.
PeopleExploring domestic architecture through art: Esther Stewart
With a background in architecture and sculpture, Melbourne artist Esther Stewart creates paintings and installations that reimagine, collapse and expand spaces.
PeopleStudio: Elliat Rich
Deliberately broad in scope and often mythical in focus, the work of this Alice Springs-based designer seeks to spark connection between all things.
People‘Good design can economize’: Spacecraft Architects
Josh Harris speaks to Spacecraft Architects directors Tim Gittos and Caroline Robertson about the methods and strategies they use to create affordable, livable housing with modest means.
PeopleStudio: Jessica Loughlin
Glass artist Jessica Loughlin crafts reductive, geometric forms in opaline glass that capture the elusive and evanescent qualities of light and colour in the expansive Australian landscape.
PeopleThe orchestrated playfulness of Office Mi–Ji
Millie Anderson and Jimmy Carter of Melbourne-based Office Mi–Ji seek to create architecture that is refreshingly playful but refined and highly considered.
PeopleTalking circular: Lasse Lind on designing-in the capacity to change
As the research group at Copenhagen-based 3XN Architects, GXN focuses on circular design, behavioural design, and technology, pushing for industry innovations to make built environments more sustainable.
PeopleMeet the owners of Fitzroy North Renovation
Builder Rhys and jewellery designer Jules worked with Therefore to transform a terrace that was dark, cold and dilapidated – but full of potential. They share their insights into the collaboration, and discuss the value of trust in the architect–client–builder relationship.
PeopleDesign facilitator: Sandra Githinji
This Kenyan-born, Melbourne-based multidisciplinary designer interrogates the interdependence between design and people to facilitate more equitable environments.
PeopleRoger Putnam 1940–2023
The death of Roger Putnam FDIA in May 2023 marked the passing of an important presence in Australian mid-twentieth-century design.
PeopleIn profile: Williams Burton Leopardi
Combining modern classicism with a warm, minimalist aesthetic, the work of this South Australian practice is the result of a holistic approach to designing residential space.
PeopleOne to watch: Second Edition
Advocates for material salvage and reuse, Shahar Cohen and Amy Seo have set out to prove that repair and reuse is not just an environmental imperative, but also a financial viability.
PeopleA tribute to Peter Myers
Richard Leplastrier remembers Peter Myers, an architect and teacher who “occupied many worlds” and “always saw behind things.”
PeopleFirst and last: Studio Ongarato
After 30 years in practice together, Ronnen Goren and Fabio Ongarato reflect on their first and most recent way-finding projects for civic institutions.
PeopleVale Bruce Medek, 1965 – 2022
Alice Hampson and Michael Lavery pay tribute to Bruce Raymond Medek an architect and advocate with a life-long ethic for applied social responsibility and a passion for sustainability.
PeoplePalinda Kannangara on the deep roots of Sri Lankan architecture
Ahead of his appearance at The Architecture Symposium, Brisbane in June, Palinda Kannangara discusses his work and its place in Sri Lanka.
PeopleIntroducing Amy Woodroffe as acting editor of Artichoke
Amy Woodroffe has been appointed acting editor of Artichoke magazine.
PeopleAustralian Tapestry Workshop appoints new CEO
The Board of the Australian Tapestry Workshop has announcement it has appointed Sophie Travers as its new CEO, following the retirement of Antonia Syme.
PeopleRewilding in a post-humanist world: Salad Dressing
The work of the Singapore-based landscape architecture practice envisions a future world in which humans, nature and machines co-exist and co-evolve.
PeopleOne to watch: Saha
Spurred by the challenges of housing affordability and social and environmental sustainability, this young Sydney practice has been adapting existing housing with composure, sensitivity and restraint.
PeopleIn profile: Brad Swartz Architects
Characterized by quiet details, dexterous spatial reinvention and moments of unexpected delight, the residential work of this Sydney studio reveals a big-picture philosophy for living well in the city.
PeopleStudio: Tom Fereday
Sydney-based industrial designer Tom Fereday continues to add to an award-winning body of work that reflects his focus on aesthetic and functional longevity.
PeopleStudio: Marta Figueiredo
Beneath their abstract forms and irresistibly tactile surfaces, the works of Marta Figueiredo explore themes of sustainability and social connection.
PeopleStudio Gram’s five favourite design cities
Dave Bickmore and Graham Charbonneau share their five favourite cities, whose metropolitan thrum, curious histories and texture has helped to define their unique design language.
PeopleFirst and last: Hamish Guthrie of Hecker Guthrie
Hamish Guthrie is a co-director at his multidisciplinary design practice Hecker Guthrie, which, over the past 20 years, has helped to establish some of the country’s most recognisable institutions.
PeopleVale Peter Muller, 1927–2023
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.
PeopleEmerging profile: Second Edition
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.
PeopleStudio: Doshi Levien
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.
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