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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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Jean Louis Cohen.

Vale Jean-Louis Cohen 1949–2023

7 Sep 2023, Russell Olsson, Philip Thalis

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.

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Jennifer McMaster.

Three new professors appointed to University of Sydney

25 Aug 2023, Adair Winder

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.

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Plucked from nature: The designs of Samantha Dennis

Plucked from nature: The designs of Samantha Dennis

16 Aug 2023, Emma-Kate Wilson

Based in Tasmania, Samantha Dennis explores the visceral through highly realistic insect jewellery.

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Kerstin Thompson Architects' Queensberry Street studio, taken for the monograph Kerstin Thompson Architects: Encompassing People and Place by Leon van Schaik (Thames and Hudson, 2021).

Kerstin Thompson: Negotiating the in-between

15 Aug 2023, Justine Clark

Justin Clark reflects on Kerstin Thompson’s generous contribution to professional and public culture.

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Ken Latona

Vale Ken Latona: architect, larrikin and tourism legend

14 Aug 2023, Jonathan Buist, Dayna Trevaskis

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.

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Practice directors (L–R): Steven Fighera, John Choi and Tai Ropiha.

Four houses of Chrofi

11 Aug 2023, Genevieve Lilley

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.

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Alisa Andrasek works on the convergence of design, computer science and exponential technologies, bringing AI to the forefront of architectural design and construction.

Harnessing the power of AI in architecture

7 Aug 2023, Alisa Andrasek, Jet Geaghan

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.

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Pat Pinder

Vale Patrick Pinder, 1938–2023

2 Aug 2023, David Karotkin

The Western Australian architectural community recently lost an industry stalwart with the passing of Patrick (Pat) Pinder.

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Meagan Streader

Transforming space and dreaming new realities: Meagan Streader

2 Aug 2023, Emma-Kate Wilson

By employing light in her sculptural installations, Meagan Streader plays with perception through intersecting forms and glowing hues.

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James Knight and Daniel Wilson, founding partners of Gold Coast- and Melbourne-based architecture practice Knight Wilson.

Poetics of everyday: Knight Wilson

21 Jul 2023, Thomas Essex-Plath

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.

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Marlo Lyda.

Design as a ‘love language’: Marlo Lyda

19 Jul 2023, Dale Hardiman

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.

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Dayne Trower and Simona Falvo.

Emerging practice: Trower Falvo Architects

11 Jul 2023, Thomas Essex-Plath

With its depth of intention and resolution, the work of Simona Falvo and Dayne Trower requires careful, quiet and considered observation.

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Exploring domestic architecture through art: Esther Stewart

Exploring domestic architecture through art: Esther Stewart

5 Jul 2023, Rebecca Gross

With a background in architecture and sculpture, Melbourne artist Esther Stewart creates paintings and installations that reimagine, collapse and expand spaces.

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A portrait of Elliat Rich taken on the traditional lands of the Arrernte people.

Studio: Elliat Rich

23 Jun 2023, Judith Abell

Deliberately broad in scope and often mythical in focus, the work of this Alice Springs-based designer seeks to spark connection between all things.

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Block Party by Spacecraft Architects.

‘Good design can economize’: Spacecraft Architects

22 Jun 2023, Josh Harris

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.

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Jessica Loughlin’s work draws on the light experienced in the large salt lakes of South Australia.

Studio: Jessica Loughlin

20 Jun 2023, Judith Abell

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.

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Jimmy Carter and Millie Anderson of Office Mi–Ji.

The orchestrated playfulness of Office Mi–Ji

20 Jun 2023, Thomas Essex-Plath

Millie Anderson and Jimmy Carter of Melbourne-based Office Mi–Ji seek to create architecture that is refreshingly playful but refined and highly considered.

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Lasse Lind believes that the role of an architect is “to be the mediator between a lot of different professions and fields of knowledge.”

Talking circular: Lasse Lind on designing-in the capacity to change

13 Jun 2023, Philip Oldfield

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.

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Kitchen and living spaces overlap, enabling Jules and Rhys to supervise small children.

Meet the owners of Fitzroy North Renovation

12 Jun 2023, Alexa Kempton

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.

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Sandra Githinji.

Design facilitator: Sandra Githinji

6 Jun 2023, Thomas Essex-Plath

This Kenyan-born, Melbourne-based multidisciplinary designer interrogates the interdependence between design and people to facilitate more equitable environments.

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Roger Putnam.

Roger Putnam 1940–2023

5 Jun 2023, Geoff Fitzpatrick

The death of Roger Putnam FDIA in May 2023 marked the passing of an important presence in Australian mid-twentieth-century design.

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Practice directors David Burton and Sophia Leopardi.

In profile: Williams Burton Leopardi

5 Jun 2023, Leanne Amodeo

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.

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Offcut Kitchen (2021) is made from fibre-reinforced plastic, a material commmonly used for walkways.

One to watch: Second Edition

25 May 2023, Georgia Birks

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.

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Peter Myers.

A tribute to Peter Myers

25 May 2023, Richard Leplastrier

Richard Leplastrier remembers Peter Myers, an architect and teacher who “occupied many worlds” and “always saw behind things.”

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Left, Ronnen Goren, right, Fabio Ongarato.

First and last: Studio Ongarato

23 May 2023, Isla Sutherland

After 30 years in practice together, Ronnen Goren and Fabio Ongarato reflect on their first and most recent way-finding projects for civic institutions.

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Bruce Medek.

Vale Bruce Medek, 1965 – 2022

10 May 2023, Alice Hampson, Michael Lavery

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.

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Palinda Kannangara

Palinda Kannangara on the deep roots of Sri Lankan architecture

8 May 2023, Josh Harris

Ahead of his appearance at The Architecture Symposium, Brisbane in June, Palinda Kannangara discusses his work and its place in Sri Lanka.

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Amy Woodroffe.

Introducing Amy Woodroffe as acting editor of Artichoke

26 Apr 2023, ArchitectureAU Editorial

Amy Woodroffe has been appointed acting editor of Artichoke magazine.

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Sophie Travers

Australian Tapestry Workshop appoints new CEO

24 Apr 2023, ArchitectureAU Editorial

The Board of the Australian Tapestry Workshop has announcement it has appointed Sophie Travers as its new CEO, following the retirement of Antonia Syme.

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The Orchid Room from the Singapore Pavilion features four terrariums filled with native orchid species and a backdrop of ornamental orchids.

Rewilding in a post-humanist world: Salad Dressing

24 Apr 2023, Jillian Walliss

The work of the Singapore-based landscape architecture practice envisions a future world in which humans, nature and machines co-exist and co-evolve.

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An exercise in subtraction, Coogee Courtyard saw Saha replace an existing garage with an “outdoor room.”

One to watch: Saha

21 Apr 2023, Judith Abell

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.

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Large openings and a cohesive material palette of Hat House (2022) achieve a sense of spaciousness in a modest footprint.

In profile: Brad Swartz Architects

14 Apr 2023, Peter Salhani

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.

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Tom Fereday explores the notion of quiet innovation in his design practice.

Studio: Tom Fereday

14 Apr 2023, Penny Craswell

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.

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Marta Figueiredo uses design to explore sensorial experience.

Studio: Marta Figueiredo

12 Apr 2023, Rebecca Gross

Beneath their abstract forms and irresistibly tactile surfaces, the works of Marta Figueiredo explore themes of sustainability and social connection.

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Graham Charbonneau (left) and Dave Bickmore (right), directors of Studio Gram.

Studio Gram’s five favourite design cities

11 Apr 2023, Isla Sutherland

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.

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Hamish Guthrie, co-founder and director at Hecker Guthrie.

First and last: Hamish Guthrie of Hecker Guthrie

28 Mar 2023, Isla Sutherland

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.

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Peter Muller, 3 July 1927 – 17 February 2023.

Vale Peter Muller, 1927–2023

7 Mar 2023, Jan Golembiewski

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.

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Amy Seo and Shahar Cohen, founders of Second Edition.

Emerging profile: Second Edition

7 Mar 2023, Dale Hardiman

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.

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Nipa Doshi and Jonathan Levien.

Studio: Doshi Levien

27 Feb 2023, Penny Craswell

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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