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Little Prince Wine – a wine bar, bottle shop and cellar – is a new addition to The Prince Hotel.

Royal treatment: Prince Public Bar

The Prince is dead; long live the Prince. IF Architecture demonstrates a deft understanding of an iconic Melbourne venue in this new chapter for St Kilda’s Prince Hotel.

Hospitality
The large, curving coffee bar features “Golden Cappuccino” marble, brass trim and fluted timber panelling.

Mediterranean connection: Via Porta

Studio Esteta has channelled Italian heritage and urban experiences to transform a nondescript suburban Melbourne shopfront into a welcoming deli and eatery.

Hospitality, Interiors
The windows are double-framed, making the glazing blast-proof in the unlikely event of an explosion at the nearby port.

A deceptively simple cafe: Gathered

Designed by Ewert Leaf, this pared-back and striking cafe in Melbourne’s Footscray belies a host of logistical and functional solutions to manage its portside setting.

Commercial, Hospitality, Interiors
Referencing the geometry of the late Art Deco period, the S-shaped banquette helps zone the large open dining space, giving patrons a variety of seating options as well as privacy.

Glamorous and gritty: Prince Dining Room

IF Architecture has taken cues from the history and culture of the Prince of Wales Hotel in Melbourne’s St Kilda to create a new dining experience in the upstairs restaurant.

Hospitality, Interiors
Each room has been thoughtfully layered with iconic furniture pieces, custom-designed joinery, and premium fittings and fixtures.

Populuxe pageantry: Zagame’s House

Melbourne design firm Lukas Partners Interior Architecture combines bold colour, dramatic artworks and curvaceous geometries in the interiors for this new ninety-seven-room boutique hotel in Carlton.

Hospitality, Interiors
The space is layered with texture and detail, from the speckled terrazzo horseshoe-shaped bar to the tassels on the stools and the monochrome patterned floor.

A French affair: Bouzy

Jason M. Jones and Brahman Perera

In Melbourne’s prestigious suburb of Armadale, Jason M. Jones and Brahman Perera have created a Parisian-inspired wine bar that is about “making a special occasion of every day.”

Hospitality, Interiors
Vacation Cafe by Therefore.

Grown-up playground: Vacation Cafe

Neighbouring the serious Ernst and Young tower in Melbourne’s CBD, Vacation Cafe designed by Therefore occupies the streetscape like a kid in a rainbow parachute jacket among a sea of suits. It exudes a relaxed playfulness laced with eighties childhood nostalgia.

Hospitality, Interiors
Two-part copper and timber doors, based on a Mexican cathedral, make for a grand and dramatic entry to the QT Melbourne hotel.

A fine pairing: 131 Russell Street and 478 George Street

Two new towers by Candalepas Associates, the hotel QT Melbourne on Russell Street and the AHL Headquarters on George Street in Sydney, complement the existing fabric of the city with compositional finesse.

Commercial, Hospitality
Higher Ground is characterized by a series of smaller platforms that wrap around the space, taking the visitor on a journey through six different levels.

Intimate volume: Higher Ground

DesignOffice has teamed up with the owners of famed Melbourne cafes Top Paddock and The Kettle Black to turn a cavernous former power station into a refined and welcoming all-day dining venue in the CBD.

Hospitality, Interiors
The timber screen was used to zone the dining space. The exact placement of the timber arch aligns with the two-toned circle on the back wall.

Mint condition: The Penny Drop

At the base of the new Australian Taxation Office building in Melbourne’s Box Hill, this new cafe by We Are Huntly plays on the concept of “penny dropping.”

Hospitality, Interiors
The bar and counter frame the open kitchen and feature speckled grey terrazzo and floating white pendant lights.

Lights out: Second Home

Brahman Perera & Jason M. Jones

Designed by Brahman Perera with Jason M. Jones, Second Home is an elegant and serene cafe located in an Alistair Knox-designed warehouse in Melbourne’s leafy outer suburbs.

Hospitality, Interiors
Taken from the book Historic Heston, photographs by Romas Foord have been enlarged to add theatre to the dining room.

Gastronomic showpiece: Dinner by Heston Blumenthal

The Fat Duck’s time in Melbourne may be over but Bates Smart has transformed the space into Dinner by Heston Blumenthal, a permanent restaurant at Crown Melbourne inspired by historic British gastronomy.

Hospitality, Interiors
Diners are basked in a warm glow that creates pockets of intimacy in the space.

Turning over a new leaf: Transformer Fitzroy

Breathe Architecture turns a vacant electrical transformer factory in Melbourne into a modern vegetarian restaurant and bar.

Hospitality, Interiors
Fluoro lights are arranged in a zigzag pattern over pegboard.

“Make it awesome”: Phamily Kitchen

Architect Mathew van Kooy adds bold colour to create this Vietnamese restaurant in Melbourne’s Collingwood.

Hospitality, Interiors
Beneath banana plant print wallpaper, another upstairs bar has painted steel Barfront and joinery detailing.

Local character: The Terminus Hotel

Techné Architecture and Interior Design and Sand Hill Road breathe new life into a much-loved Melbourne pub.

Hospitality, Interiors
The attica pop-up restaurant on the second floor featured a stunning canopy of coppiced branches and roses in light bulbs, designed by Joost Bakker.

Floral tribute: Lexus Design Pavillion

Mim Design take inspiration from the spring blooms of Flemington to create a temporary marquee at the Melbourne Cup Carnival.

Hospitality, Interiors
Hovering above the dining room (and seen here reflected in the bronze mirror), the exposed services and ceiling were painted in apricot.

Dining with drama: Prix Fixe

Designed by Fiona Lynch, Melbourne restaurant Prix Fixe merges metallics, marble and concrete to create an interior with a sense of theatre.

Hospitality, Interiors
Natural leather banquettes and blond 
rock maple tabletops imbue the space with 
a sense of luxury.

The Press Club

March Studio serves up luxury with sides of honesty and comfort at The Press Club.

Hospitality, Interiors
Unlike most cafe interiors, Flipboard Cafe is vertically oriented with the help of a central staircase.

Flipboard Cafe

This tiny, labyrinth-like cafe by Brolly Design to brings life to neglected corners of Melbourne’s CBD.

Hospitality, Interiors
The bar area is enclosed by a ceiling-high cage with four small service hatches.

Bar Económico

A Melbourne watering hole inspired by the dive bars of Puerto Rico and Jamaica.

Hospitality, Interiors
At Highpoint’s eastern entry, mature trees and a greengrocer lend a “public square” feel.

Highpoint Shopping Centre

Grimshaw Architects in association with The Buchan Group “civilizes” Australia’s third largest retail mall, in Melbourne’s north-west.

Commercial, Hospitality, Interiors
Light, airy dimensions and a modern colour palette connect the space to its inner-city, beachside location.

Foxes Den

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

Hospitality, Interiors
Reinvigorated with a bold facade new rear facade of industrial concrete pipes stacked like kegs or barrels.

In the round: Prahran Hotel

Techne Architects transforms a tired corner pub into a lively hub with a hint of voyeurism.

Hospitality, Interiors
Arches underpin the design of the space.

Conservatory, Melbourne

The new jewel of Crown Towers’ restaurant precinct, by Blainey North.

Hospitality, Interiors
The interiors have recycled and vernacular layers.

Bridge Hotel

Techne Architects revives a Melbourne pub with fictional narratives and building salvage.

Hospitality, Interiors
Timber and brass dominate the main restaurant and bar.

Hell of the North

SMLWRLD, Coulthard Shim, Adam Ferrante (owner)

For a local bar and bistro in Fitzroy, SMLWRLD architects use a firey yellow and bluestone as the signature.

Hospitality, Interiors
The Waiting Room’s interior is mirrored and faceted like vintage crystal.

The Waiting Room and Spice Temple

Grant Cheyne and Neil Perry team up to create two Melbourne destinations: The Waiting Room and Spice Temple.

Hospitality
Limewashed ceiling beams create a linear effect in the Loft.

Melbourne Cup Carnival marquees

The Birdcage marquees at the Melbourne Cup Carnival are carefully orchestrated interiors for the theatre of social exchange.

Hospitality, Interiors
Steel screens by Paul Dodd have sheet-music characters within their design.

My Mexican Cousin

In a pocket of the Melbourne Recital Centre, Six Degrees shapes an intimate restaurant and bar.

Hospitality, Interiors
“Randomly collected” objects on open shelves evoke the merchant trade atmosphere.

Claremont Tonic

Melbourne’s new Claremont Tonic by Maison Davis and Hecker Guthrie.

Hospitality