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Activision Blizzard by Studio Tate
A colourful, playful office space in Melbourne caters to the needs of gaming designers.
CommercialEscala by Six Degrees
A carefully choreographed mixed-use development disrupts the existing pattern in Melbourne’s Docklands by introducing fine-grain detail to a large-scale project.
CommercialQueen and Collins by Kerstin Thompson Architects and BVN
With precision and nuance, Kerstin Thompson Architects and BVN have come together to create a benchmark workplace and urban project that celebrates and re-energizes the iconic Gothic Bank Complex in Melbourne’s CBD.
CommercialIndustrious detailing: Alfred Stables
Architects EAT has reinvented a 150-year-old three-storey factory at Melbourne’s Alfred Hospital into a dynamic and adaptive workplace for 150 administrative staff, all while celebrating the existing building fabric.
CommercialRetrospective: CH2 (2006)
Melbourne’s Council House 2 has achieved celebrity “green building” status in the 16 years since its completion. On a recent site visit with Rob Adams, who oversaw the project for the City of Melbourne, Stephen Choi considered what the profession might learn from CH2’s still-evolving sustainability measures.
CommercialA tough little building with a big civic heart
This office building by Clare Cousins Architects glows as a beacon of utilitarian elegance amidst the industrial lowlands of Collingwood.
CommercialA 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, InteriorsWork the room: The Commons QV
This co-working space in Melbourne’s CBD designed by Foolscap Studio champions different working styles – from conversations in the amphitheatre to brainstorming in a sensory room.
Commercial, InteriorsWork wonders: Techne Studio
For its new home in Melbourne’s Carlton, Techne Architecture and Interior Design has created a workplace expressed as a venue for creative production.
InteriorsVictorian Auditor-General’s Office
Baumgart Clark Architects has created an office environment in Melbourne that exudes gravitas and dignity, but also prioritizes wireless and paperless technology.
InteriorsWork smarter: Building No. 2
The sturdy blockwork and steel-framed windows of this mid-century industrial building in Melbourne give little clue to its rich history, but Wolveridge Architects has celebrated its past in a reimagined coworking space.
InteriorsIndustrial revolution: Barwon Water
GHDWoodhead’s transformation of the 1970s Geelong headquarters of Victoria’s largest urban water corporation into a striking contemporary office is symbolic of the urban renewal at the regional city’s cultural and civic heart.
CommercialPlayfully accessible: Frenches Interior
Sibling Architecture strikes a good balance between function and delight in this accessible home office in inner-city Melbourne.
InteriorsA 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, HospitalityComforting seamlessness: 106 Flinders Street
Bates Smart has rethought the conventional workplace in its design of an office for an architectural physicist in Melbourne’s CBD.
Interiors‘Transformational architecture’: Clemenger BBDO Melbourne
Finding inspiration from constraint, Powell and Glenn has taken a modest budget and turned the Melbourne offices of creative agency Clemenger BBDO into a perfect integration of stillness and energy.
InteriorsDe Stijl accelerator: Western BACE
Six Degrees Architects references De Stijl and late modernism in its design of this business accelerator for the burgeoning community of Melton, west of Melbourne.
CommercialStar turn: Napoleon Perdis Chapel
Make-up entrepreneur Napoleon Perdis commissioned Studiobird to design an interior for his new South Yarra concept store that includes cosmetics, a foray into lifestyle retailing and a make-up academy.
InteriorsConcrete theatre: Wolfdene
Young design practice Larritt-Evans has capitalized on the concrete materiality of an existing tenancy in Melbourne, crafting an impressive new face for property developer Wolfdene.
InteriorsFreedom at work: Medibank Place
With the aspiration to create one of the healthiest headquarters in the world, Medibank enlisted multidisciplinary design firm Hassell to create a head office where employees have freedom to choose how and where they work.
Commercial, InteriorsHealthy ambition: Medibank Place
Hassell’s new headquarters for healthcare giant Medibank delivers a vibrant and health-centred workplace while being a hospitable neighbour to stadium-goers.
Commercial, Public / culturalIdeas exchange: CHE Proximity
Designed by Bates Smart, this new Melbourne workplace for creative agency CHE Proximity is textured and personable, encouraging staff to interact and share ideas.
InteriorsWhen “little becomes big”: 41X
The Melbourne home of the Australian Institute of Architects speaks of the integral role of the architecture profession in the future of Australia’s cities.
CommercialBlackwood Street Bunker
Dubbed ‘The Bunker,’ this shared workplace gives new purpose to a building “only an architect could love.”
InteriorsCBA Customer Service Centre
Davenport Campbell (interiors) and graphic agency Frost Design make a vibrant Melbourne workplace.
InteriorsAllens Linklaters
BVN Architecture’s finely balanced fitout for legal practice Allens Linklaters.
InteriorsHub Melbourne
An office by Hassell with spaces designed to be bustling, relaxed and easily adapted.
Commercial, InteriorsNational Centre for Synchrotron Science
Bates Smart’s National Centre for Synchrotron Science in Melbourne creates the conditions in which to see.
CommercialBranch Studio
A tiny studio in an orchard in Officer, Victoria, is base camp for Branch Studio Architects.
CommercialNorton Rose
Carr Design Group’s refit of Norton Rose’s reception in Melbourne takes rebranding to a new level.
Interiors