Constructing a Persona: Up There Melbourne Store by Kennedy Nolan.From bold colour choices, sculptural mascots at the door, clever use of integrated lighting, reflective metal surfaces paired with lustrous, yet sparing fabric choices across the fitting rooms, the physical gestures in Kennedy Nolan’s...
People Focussed Architecture: Nightingale Leftfield by Kennedy Nolan.Passing through Melbourne’s bustling Brunswick, you may have caught a glimpse of the Nightingale Leftfield, glowing like a beacon in the afternoon sun. Located on Duckett Street, the multi-residential building comprising 28 apartments,...
Melbourne Now: NGV’s History-making Exhibition With 200+ Victorian-based Artists Now Open.The second edition of the ground-breaking exhibition Melbourne Now highlights the extraordinary work of more than 200 Victorian-based artists, designers, studios and firms whose practices are shaping the cultural landscape of Melbourne and...
Secret Garden House by Kennedy Nolan.Somewhere in Melbourne, beyond a mystical arched gateway, hides a secret garden that is the stuff of storybooks. Like its famous namesake novel by Frances Hodgson Burnett, it is big and wild, with birds and butterflies and blooms that come...
Matthews House by Kennedy Nolan.A robust face-lift to a beloved home, Kennedy Nolan’s Matthews House is a thoughtful tribute to the mid-century modern era. This remarkable project proves it’s not all about giving the house a completely new identity, but carrying its...
Always by Kennedy Nolan.The inimitable Melbourne architecture practice, Kennedy Nolan, knows a thing or two about designing domestic spaces. Their latest project is a weekender in Flinders with intense interior materiality punctuated by the vast coastal...
After Hours presented by Volker Haug Studio for Melbourne Design Week 2022.Following the success of last year’s debut edition, Volker Haug Studio’s After Hours show celebrates the artistic pursuits of a select group of Australian artists and designers, exploring the artistic projects and passions which live...
Nostalgia Reinvented: Milkbar House by Kennedy Nolan.A traditional ‘milk bar’ conjures up a vintage montage of bike rides down the brown-tinted lens of summer suburbia, with pink blue chromatic tinsels flying around the handlebars as we veer to the local milk bar for a smoothie or ice...
Calm Drama: Elsternwick House by Kennedy Nolan.Heritage greets contemporary with a warm embrace in one of Kennedy Nolan's latest residential projects — a restored and re-imagined substantial Edwardian house in Melbourne's inner suburb of Elsternwick. Masters of the layered yet...
