Oscar Bravo by March Studio: Tailoring, Rewired for the Jet Age.Oscar Bravo's proposition is disarmingly simple—a tailored shirt should be worn on a Saturday morning as readily as in an office. March Studio's 70-square-metre flagship dismantles almost everything the category has trained us to expect,...
Côte Basque: A Melbourne Restaurant Defined by Everything Left Untouched.Melbourne's most-watched restaurant opening in years landed this month, and the most compelling thing about its design is everything Acme decided not to touch. Twenty-five Crossley Street has housed just three businesses in seven...
A Concrete Coastal Retreat on the Mornington Peninsula Where Three Cultures Meet.Perched above Port Phillip Bay at Mount Martha, Mori House marks Portuguese practice Aires Mateus's first Australian project, realised with Melbourne firm MA+Co for Neometro's Jeff Provan. A loose cluster of off-form concrete pavilions...
Borrowed Light by Shelby Ann Studio Is a Study in Elevating an Ordinary Suburban Home.The story usually goes that living beautifully requires a blank site, a serious budget and a willingness to wait until life settles down. Borrowed Light dismantles all three. In Melbourne's Preston, Shelby Ann Studio has renovated a plain...
Studio Shields Proves the Most Memorable Interiors Are Layered by Many Hands.Synthesis transformed the Bishop's Parlour at Abbotsford Convent into an immersive domestic interior for Melbourne Design Week 2026. Curated by Ruby Shields, the installation united more than 45 Australian artists, designers and...
Inside Sculpted, a Sydney Home Built Like a Macro Sculpture.When your client is a working sculptor, why not build the house like one? Madeleine Blanchfield Architects' latest project distils a Sydney home to its essential expression, carving raw brick, concrete and oak into a hillside site above...
Elton Group Launches the Think Good Micro-Grant, Backing the Ideas Behind Responsible Design.Design tends to get celebrated at the finish line, but the work that moves the industry forward happens long before that. Elton Group's new annual grant supports architects, interior designers, furniture designers, makers and students...
Considered by Design: Camberwell House by Above Zero, Cera Stribley & Golden.Above Zero returns to Camberwell with Camberwell House, a design-led collection rising above Camberwell Junction. Architecture by Cera Stribley, interiors by Golden, landscape by Florian Wild and feature lighting by artist Nicole Lawrence...
Inside Cinderella Deep, Geller Studio’s Raw and Ritualistic Redfern Workspace.Named after a nineteenth-century goldmine and grounded in the philosophy of Ubuntu, Cinderella Deep is Geller Studio's material-led workspace in Redfern. Off-form concrete, oxidising clay render and reclaimed heritage brick set an...
