Issue 64 September 2018

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Interior architecture, design, objects, people.

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Welcome
In this issue, alongside projects from Melbourne, Sydney and Perth, we feature work in regional cities such as Newcastle, Canberra and Nagambie, showing that architecture and design are slowly but surely sprawling beyond the big smoke. In Newcastle,
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Making Meaningful Connections
Just over a year ago I commenced my tenure as President of the Design Institute of Australia. In my first Comment column, I signalled a call to action – challenging our members and the design community to think about the different conversations we en
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Contributors
Rachael Bernstone is a writer who specializes in architecture and design. She recently moved from Sydney to Perth and is embracing all the wonders of the west. Intercontinental Perth City Centre (page 92) David Clark has worked in the interior d
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Bouzy
Located in Melbourne’s leafy, premier suburb of Armadale, Bouzy Bar à Vins is a petite wine bar influenced by those quintessential bars found on most corners of “gay Paree.” Bouzy is the product of hospitality sage Jason M. Jones and partner Brahman
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Susuru
“Less is more” is a common phrase in architecture and design, meaning less decoration has more impact. Mies van der Rohe popularized the expression to describe his modernist architectural approach, which distilled a building’s elements to extreme sim
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In Brief
Launched at the 2018 Milan Furniture Fair, Lee Broom’s Observatory line features seven celestial-inspired lighting products that play with sculptural, spherical form and the refraction and reflection of light. Observatory demonstrates Broom’s technic
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Barangaroo House
Standing under convex cantilever balconies wrapped in charred timber, watching the sun go down over Sydney’s Darling Harbour, you might forget that Barangaroo House sits at the edge of one of Australia’s biggest ever urban renewal projects. The effor
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More Highlights
Brothers Ronan and Erwan Bouroullec continue to be among the most thoughtful and prolific of designers. They created simple geometric kilims for Nanimarquina. Their Alcova collection for Wonderglass was a modular group of thick, textured glass shapes
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Canberra Centre
A four-year project to restore and redevelop the historic Canberra Centre in Australia’s national capital has resulted in a dynamically revitalized urban retail precinct. Engaged by the centre’s retail-developer owner QIC Global Real Estate (QICGRE),
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Milan Design Week 2018
One of the most curious things at Milan Design Week this past April was that Tom Dixon didn’t show up. Dixon has been a prominent presence in Milan for the past decade at least. This year he skipped it, deciding to take his wares on a global tour ins
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Kirsten Coelho
Kirsten Coelho “is asking us to see that what might, on first appearance, seem straightforward, even mundane, is not quite what it should be, but actually, miraculously, something altogether else,” comments Julie Ewington on the potter’s Transfigured
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In Brief
Schiavello and MAP’s Gallery Chair was designed by Chris Connell for the National Gallery of Victoria’s (NGV) Triennial. Incorporating a high-carbon steel frame, a nylon mesh seat and back and removable polyester-blend upholstery, the chair was inspi
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Australian Graduate of the Year Awards
The Design Institute of Australia (DIA) presented the 2018 winners of the DIA’s Australian Graduate Of The Year Awards (AGOTYA) at Denfair in Melbourne on 15 June. The overall winner of the 2018 AGOTYA and recipient of the Madeline Lester Award was J
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Switch It Up
And detail, like the Saturn switches and outlets, can add depth and character to interior design, as well as bring greater home comfort and convenience to users. The award-winning craftsmen at Clipsal’s design labs have identified their key switches
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Paramount House Hotel
A hotel is the latest program to be added to the mix at Paramount House, a multifunctional hub of Surry Hills grooviness. The complex already contains a high-end co-working space, a bar and retro cinema, private offices and a purveyor of specialty co
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Mitchelton Winery Hotel
The meandering watercourse of the Goulburn River runs through the heart of Victoria, binding rural communities, natural wildlife and flora against stunning picturesque backdrops. Once the fertile lifeblood of the ancient Taungurung people, the tradit
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Intercontinental Perth City Centre
First built in the 1970s as a sixteen-storey office block, this building on the corner of Hay and King Streets in Perth has undergone two major transformations in its lifetime. In 1997 the bright blue office building was converted into a 4.5-star 245
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In Brief
Sway, a collaborative effort by Melbourne-based studio Made by Pen and independent designer Nick Rennie, represents a new concept in floor-lamp lighting. The simple, elegant lamp is untethered to a power cord or electrical outlet of any kind. It can
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The University of Melbourne Engineering Building
At the risk of oversimplification, “putting engineering on display” could be the clarion call for this entire suite of interventions in the University of Melbourne’s Engineering faculty buildings, which incorporates an engineering workshop and variou
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Waranara Early Learning Centre
Exposure to music, reading and physical activity is known to aid a child’s early development. Could the same line of thinking be expanded to include good design? The City of Sydney seems to be positing that well-designed environments for early learni

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