Pink marble and patchy concrete emulate ancient Rome in Melbourne’s Pentolina pasta bar

August 5, 2018 Natasha Levy 0

Australian studio Biasol paired worn concrete walls with pink marble and rich red accents for the interiors of this Italian restaurant in Melbourne, which takes visual cues from Ancient Rome. Pentolina is set inside a 100-year-old building on Little Collins street, surrounded by a host of other eateries and shops. Its owner had been a

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STAR Architecture Have Designed A Home With A Wood Screen Facade

July 27, 2018 Erin 0

Photography by Peter Bennetts   STAR Architecture have recently completed a new house in Melbourne, Australia, that has a timber screen on the facade.   Photography by Peter Bennetts A sculptural entry canopy meets the timber screen and guides visitors to the front door. Photography by Peter Bennetts Inside, polished concrete flooring has been used […]

BIG, MAD, MVRDV and OMA on shortlist to design Australia’s tallest building

July 27, 2018 India Block 0

Supertall skyscrapers with rainbow facades and shaped like a mountain piercing a light-up cloud are on the shortlist for Southbank – a new tower in Melbourne, which if built would be Australia’s tallest building. The competition, run by developer Beulah International, to design a £1.1 billion mixed use development in the Australian city of Melbourne has drawn entries from

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All-white house by Studio Four blends indoor and outdoor spaces

July 26, 2018 Ali Morris 0

Melbourne-based architecture collective Studio Four placed a garden at the centre of this all-white family home located in the city’s suburb of Glen Iris. The clients – a professional couple with two young children – asked the architects to create a home that could meet the needs of their busy lives while also functioning as

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Foster + Partners plans new Federation Square Apple Store to replace “Pizza Hut pagoda” design

July 25, 2018 Amy Frearson 0

Foster + Partners has completely overhauled its plans for an Apple Store in Melbourne’s Federation Square, but critics claim it has “simply swapped a Pizza Hut pagoda for an oversized iPad”. The London-based firm has developed a more streamlined form for the shop, which Apple wants to build on the south side of the publicly owned city plaza.

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Wowowa adds fluted-brick extension to refurbished Melbourne house

July 7, 2018 Alyn Griffiths 0

Local architecture studio Wowowa has renovated a Victorian house in Melbourne and added an extension with a scalloped brick facade that contains an open-plan living space. The practice was invited to oversee the modernisation of a property in the city’s Fitzroy North neighbourhood by a client who had watched one of a series of YouTube

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Estudio Carme Pinós reveals timber latticework design for 2018 MPavilion

July 1, 2018 Ali Morris 0

Intersecting timber latticework frames make up Barcelona-based studio Estudio Carme Pinós’s design for this year’s MPavilion, which is set to open in Melbourne’s historic Queen Victoria Gardens this October. Commissioned by charity organisation The Naomi Milgrom Foundation as its fifth annual MPavilion, the newly unveiled origami-like design will be erected in the city’s historic Queen Victoria

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The Thompson Home by McGann Architects

June 28, 2018 Erin 0

  McGann Architects have designed a contemporary family home in Melbourne, Australia, for their clients who like to entertain.   Inside, the main social areas are all located in a single large room that features a vaulted ceiling. The dining area with a large wood table separates the living room and the kitchen. The kitchen […]

Ritz & Ghougassian reference brickwork for red-toned interiors of Bentwood cafe in Melbourne

June 24, 2018 Natasha Levy 0

Australian practice Ritz & Ghougassian used the worn red brick facade of this cafe in Melbourne as the reference point for the design of its interiors. The Bentwood cafe is set within the suburb of Fitzroy, an area of Melbourne well-known for its eclectic selection of eateries and bars. During the 20th century the building

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Ritz & Ghougassian reference brickwork for red-toned interiors of Bentwood cafe in Melbourne

June 24, 2018 Natasha Levy 0

Australian practice Ritz & Ghougassian used the worn red brick facade of this cafe in Melbourne as the reference point for the design of its interiors. The Bentwood cafe is set within the suburb of Fitzroy, an area of Melbourne well-known for its eclectic selection of eateries and bars. During the 20th century the building

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