Dezeen Weekly
Dezeen Weekly
A pine-cone-informed apartment block features in today's Dezeen Weekly newsletter
The latest edition of our Dezeen Weekly newsletter features a mixed-use apartment block on Queensland's Gold Coast. More
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Retractable screens shelter seafront apartment block in Australia by Koichi Takada Architects
Australian firm Koichi Takada Architects has completed a mixed-use apartment block on Queensland's Gold Coast featuring retractable slatted wooden screens and thin balconies that reference the form of a pine cone. More
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Studio Goss exposes concrete shell of converted Melbourne apartment
Hidden off-form concrete walls have come to the fore in this minimalist Melbourne apartment conversion, with interiors designed by local firm Studio Goss. More
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Akin Atelier designs Camilla and Marc store in Melbourne as "homage to the sense of touch"
Plaster, travertine and pearly onyx are some of the materials that design studio Akin Atelier has used to form the tactile interiors of this womenswear store in Melbourne, Australia. More
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Youssofzay + Hart creates temporary exhibition space using materials from hardware stores
Architecture studio Youssofzay + Hart has constructed a series of interconnected rooms using materials found in hardware stores for a temporary exhibition space in Australia that can be easily dismantled and adapted. More
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Wowowa uses colourful accents to update 60s home in Melbourne
A scalloped metal roof and brightly coloured accents feature in a renovation and extension of a 1960s home in Melbourne by local architecture studio Wowowa, which has been shortlisted in the residential rebirth category of Dezeen Awards 2021. More
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Jackson Clements Burrows designs mass-timber student accommodation in Melbourne
Australian studio Jackson Clements Burrows has completed a mass-timber student accommodation scheme at La Trobe University in Melbourne, Victoria, which has been shortlisted in the housing category of Dezeen Awards 2021. More
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Deakin Law School by Woods Bagot features zinc cladding and fluted concrete towers
Architecture practice Woods Bagot has completed a university building for Deakin Law School in Melbourne comprising a zinc-clad volume and a fluted concrete tower. More
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Foomann adds health and fitness spaces to Melbourne home
By removing an old garage, architecture studio Foomann has made room for a gym, a swimming pool and a campervan in the garden of a home in suburban Melbourne. More
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Steam-bent timber tunnels through Melbourne showroom by Woods Bagot
Architecture studio Woods Bagot has used sculptural timber battens to create pathways through this immersive showroom space in Melbourne, designed for local cladding manufacturer Sculptform. More
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Architecture
Architecture
Nielsen Jenkins creates backyard extension for K&T’s Place in Brisbane
Australian studio Nielsen Jenkins has used raw timber and concrete blocks to extend a home belonging to an artist and art gallery director. More
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Fox Johnston refreshes modernist SRG House in suburban Australia
Local studio Fox Johnston has renovated a heritage-listed modernist home near Sydney, stripping it back to an exposed concrete shell to create bright, open living spaces. More
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Wood Marsh embeds Lonsdale Links golf club in coastal landscape
Architecture studio Wood Marsh has completed a clubhouse facility for a golf course in Point Lonsdale, Australia, featuring blade-like concrete walls that emerge above the surrounding coastal dunes. More
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Architecture
Architecture
Tribe Studio founder designs her own Australian weekend beach retreat
Australian firm Tribe Studio Architects has created a U-shaped, timber-clad dwelling in New South Wales that is meant to serve as an "affordable and sustainable prototype home". More
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Sydney mandates lighter roofs and larger gardens for suburb to ward off climate change
Dark roofs will be banned and backyards expanded for all new houses built in Sydney's emerging Wilton suburb, as part of planning controls that are being introduced to help lower temperatures in the city. More
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Nielsen Jenkins designs Brisbane home to withstand bushfires
Australian studio Nielsen Jenkins has completed a "tough" family home with lush green courtyards protected from extreme bushfires by high blockwork walls. More
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Edition Office completes black concrete home in rural Australia
Black-pigmented concrete and black timber battens have been used to create this tactile home in the village of Federal, New South Wales by Australian studio Edition Office. More
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Kyneton House by Edition Office combines brickwork walls with lofted white ceilings
Architecture studio Edition Office has completed a house in the town of Kyneton, Australia, featuring angled ceilings and a palette of textural materials chosen to complement its natural surroundings. More
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Austin Maynard Architects completes Terracotta House in Melbourne
Terracotta tiles and reclaimed bricks clad the walls and roofs of this house in an inner suburb of Melbourne, which Austin Maynard Architects designed for a keen gardener. More
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Studio Four opens up "dark and compartmentalised" 1970s residence in Melbourne
A series of portal openings improve connections between rooms and bring extra light into this 1970s residence in Melbourne renovated by Australian practice Studio Four. More
