Australian firm Henry Wilson Studio has transformed a former Sydney bakery into a retail space for skincare brand Aesop, exposing the original sandstone walls (+ slideshow). More about Henry Wilson Studio converts former bakery into Sydney Aesop store
Reclaimed timber boards and sections of mesh fencing feature in this dimly-lit bar in Sydney by Australian studio Luchetti Krelle (+ slideshow). More about Luchetti Krelle completes atmospheric Sydney bar based on a New York loft
Chunky concrete slabs alternate with deeply recessed windows on the exterior of this Sydney house extension by Australian firm Nobbs Radford Architects (+ slideshow). More about Glebe House by Nobbs Radford Architects extends a Sydney residence
Australian office Tribe Studio has hollowed out the centre of a 1920s house in Sydney to create angular ceilings and a wide entrance to the garden (+ slideshow). More about Hollowed-out house in Sydney by Tribe Studio
An angular steel canopy covered in plants wraps around this refurbished youth and community centre in the Sydney suburb of Waterloo by Australian architects Collins and Turner (+ slideshow). More about Angular steel canopy covers refurbished community centre by Collins and Turner
Movie: Julia Borghesi of design studio Hassell discusses the hybrid aesthetic of advertising agency Clemenger BBDO's office in Sydney, which topped the office category at last month's Inside Festival. More about Office for a Sydney advertising agency combines "the New York loft with Scandinavian design"
Architects Rogers Stirk Harbour + Partners and Lippmann Partnership have completed a 34-storey office tower in Sydney with criss-crossing red braces on its sides and an elevated terrace cutting through its middle. More about 8 Chifley by Rogers Stirk Harbour + Partners and Lippmann Partnership
News: Jean Nouvel's One Central Park residential tower in Sydney will feature the world's tallest vertical garden by botanist Patrick Blanc. More about Patrick Blanc creates world's tallest vertical garden for Jean Nouvel's Sydney tower
Long brick and wood volumes extend down the narrow plot of this house in Bondi, Sydney, by local architect Fearns Studio (+ slideshow). More about Sydney House by Fearns Studio
Australian architect Raffaello Rosselli has repurposed a corroding tin shed in Sydney to create a small office and studio apartment (+ slideshow). More about Tinshed by Raffaello Rosselli
News: British firm Wilkinson Eyre Architects has won a competition to design a $1.5 billion hotel skyscraper on the harbourfront in Sydney, Australia. More about Wilkinson Eyre wins competition for Sydney harbour skyscraper
Australian architect Christopher Polly has converted a small Sydney bungalow into a two-storey house by adding extra rooms behind and underneath. More about Cosgriff House by Christopher Polly
Australian architect Andrew Burns has installed a charred timber pavilion with deceptively curved walls in the garden of the Sherman Contemporary Art Foundation in Paddington, Sydney (+ slideshow). More about Crescent House by Andrew Burns
Australian architects MPRDG were inspired by the shapes of tree branches to add a privacy screen across the glass-fronted upper storey of this family house in the Sydney suburb of Bronte (+ slideshow). More about Hewlett House by MPRDG
News: a team made up of architecture firms OMA, Hassell and Populous has been selected to redevelop Sydney's convention, exhibition and entertainment precinct at Darling Harbour (+ slideshow). More about OMA, Hassell and Populous to redevelop Sydney's Darling Harbour
World Architecture Festival 2012: in this movie, Australian architect Jeff Morehen of Francis-Jones Morehen Thorp tells Dezeen editor-in-chief Marcus Fairs how the workplaces of the future should be "more hybrid in their nature" and accommodate public facilities, just like his Darling Quarter offices in Sydney that won the office category at the World Architecture Festival this month. More about "Workplaces can become more hybrid in their nature" - Jeff Morehen on Darling Quarter
Australian studio CplusC Architectural Workshop has extended a house in a Sydney suburb so that it looks like a doll's house with the back wall taken off (+ slideshow). More about Castlecrag Residence by CplusC Architectural Workshop
A screen made from century-old bricks divides this Japanese restaurant in Sydney, designed by Australia and Japan-based architects Facet Studio. More about Uchi Lounge 02 by Facet Studio
This young writers' workshop in Sydney by architects LAVA is parading as an embassy for Martians on earth (+ slideshow). More about The Martian Embassy by LAVA, Will O'Rourke and The Glue Society
The walls of this house in Sydney by Australian studio Chris Elliott Architects feature curved openings that look like gills. More about Seacliff House by Chris Elliott Architects