Interiors

News September 07, 2022

Jiaxing CIFI Mall: a revitalised retail hub for a growing city

With a fresh array of more accessible retail and dining options, a vibrant central square, and a dazzling double-skin façade, the new look CIFI Plaza in Jiaxing, China is a shining example of how an existing property can be reinvigorated and become a central hub for its community.

News August 18, 2022

DIA 2022 Hall of Fame welcomes chairman Rob Backhouse

Chairman, Principal and Head of Design Rob Backhouse has been recognised for his enduring contributions to Australia’s design industry with an induction into the Design Institute of Australia’s Hall of Fame.

News August 01, 2022

Meliá Chongqing wins at 2022 Golden Bund Awards

Meliá Chongqing Hotel and Resort is the winner of the Silver Award in the Best Hotels category at the Golden Bund Awards.

News July 22, 2022

The Community Garden: a social hub for Shenzhen Creative Week

What kind of exhibition pavilion sparks curiosity, invites engagement and creates lasting impressions? These are some of the questions our Shanghai team explored for the Community Garden — a unique social hub at the 2022 Shenzhen Creative Week.

PODCAST

“Beautiful, organic, rapid”:
healing at Herston Biofabrication Institute

Given the right space, resources and design, the team at Herston Biofabrication Institute in Brisbane, Australia become more agile and, says Mathilde Desselle, General Manager of the Institute, “more multidisciplinary than ever before”.

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Meliá Chongqing Hotel and Resort

Our design for Meliá Chongqing, a five-star mountain resort in the heart of China’s scenic Tieshanping Eco Area, reflects the Spanish hospitality group’s award-winning sustainability credentials — and the rich natural resources of the surrounding landscape.

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Our first workplace designed during the pandemic for a post covid workforce

The new home for financial IT company Computershare in Melbourne, Australia is not your run of the mill workplace.

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Brookfield Properties San Francisco

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HSBC QRC Suites

HSBC Hong Kong combines the best in hospitality, workplace and meeting space design in its new private client centre, the QRC Suites – a dedicated place for building valuable relationships.

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Connection, trust and safety: co-working and COVID-19

At the heart of any co-working environment is the idea that it can do much more than provide a hotspot and a hot coffee. The best ones ask: Can we build a great like-minded community?

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Sydney Theatre Company’s The Wharf

The Wharf opens up to the public in new ways – broadening theatre experiences for artists and audiences, while staying true to heritage and much-loved character.

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The law of attraction: bringing people back (and back) to the corporate campus

How can corporate campuses lure us out of our homes (and pyjamas) and back to the office in a COVID-wary world? And how will they keep us coming back, with remote working more compelling or essential than ever?

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PARKROYAL Darling Harbour

With the breathtaking Sydney Harbour as a backdrop, the interiors of the PARKROYAL Darling Harbour have to sit in harmony with its setting.

CONVERSATIONS

In conversation: GSK Asia House, three years on

In the three years since it opened, GSK’s Asia HQ has evolved from a benchmark for workplace design in Singapore to an exemplar post-COVID office. Here, the building’s designers discuss the project and its legacy.

TOPICS

Design for mental health

A therapeutic environment is not only a physical space, but a psychological, social and cultural one. Designers play a positive role in healthcare by creating safe environments for wellness and healing that maximise the restorative powers of nature and place.