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Norte rejects coastal cliché to win Best Restaurant Design

Norte rejects coastal cliché to win Best Restaurant Design

J.AR OFFICE’s Norté in Mermaid Beach wins Best Restaurant Design 2025 for its moody, modernist take on coastal dining.

RADS mediates street and lobby at Reno’s Bistro

RADS mediates street and lobby at Reno’s Bistro

Designed by RADS, the space redefines the lobby not as a point of passage, but as a destination in itself: a lobby bar, a café, and a small urban hinge-point that shapes and enhances the daily rituals of those who move through it.

Five projects embracing the next wave of circular design

Five projects embracing the next wave of circular design

From radical material reuse to office-to-school transformations, these five projects show how circular thinking is reshaping architecture, interiors and community spaces.

Light and shadow (baking)

Light and shadow (baking)

Working within a narrow, linear tenancy, Sans Arc has reconfigured the traditional circulation pathway, giving customers a front row seat to the theatre of Shadow Baking.

AIR emerges: Eid Goh launches a new chapter in practice

AIR emerges: Eid Goh launches a new chapter in practice

After more than two decades at Architects EAT, Eid Goh launches AIR, a new Melbourne-based studio focused on adaptive reuse, hospitality and human-centred design across commercial and civic projects.

Disuko channels 1980s Tokyo nostalgia atop a Melbourne rooftop

Disuko channels 1980s Tokyo nostalgia atop a Melbourne rooftop

Located in the former Madam Brussels rooftop, Disuko reimagines 1980s Tokyo nightlife through layered interiors, bespoke detailing and a flexible dining and bar experience designed by MAMAS Dining Group.

Ra:tio blends interior and landscape design in a Jubilee Hills café

Ra:tio blends interior and landscape design in a Jubilee Hills café

Ra:tio café blends calm interiors and lush outdoor spaces through VAL Atelier and The Pinewood Studio’s refined, contemporary design.

The Mill: Where architecture meets athletic performance

The Mill: Where architecture meets athletic performance

Warren and Mahoney’s The Mill in Queenstown blends architecture, wellbeing and landscape, creating a transparent training facility.

Green Cup opens at Chadstone with a fresh, pared-back design by Hecker Guthrie

Green Cup opens at Chadstone with a fresh, pared-back design by Hecker Guthrie

Hecker Guthrie brings a natural, material-led design to Green Cup’s new Chadstone store, pairing pine, steel and glass with a grab-and-go layout inspired by the brand’s fresh, organic ethos.

Japanese delight in Melbourne’s CBD

Japanese delight in Melbourne’s CBD

Making a splash on the hair spa scene, the latest project from X + O makes a little slice of Japan right at home in suburban Melbourne.

Fernando Menis wins World Building of the Year 2025 for The Holy Redeemer Church

Fernando Menis wins World Building of the Year 2025 for The Holy Redeemer Church

The World Architecture Festival has named The Holy Redeemer Church and Community Centre of Las Chumberas in La Laguna, Spain as World Building of the Year 2025, alongside major winners in interiors, future projects and landscape.

NSW Government releases nine new architect-designed mid-rise housing patterns

NSW Government releases nine new architect-designed mid-rise housing patterns

The Minns Labor Government has unveiled nine new architect-designed mid-rise apartment patterns, expanding the NSW Housing Pattern Book and accelerating the delivery of accessible, high-quality housing across the state.