Painting Industry News

A conversation across generations, this update to Charles Duncan’s Ramsay House balances whimsy with reverence, bringing play to the process of respectful renovation.

Our ever-growing global population demands millions of new homes, workplaces and community spaces. But to truly tackle climate change, we must find better ways to balance society’s need for new space with a commitment to curb emissions.

Unfenced and cascading, the garden around BVN Architecture's Lighthouse doesn’t simply frame the house – it unfurls inside and softens the structure.

Built following bushfire, this freestanding studio in an architect’s front yard is a digitally fabricated model for resilient, adaptable shelter.

The 78-square-metre pod, designed to be moved, is a rare project for the Pritzker Prize winner.

At 1 Martin Place in Sydney’s CBD, Studio Tate injects joy into the Australian Institute of Company Directors’ (AICD) latest headquarters, unsettling the expected language of a corporate workplace by holding functional rigour alongside warmth and evocative design.

The new vision, designed by Skidmore, Owings and Merrill, and Buchan, includes a village square, two hotels and various hospitality and retail spaces.

With expansion efforts now underway, a new entertainment precinct designed by ARM Architects is one step closer to being realised for the CBD shopping centre.

Designed by Grimshaw Architects, the new facility will welcome visitors from 16 October with a booking system now live.

How do we recognise professional design expertise in a largely unregulated profession increasingly shaped by AI? Simone LeAmon, CEO of the Design Institute of Australia, makes the case for accreditation as a recognised standard of competence and accountability.

The proposal, designed by Six Degrees Architects, includes a 16-storey tower with a range of dwelling layouts.

The stadium bid seeks the construction of a venue that “matches the city’s ambition and reflects its status as the national capital.”

Responding to Elizabeth Farrelly’s September column on architectural literalism, Melbourne architect Eli Giannini argues that while sustainability is often reduced to tokenistic gestures, its architectural symbolism remains crucial to advancing a more environmentally responsible building agenda.

The annual 11-day festival gathers designers, researchers, industry experts and enthusiasts to exchange ideas, exhibit new work and network.

Projects exhibiting “excellence in design and innovation” have been recognised across several award categories.

A new monthly series exploring the inner workings of design studios around Australia

Kitchen and courtyard take centrestage in this cleverly reimagined worker’s cottage, achieving a flexible home for active family life.

Precise intervention and delicate restoration revive the kitchen and bathing spaces of a 1970s residence, paying tribute to the original home’s modernist sensibilities.

Emeritus professor Mads Gaardboe refects on the life and career of Canberran architect Roger Pegrum, who he describes as “a man of quality and grace and ... one of the national capital’s most influential architects.”

An apartment inside Brisbane’s Torbreck is immersed in vivid deep-sea hues in tribute to the client’s love for the ocean and to the distinctive modernist building it sits within.