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Creative People

Architecture

A Day In The Life

A Day In The Life With Architect + Grand Designs Australia Host, Peter Maddison

After 12 years hosting the beloved series, Peter Maddison is onto his next chapter, and we joined him to hear all about it!
Christina Karras

Words From The Wise

Pushing Against The Status Quo As A Creative Professional, With Designer Timothy Moore

Sibling Architecture director and co-founder Timothy Moore shares refreshing advice about embarking on a career in architecture and design -...
Haroula Karapanagiotidis

Creative People

11 Career Lessons From One Of Australia’s Leading Architects, Kerstin Thompson

Prominent Australian architect Kerstin Thompson shares 11 lessons she's learned across her decades long career, in this excerpt from the new...
Kerstin Thompson

Studio Visit

A Studio Visit With One Of Australia’s Most Exciting Young Architecture + Design Firms

Jesse Bennett and Anne-Marie Campagnolo have been married for 10 years, and together, they have created some of the most impressive architec...

Studio Visit

The Brisbane Design Duo With A Human-Centred Approach

Introducing Surroundings, Brisbane's specialist consultancy that's championing human-centred design and getting us all thinking!
Jo Hoban

Creative People

Richard Stampton's 'Quiet Architecture'

Richard Stampton Architects signals a refreshing new approach to Australian architecture.

TDF Talks @Mercedes me

TDF Talks @Mercedes me With Comedian Tim Ross

The patron saint of Australian design and architecture chats to Lucy about iconic buildings, and why we should all care.

TDF Talks @Mercedes me

TDF Talks @Mercedes me With Architect Jeremy McLeod

The founding director of Breathe Architecture and brains behind revolutionary new housing model Nightingale chats to Lucy about a positive f...

Small Business

Building A Team · Foolscap Studio

Adele Winteridge, founder of award-winning Foolscap Studio, talks balancing people, purpose and profit.
Fiona Killackey

Creative People

Introducing Design Stables

A collective of eight Perth design studios come together with a common belief in the power of collaboration. 

Creative People

Patricia Callan and Peter Bakacs of Modernist Australia

We meet the husband-and-wife duo behind the AMAZING local website advocating for mid-century architecture.

Studio Visit

Fender Katsalidis · 'Working Architecture'

After decades of defining ‘how Australia sees its architecture, and how the world sees Australia,’ the firm has just released its first
Elle Murrell

Creative People

The Mid Century Project · Kalowski House

Tim Ross brings his 'Man About the House' series of shows to Sydney's Dover Heights for an architecture/installation event, 'The Mid Century...

Architecture

Among Buildings

'Excited gasbagging about Melbourne buildings' inspires a unique new architecture book.
Elle Murrell

Studio Visit

John Wardle

Wisdom shared by one of Australia's great architects, John Wardle.

Studio Visit

Emilio Fuscaldo of Nest Architects

An insightful chat with Melbourne architect Emilio Fuscaldo.
Fiona Killackey

Architecture

Middle Girls School, Penleigh and Essendon Grammar

Stuart Harrison reviews the new Middle Girls School at Penleigh and Essendon Grammar, designed by McBride Charles Ryan.
Stuart Harrison

Architecture

Shell House

Our architecture columnist Stuart Harrison visits one of Melbourne's most distinctive towers.
Stuart Harrison

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