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29 October 2026
Sydney Open opens up more than two centuries of architectural history
Sydney Open’s annual flagship event returns for one day only this Sunday 1st November 1, inviting the public behind closed doors and into secret spaces normally off limits.
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2 November 2026
Dhäwu’mi Wäna (House of Stories): Cave Urban at Garma Festival
Multidisciplinary design studio Cave Urban comments on how community, art, light and storytelling have been at the heart of their Garma Festival work in Northern Territory.
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3 November 2026
Passivhaus projects to open up for International Open Days
With certified Passivhaus projects quadrupling in just four years, more than 40 local buildings are set to open to the public for the International Open Days from 13th to 15th November.
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27 October 2026
An Italian restaurant hidden in the heart of sandstone Sydney
Florence Guild’s Spezia, set within the once-private, open-air courtyards of Sydney’s former Department of Lands building, pairs Italian cuisine with the spice of the Silk Road.
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21 October 2026
Snøhetta takes the studio to Tokyo
At Venice Studio Tokyo, Snøhetta joined emerging designers from around the world to explore the future of Japan’s traditional shopping streets and the value of designing across cultures.
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7 October 2026
The kinetic buzz of Jakarta’s 25 Hours Hotel The Oddbird
Rising 28 stories above Ashta Mall in the heart of Jakarta’s bustling Sudirman Central Business District, 25hours Hotel The Oddbird is a multifaceted exercise in spatial storytelling and material friction.
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15 October 2026
Beauty, style, drawing and more: Talking Architecture at the State Library of NSW
A three-part series of public conversations in Sydney curated by Elizabeth Farrelly, Ed Lippmann and Sonia Blasco will address some of today’s most pertinent architectural questions.
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Ronnoco Farm: A study in restraint, resilience and rural living
At Ronnoco Farm, Polly Harbison Design brings a considered approach to rural architecture, balancing material honesty, quiet luxury and the realities of life on the land.
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Layering time, colour and materials
What is revealed when an interior designer explores Saturday InDesign with all their senses?
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Sensory impressions set in stone
As a child, Beck Smith was mesmerised by stone and the colour and fire of opals found in Lightning Ridge, where she grew up. Today, she’s a successful interior designer and creative living and working on the Gold Coast, but the connection to the raw earth of the inland remains strong.
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Apartment living, beyond the floor plan
At 49 Walsh Street in South Yarra, Neometro and MORQ explore how architecture, landscape and the experience of moving through space can create a more considered approach to apartment living.
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Genton goes global with new London studio
Australian architecture practice Genton has opened its first European studio in London, building on 16 years of experience in civic, cultural and infrastructure design as it looks towards new opportunities across Europe and the Middle East.
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Passivhaus projects to open up for International Open Days
With certified Passivhaus projects quadrupling in just four years, more than 40 local buildings are set to open to the public for the International Open Days from 13th to 15th November.
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A new constellation of interior stars
Only truly remarkable people or projects are worthy of being termed ‘stars’, because they move us emotionally beyond the ground plane to a higher level of existence.
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Baring the soul
In a world where the line between artifice and originality has become blurred, there is something innately honest about timber. The tactility, the warmth and the mesmerising quality of grain and texture of wood all contribute to an unmistakable soul in the material.
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The through-coloured facade that evolves with the elements
There is a hypnotic quality to this façade’s meticulous geometry.
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Small Gestures, Distinctive Design: Inside Gaggenau’s Approach to Interaction
With Gaggenau’s floating control ring, interaction and interface designer Soeren Strayle brings physical presence to the digital interface, finding room for precision and familiarity.
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Setting the benchmark: Gaggenau Kitchen of the Year returns for 2027
The Gaggenau Kitchen of the Year Design Contest 2027 puts the spotlight on the architects and designers redefining what exceptional kitchen design can be.
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Magnifying microscopic wonders to shape interior realms
While most of us are familiar with the magnificence of wide landscapes, when viewed through a microscope, there is an equally inspiring and mesmerising perspective to be found. At the cellular level, intricacy is revealed, shapes and structures converge, patterns transition and interconnections become mesmerising.
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Infinity’s stunning Trilogy
In creating opulent spaces, aesthetics is not only a matter of what the eye beholds, it also emerges from the tactile presence of surfaces and finishes. For truly sophisticated design, the sense of balance and harmony is expressed and elevated with spectacular architectural finishes such as those created by Infinity Surfaces.
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Translating colour through form: a cohesive new Colour Collection enhances the design toolkit
Laminex presents Colour Collection 2027: ten new décors explored through a series of interior applications. From colour and materiality to scale and form, the series demonstrates the versatility of the new collection, fabrication techniques and their potential across contemporary interior design.
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Gathering the team in contemporary workplaces
Herman Miller creates focal zones that meet the needs of the digitised workplace in an elegant, elevated form with the release of the Byne Meeting Tables range.
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Dhäwu’mi Wäna (House of Stories): Cave Urban at Garma Festival
Multidisciplinary design studio Cave Urban comments on how community, art, light and storytelling have been at the heart of their Garma Festival work in Northern Territory.
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An Italian restaurant hidden in the heart of sandstone Sydney
Florence Guild’s Spezia, set within the once-private, open-air courtyards of Sydney’s former Department of Lands building, pairs Italian cuisine with the spice of the Silk Road.
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Beyond the end-of-trip
At 10 Shelley Street in Sydney, RIZEN Atelier has transformed an underground end-of-trip facility into a considered workplace amenity, bringing a little of the hospitality experience into the working day.
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A sanctuary shaped by water
The spectacular GROHE SPA Aqua Sanctuary – where water, wellness and luxury are celebrated through refined and innovative design.
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A place to exhale
Designed by Studio LCD, EVOLVE is a women-only wellness club in New Delhi where flowing spaces, natural materials and carefully considered lighting create a welcome retreat from the city.
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Tackling embodied carbon from the inside out
Reducing building emissions requires architects to look beyond operational energy. The materials, products and systems used to construct and fit out our buildings carry carbon impacts of their own – and those decisions are increasingly central to whole-life carbon reduction.
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What happens after handover? Bringing circularity into Day 2 building services
A building’s environmental performance does not stop at practical completion. How its systems are operated, maintained, upgraded and ultimately replaced can have significant consequences for energy use, carbon emissions and material waste throughout its life.
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From carbon data to better commercial fitout decisions
As attention turns from operational energy towards whole-life carbon, commercial interiors are coming under greater scrutiny. Frequent refurbishment cycles mean the materials specified inside a building can have a significant cumulative carbon impact.
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Designing buildings that can withstand salt, sun and storm
Australians have an enduring connection to the coast, but designing close to the ocean comes with a demanding set of environmental conditions. Salt, moisture, intense sun, wind and storms can all accelerate deterioration – making material selection and resilience fundamental design considerations.
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Indesign latest magazine
Issue #95
Welcome to the ‘Regions’ issue and the considered and attuned minds of Guest Editors Andrew Tu’inukuafe & Barrington Gohns, Principals of Warren and Mahoney. In this issue, the INDE.Awards are celebrated, along with fabulous projects from across the region, brilliant profiles of those shaping our world, and considered thought, all making this an exceptional issue.
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What it takes to build a design legacy
Saturday Indesign brought four Australian design business leaders together at Reece’s new Rosebery showroom to reflect on family, craftsmanship and the changing nature of the industry.
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Academy Tiles create spectacular new home in the heart of Sydney’s architecture and design community
Following a packed August event attended by architects, designers, overseas product suppliers and many more, the stunning new 600-square-metre showroom in Redfern is officially open to the public.
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Crossing hemispheres with hardware
New York design studio, CIVILIAN, has teamed up with Bankston Architectural to create the new collection, Hemispheres.
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3days of dreaming: Reporting from Copenhagen’s design festival
We round up the eight projects at Copenhagen’s 3daysofdesign that best reflected this year’s theme: Dare to Dream.
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Beauty, style, drawing and more: Talking Architecture at the State Library of NSW
A three-part series of public conversations in Sydney curated by Elizabeth Farrelly, Ed Lippmann and Sonia Blasco will address some of today’s most pertinent architectural questions.
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Jordan Knight explores architecture in an ever-changing landscape
Through a series of speculative design experiments, INDE.Awards 2026 The Graduate winner Jordan Knight reconsiders architecture’s relationship with water and the changing landscape of Hawke’s Bay.
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Warren and Mahoney Guest Editors join the podcast
Andrew Tu’inukuafe and Barrington Gohns worked together as Guest Editors on Indesign #96, and the Warren and Mahoney pair recently shared their insights on the process STORIESINDESIGN.
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A creative shape shifter
A leader whose powerful voice has made real change in Australia, Alison Page is advocate and artist, designer and creator, and someone who brings the First Nations voice to the fore in all that she does.
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Creating and curating with light
In the latest instalment of The Photographers, Tony Evans discusses his path from travel photography to the built environment, the importance of light and why architectural photography is as much about interpretation as documentation.
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A titan of interior design
After more than four decades in design, Jeff Copolov steps down as Director of Bates Smart, leaving a legacy that has helped elevate interior design within the Australian profession.
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Warren and Mahoney Guest Editors join the podcast
Andrew Tu’inukuafe and Barrington Gohns worked together as Guest Editors on Indesign #96, and the Warren and Mahoney pair recently shared their insights on the process STORIESINDESIGN.
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We talk to Anupama Kundoo ahead of Living Cities Forum 2026
As the Living Cities Forum returns to Sydney and Melbourne this August, Kundoo — appearing alongside international speakers such as Finn Williams and Ludwig Engel — tells us about time, abundance and care in her work.
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Copenhagen special: 3daysofdesign roundtable podcast is here!
Claire Delmar, Eva-Marie Prineas, Jason Gibney and Anton Assaad join STORIESINDESIGN to discuss the charm of Denmark’s capital city and their takes on 3daysofdesign 2026.
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Tom Kundig joins the podcast in Sydney
The renowned American architect stopped by to record a STORIESINDESIGN episode with Timothy Alouani-Roby, delving into his philosophies of design and the landscapes that inspire his work.
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