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Towers of senior living

Towers of senior living

Architectus Conrad Gargett lead the way in design for health and wellness for seniors with this latest project in Brisbane.

4 key factors to designing for wellness

4 key factors to designing for wellness

Three representatives from well-known Asian hotels share their successful blueprint in designing hospitality spaces from a wellness perspective.

HUMANSA: A new way to health and wellbeing in the busy city

HUMANSA: A new way to health and wellbeing in the busy city

A new destination in Hong Kong provides all that is required to support health and wellbeing but in oh such a wonderful environment that is anything but ordinary.

Yin Yang Tai Chi Centre repositions an ancient art for a new generation

Yin Yang Tai Chi Centre repositions an ancient art for a new generation

Located centrally in Causeway Bay, and designed by ADRO, the Yin Yang Tai Chi Centre draws on everything from Ming Dynasty aesthetics to Bruce Lee movies for inspiration.

Ally Singapore: Spin studio with a tribe experience

Ally Singapore: Spin studio with a tribe experience

Ally Singapore by Kaizen Architecture is more than a spin studio with multiple communal spaces carved out for social interactions in a post-pandemic world.

How do we combat ageism through design?

How do we combat ageism through design?

At a recent panel discussion, entitled Designing To Defy Ageism, panellists looked to dissolve the myths around age brackets and what we may assume people need and want at a certain age. What came out of the event was a much wider discussion around understanding the needs and desires of an end-user.

Bold beauty: Made For’s Bali Body fit-out

Bold beauty: Made For’s Bali Body fit-out

Made For has brought refinement and relaxation to a dilapidated warehouse in Brighton, Melbourne, that brings Bali Body into an era of beauty and space.

Arent&Pyke’s bespoke rug design for Vida Glow HQ

Arent&Pyke’s bespoke rug design for Vida Glow HQ

Vida Glow has teamed up with Arent&Pyke to create its stunning new home base. A destination that, thanks to supple elements like Tappeti bespoke rugs, feels both luxurious and grounded.

Vida Glow’s sumptuous new home by Arent&Pyke

Vida Glow’s sumptuous new home by Arent&Pyke

Vida Glow’s stunning new home base features bespoke rugs in a design that adds a sense of comfort and luxury to a place of work.

Slaying the building dragons with Perth studio State of Kin

Slaying the building dragons with Perth studio State of Kin

Champions of women in design and creators of bold and adventurous spaces, Ara Salomone and Alessandra French take Perth by storm.

A medical practice designed to favour warmth over austerity

A medical practice designed to favour warmth over austerity

Rezen Studio utilises a soft, warm and balanced material palette in New Me, an unconventional medical centre in Booragoon, Perth.

7 therapeutic interiors designed with mental health in mind

7 therapeutic interiors designed with mental health in mind

To celebrate Mental Health Week this year, we explore 7 artfully therapeutic environments that have been designed with mental health front of mind.