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Category Archives: Interiors
CoreNet 2010 Highlights
July 22nd, 2010
CoreNet (no, it’s not a cult) had its annual symposium on Tuesday, and amongst a great line up of international speakers was Philip Ross, founder of the Cordless Group. Ross had some great insights on the future of cities, workplaces and work in general, which will be written up in due course, but in the meantime here’s [...]
Sustainable at Heart
July 16th, 2010
With Jasmax director Tim Hooson participating in a special CoreNet Pecha Kucha next week, now seems like a good time to post this story from ProDesign 107, about the architectural firm’s move to a new Parnell base. Words: Michael Barrett. Photos: Simon Devitt. ‘Art is never finished, only abandoned’, goes the pithy (yet slightly cynical) one liner. Would that [...]
A Rare Beast
July 6th, 2010
A warehouse and showroom that shows a light architectural touch, with measured contrasts between solidity and lightness and function and finesse. Words: Michael Barrett. Photos: Simon Devitt. From ProDesign 107 with additional images. Warehouses, as their designation obviously denotes, are generally exercises in functionality, places where purpose wins out over possibility. It has to be said, there [...]
She’ll Be Right, M8
June 11th, 2010
Howard Wright wins top Australian International Design Award with M8 medical bed. Howard Wright’s M8 critical care medical bed has won its fourth design award by winning the top award at the Australian International Design Awards on Friday, June 4. To date, the M8 has also won the prestigious international iF design award, a Red Dot design award [...]
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Retail Design Award Highlights
June 9th, 2010
He might not have won the Supreme Award at the Red Awards – that honour went to Christchurch’s Redesign Interior Architecture for the restaurant Poppy Thai – but Mark Gascoigne was certainly the big winner at the retail design awards, picking up eight awards (out of 18 on offer). Share/Save
Taking aim
May 27th, 2010
Housing two advertising agencies in one building, albeit under the same parent company, can provide a few design challenges. RTA Studio recently undertook such a project with AIM Proximity. Photos: Becky Nunes. Advertising agencies have had a number of heydays – the 50s, the 80s (up to ’87, of course), perhaps the late 90s and early 00s (up to ’09, perhaps). [...]
Modern Opera
May 14th, 2010
Opera Kitchen, bringing together the best of the Hawkes Bay. Photos: Brian Culy. Cover story from issue 106 with additional images. Some wag once declared that music with dinner is an insult both to the cook and the violinist. That’s ok, because at Opera Kitchen the music is next door, in the big room – the refurbished [...]
Making More of Motif
March 26th, 2010
Xsite Architects’ adventures in symbolism at the John Kinder Theological Library. From ProDesign 105 with additional images and drawings. Words: Michael Barrett Images: Simon Devitt Fraught with disaster is the road of cultural motif woven with building design. If you get it wrong, there’s a definite risk of coming across as patronising and, at worst, insulting. [...]
Also posted in Education Design | Tagged education, Interiors, Simon Devitt, Xsite Architects | 1 Comment
Clinical Trials
March 11th, 2010
Breeding an atmosphere of good health at a new woman’s health clinic. Photos: Emma-Jane Hetherington. (From ProDesign 105 with additional drawings and photos.) Medical clinics, well-worn places where the lino wraps up the walls and the tang of disinfectant hangs heavily in the air. In the waiting room it’s hot, too hot, and the carpet is as [...]
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