Insights

Ceramic artist Georgia Stevenson transforms locally found demolition waste and site materials into ceramic tiles and objects that sit beautifully within architectural contexts, carrying traces of their former lives.

This Sydney studio is exploring the ways construction can be less wasteful.

Rising comedian Nick White traded in a steady architecture career for the comedy stage, amassing over 700,000 social media followers along the way. We chat to Nick about his architectural roots and why designing cabinetry is easier than writing a sketch.

Melbourne studio Foolscap brings circular thinking and Queensland-inspired design to Allpress Espresso’s new Fortitude Valley cafe. Foolscap founder Adele Winteridge reflects on craft, collaboration and evolving hospitality design.

In Bondi, Besa channels the intimacy of Madrid’s underground bars, blending Moorish influences, rich colour and mid-century cues into a tightly planned tapas venue.

In Sydney’s Sandstone Precinct, the adaptive reuse of The Lands by Capella reimagines the 1876 former Department of Lands as a layered destination for hospitality, retail and events.

Interior designer Tamsin Johnson reveals how The French Exit reinterprets the Parisian bistro for Brisbane’s CBD, blending heritage architecture, warmth and conviviality into a timeless dining experience.

Jason Gibney’s latest project, Amongst the Eucalypts, is a holiday home-turned-permanent residence perched on a bushfire-prone escarpment at Seal Rocks, New South Wales.

Built on circular design principles, Landing Bakery in Brisbane’s bayside transforms waste into warmth, showcasing Five Mile Radius’s carbon-negative approach to hospitality through locally sourced, reused materials and fabrication.

The interview looks at the creation of a home extension that uses thoughtful product selection to nurture independence and care.

Stephanie Kitingan, founding director of architecture studio Placement, joins our Products in Practice series, sharing a locally made tapware brand.

The Japanese architect and co-founder of Studio Mnm reflects on the role of architecture in resisting disposability and reclaiming wildness.

In a bid to create healthier interior spaces, designers are turning to low- VOC products and adhesive alternatives.

Architect George was the joint winner of the Emerging Architecture Practice category at the 2024 Houses Awards – with much of its success rooted in unique material applications. Director Dean Williams shares one of the products that underpins a lot of his work.

Renowned interior designer Fiona Lynch shares an update on her sustainable product database, Future Archive, five years since its inception.

A range of designers discuss how retail fit-out briefs and trends are changing to compete with (or complement) online shopping convenience.

Interior designer Ana Ćalić McLean recommends a timber product for adding warmth to interiors.

David Flack, Pascale Gomes-McNabb, Bolaji Teniola, Jordan Fleming, Jessie French and Volker Haug select the event they’re most looking forward to in the Melbourne Design Week 2025 program.

As two of the few female First Nations architects in Australia, Marni Reti and Tiana-Jane Furner are continuing the legacy of First Nations architectural leadership. Here, they discuss the importance of being involved in all stages of a project.

A forgotten piece of Rosebery’s industrial past has been revived as a vibrant retail and lifestyle precinct. Here, Group GSA director Lisa-Maree Carrigan reflects on the value of the site’s reactivation and the complexities of making century-old, heritage-listed warehouses accessible to the public.

Ahead of the Venice Architecture Biennale 2025, Donald Bates meets with curator Carlo Ratti who shares his vision behind the chosen exhibition theme, an optimistic call to arms for a world where climate action, biodiversity, repair and retreat from extractive practices might be found through open-source architecture.

To celebrate 75 years of the Byera Hadley Travelling Scholarship, we asked eminent past scholars to reflect on the legacy of the prize and their research. Here, Bobbie Bayley reflects on taking the time to listen and being persistent in advocating for change.

Ahead of his address at the 2025 National Architecture Conference, Vinu Daniel of Wallmakers asserts that when design responds to a site’s unique characteristics, storytelling becomes an organic outcome of the design process rather than a predetermined goal.

Ahead of his keynote address at the 2025 Australian Architecture Conference, Dieter Leyssen, an architect, urban sociologist and partner at international Brussels-based practice 51N4E, sits down with Felicity Stewart to discuss experimentation, autonomy and collaboration in a self-steering collective.

To celebrate 75 years of the Byera Hadley Travelling Scholarship, we asked eminent past scholars to reflect on the legacy of the prize and their research. Here, Michael Zanardo contends that the brief for affordable and social housing should be the brief for all housing.

Ahead of her keynote address at the 2025 Australian Architecture Conference, Rwandan-based consultant Fatou Kiné Dieye states that the profession’s survival hinges on a paradigm shift. Architects must become fluent in policy, logistics and subterranean engineering – not to disrupt, but to orchestrate.

To celebrate 75 years of the Byera Hadley Travelling Scholarship, we asked eminent past scholars to reflect on the legacy of the prize and their research. Here, Andrew Burns talks to the role of first-hand research in his career.

During his recent visit to Sydney for the inaugural Artist to Artist talks at the Sydney Opera House, Italian-born, London-based designer Martino Gamper sits down with InteriorsAu to discuss the evolving role of design, his dual role as both thinker and maker, and the impact of creating in a post-AI world.

To celebrate 75 years of the Byera Hadley Travelling Scholarship, we asked eminent past scholars to reflect on the legacy of the prize and their research. Here, Helen Lochhead looks back on learnings from the United States and discusses their relevance to Australia’s urban development today.

To celebrate 75 years of the Byera Hadley Travelling Scholarship, we asked eminent past scholars to reflect on the legacy of the prize and their research. Here, Lawrence Nield reflects on standout moments from his career spanning 60 years.

Recently in Sydney for the inaugural Artist to Artist talks series at the Sydney Opera House, British designer and artist Max Lamb chats to InteriorsAu about his early influences, material exploration and process and his upcoming projects.

Putting the wood in Collingwood: JCB’s Chris Botterill discusses designing the world’s eighth tallest mass-timber building, T3 Collingwood.

Australian-based designer Bolaji Teniola has curated a group exhibition for the inaugural Rotterdam Design Biennale in which eight Adelaide designers are asked, ‘What does your choice of material say about you?’

Products in Practice is a Q&A series that explores the creative applications of architectural products, and how Australia’s top designers are using them in their projects.

The First Nations-led design team discuss how, when words fail us, architecture can empower us with an empathetic sense of being.

Products in Practice is a Q&A series that explores the creative applications of architectural products, and how Australia’s top designers are using them in their projects.

Bruce Rowe’s latest exhibition, Alter, opens at The Front Room on 5 December 2024. In this interview with InteriorsAu, he talks about the dynamic collection of 280 tactile sculptures that invite viewers to engage, rearrange and reflect.

Melbourne gallery Useful Objects’ latest exhibition by French designer Diego Faivre is inspired by the disappearing cultural icon of the suburban milk bar.

The Dutch urban planner shares her thoughts on storytelling as a tool for crafting meaningful places in today’s age of big data.

From tried and true materials to new innovations like Five Mile Radius’ recycled construction waste slabs, we asked specifiers which benchtop materials they’ve been drawn to recently.