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Younghusband Woolstore / Woods Bagot

Miwa Negoro — Thu, 22 Jan 2026 02:00:00 +0000

Younghusband is a cherished example of turn-of-the -century Victorian industrial architecture, employing vast redbrick structures, original ghost signage, and a distinctive saw-tooth roof. The deep floor plates, natural patina, and remnant pastoral parapher nalia make it a unique urban playground for living, working, and socialising.

George Street Plaza & Community Building / Adjaye Associates

Andreas Luco — Sun, 14 Dec 2025 11:00:00 +0000

"My hope is that this new community building and George Street public plaza will become a cherished destination in Sydney's city center, a generative place for people to connect, recharge, reflect, and take a pause from the rhythm of a fast-transforming city." David Adjaye

NAB 3 Parramatta Square & NAB 2 Carrington St. Offices / Woods Bagot

Bianca Valentina Roșescu — Thu, 27 Nov 2025 17:00:00 +0000

A Tale of Two NABs. In Sydney, there's a red staircase that connects two workplaces located 24 kilometers apart. NAB 3 Parramatta Square (3PS) and NAB 2 Carrington St (2CS) are Woods Bagot's fraternal twin workplace tenancies. Known by NAB as their "Sydney campus", together these buildings accommodate over 6,000 desks, providing a rare opportunity to boldly transform the bank's workplace experience in locations highly connected to both its established and emerging customer base.

Melbourne Architecture City Guide: 31 Diverse Projects Shaping One of the World’s Most Liveable Cities

Hana Abdel — Fri, 20 Jun 2025 07:30:00 +0000

For the third year in a row, Melbourne has been selected as one of the top five most liveable cities in the world. The city is widely viewed as the leading architectural hub in Australia for its unique street culture and diverse design expression, with its layers and bold mix of architectural styles. From the very well-restored Victorian era edifices with their intricate ornamentation and detailing to the adjoining Contemporary landmarks, the city seems to achieve a nice balance of all typologies and design movements, while still being very inviting and engaging to its citizens.

Western Sydney Airport / Zaha Hadid Architects + Cox Architecture + Woods Bagot

Pilar Caballero — Fri, 13 Jun 2025 07:00:00 +0000

A debut look inside the newly completed Western Sydney International (Nancy-Bird Walton) Airport (WSI) terminal reveals a design that redefines airport architecture in Australia – grounded in place, shaped by light, and built for the future of aviation. As the first major airport built in Australia in over 50 years, WSI signals a generational shift that will transform Western Sydney. Located in Badgerys Creek, the terminal is a catalyst for long-term economic, social, and cultural opportunity. From initial design concepts by COX Architecture and Zaha Hadid Architects to the design and construction by Multiplex and Woods Bagot, the terminal blends innovation with functionality. It reflects the identity of its setting while offering an intuitive and future-ready passenger experience.

Health and Community Centre of Excellence / Architectus

Miwa Negoro — Mon, 07 Apr 2025 00:00:00 +0000

Kangan Institute's Health and Community Centre of Excellence is a transformative initiative that underscores the significance of contemporary Health and Community training and education. This building marks a significant first step in the revitalisation of Kangan's Broadmeadows campus. It creates welcoming learning environments that celebrate caring and nursing vocations, igniting the passion of students embarking on their studies in the caring professions.

Health and Medical Research Building / Architectus

Miwa Negoro — Thu, 03 Apr 2025 02:00:00 +0000

The Flinders University Health and Medical Research Building (HMRB) is designed as an extension of its landscape, drawing inspiration from the ochre outcrops of the Adelaide Hills. Positioned along the pedestrian route from the rail terminus to the university, the architecture emerges organically from the terrain, mirroring the geological layers of Rainbow Country. The sloping site's 14-metre fall informed the design, creating a structure that feels embedded in the land's history and contours.

Burnt Earth Beach House / Wardle

Hana Abdel — Mon, 27 Jan 2025 06:00:00 +0000

Burnt Earth Beach House replaces a dilapidated beach shack at the end of its operational life in the coastal town of Anglesea in Victoria. It's a multi-generational home that utilizes terracotta in two primary forms - through the exterior brickwork, and internally to line walls and floors and joinery elements. Having owned the property for several years, a deep and specific understanding of who the house was for and how it would be used gave the conceptual design true form. The established Eucalypt to the north of the site provided a focal point for the arrangement of the primary living spaces.

Music Box House / Multiplicity

Hana Abdel — Wed, 21 Aug 2024 07:00:00 +0000

A throw away comment by one half of our clients, a gentleman in his late 70’s and an artist of national if not international standing; that he’d never had a house designed for him, for them, a home... This resonated with us. His excitement and expectation of the possibilities was palpable, as was the gentle understanding that time to experience this home was not open ended. It reinforced the precious opportunity a client gifts their architect.

Courtyard and Garden House / Delia Teschendorff Architecture

Hana Abdel — Sun, 30 Jun 2024 17:00:00 +0000

Located in an established suburb of Melbourne, The Courtyard and Garden House has a compact, modest footprint and has been sensitively sited to retain existing trees. This approach is the antithesis of many large new developments in the area that erase important existing ‘backyard’ ecologies.

Industry Lanes Building / Architectus

Hana Abdel — Sun, 31 Mar 2024 19:00:00 +0000

Set in a gritty, character-filled pocket of Richmond, Industry Lanes, is a new mixed-use precinct comprising 25,000 sqm of interconnected buildings that occupies an entire city block at 459 Church Street. Architectus collaborated with Salta Properties and Abacus to transform the 5,200 sqm site into a commercial and lifestyle hub for a new wave of workers seeking mixed experiences from their physical workplace.

Minthis Resort Development / Woods Bagot

Hana Abdel — Mon, 13 Nov 2023 20:00:00 +0000

Minthis is a resort-style development located in the hillside setting of Tsada Village in Paphos. With Cypriot developer Pafilia, Woods Bagot’s London studio delivered master planning, architecture, interior design, and branding services to create a unique retreat-style experience, combining the best of local antiquity and premium amenities.

80 Collins Commercial Building / Woods Bagot + UNStudio + Seventh Wave + Jouin Manku

Bianca Valentina Roșescu — Sat, 29 Oct 2022 18:00:00 +0000

The intimacy of density is distilled in 80 Collins—the first mixed-use city block introduced to the top-end of Collins Street in over two decades. There are four parts —a new commercial tower, a hotel, an existing commercial tower renovation, and a podium base linking the entire block. It’s the legacy of the renowned heritage-listed Nauru House (North Tower) that was the catalyst for the design approach. Yet, for the new South Tower to hold its own against the likes of 101 Collins, 120 Collins, and Collins Place—differentiation was key.

Tips on Choosing the Right Colour for Your Swimming Pool

Agustina Iñiguez — Mon, 20 Dec 2021 05:00:00 +0000

It could be said that one of the main aspects to take into account when designing a swimming pool is the choice of colour for the coating. The light, the shadows, the depth, the environment and the elements that surround it are variables that directly affect the final tonality of the water. The effects of artificial and/or natural lighting also determine the final aesthetic, because if it's located outdoors, reflecting the sky, it will create a different effect than if it's located indoors, where the ceiling would influence its colour.

Kew House / John Wardle Architects

Hana Abdel — Fri, 03 Dec 2021 23:00:00 +0000

This refurbishment of an architect’s own home completely remodels the spaces allowing for the way the clients live now and will live into the future. The opportunity was to design spaces for socialising and for retreat; to tailor spaces for specific objects of importance, beauty and meaning. The refurbishment highlights unique moments of finely designed and crafted joinery and furniture and celebrates the value of the hand made. Using timber as the primary material and neutral tones throughout allows the client’s extensive art collection to add colour, pattern and texture at various locations to reflect individuality and surprise.

Piccolo House / Wood Marsh

Andreas Luco — Wed, 11 Nov 2020 21:00:00 +0000

Designed by Wood Marsh Architecture, Piccolo House is a new headquarters and benchmark development by Piccolo. The collaborative relationship established between architect and developer represents their mutual respect and shared philosophies - quality, boldness and refinement. Emerging from its heritage legacy below, Piccolo House is spurred by its contex-tual considerations. Sheathed in an ordered monolith of off-form concrete, preci-sion cut-outs are subtly angled to reveal coloured reflective glass elements that reinterpret the autumnal tones of the brickwork in the neighbouring laneway. Akin to a block of stone being carved into, the mass references the lintel as a symbol of strength providing the structural framework for the building.

“A Vase May Give a Shape to a Room”: In conversation with John Wardle

Vladimir Belogolovsky — Tue, 29 Sep 2020 03:30:00 +0000

John Wardle (b. 1956) founded John Wardle Architects in Melbourne, Australia, in 1986. His early interest in architecture started with encountering objects and precious bits and pieces of demolished buildings at the demolition yard owned by his father’s friend.

Phoenix Central Park Gallery / John Wardle Architects + Durbach Block Jaggers

Paula Pintos — Mon, 07 Sep 2020 07:00:00 +0000

The vision of remarkable arts philanthropist Judith Neilson, the building is a partnership of architecture and artistic fields. The intention is to have the spaces working together, to have visual arts interwoven with the performing arts. Two architects bring the design together: John Wardle Architects designed the gallery in the east wing and Durbach Block Jaggers designed the performance space. The components are linked centrally by a courtyard and garden.