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02/10/2025

Hamza Khan, a Melbourne architect with Cox Architecture, has been shortlisted among the top 100 entries in an international design competition by Dubai’s Roads and Transport Authority and architectural awards body Architecture Competitions // Buildner.

Drawing entrants from 91 countries – and offering a range of prizes worth a combined cash pool of €500,000 ($890,000) – the Dubai Urban Elements Design Challenge asked designers to reimagine civic architecture within Dubai’s public spaces.

“It doesn’t have to hurt to do good,” Khan says. “This proposal shows that sustainability can be playful, inspiring and human-centred by creating vibrant urban spaces that connect communities and celebrate city life.”

Read more at ADR.

Hamza Khan, a Melbourne architect with Cox Architecture, has been shortlisted among the top 100 entries in a global design competition.

02/10/2025

With innovation at its core, Crafted Hardwoods is showing how circular design and regenerative thinking can reshape the future of architecture and design. Find out why founder Geoffrey Swinbourne and brand manager Cristel Morin say "timber is more than just another material – it's a way to create impact that outlives the project.” https://www.australiandesignreview.com/featured/crafted-hardwoods-and-the-future-of-sustainable-timber/

Crafted Hardwoods is showing how circular design and regenerative thinking can reshape the future of architecture and design.

01/10/2025

Melbourne-based recruitment agency Bespoke Careers has released a new report, revealing global trends among designers and architects who are leaving firms that fail to live up to their sustainability promises.

Bespoke Careers has published its ‘State of Sustainability in Architecture and Design 2025’ report, an international survey that charts how sustainability measures are shaping career paths across the industry.

As the report's editor Hattie Hartman shares, "I thought that the report was an interesting idea, but it’s gone way beyond what I expected. The fact that a quarter of respondents have left or declined a job over sustainability is phenomenal."

Read more about this first-of-its-kind report at ADR.

Melbourne-based recruitment agency Bespoke Careers reveals global trend of designers leaving firms that betray their sustainability promises.

01/10/2025

ABI Interiors is a multiple-award-winning global leader in premium architectural fixtures and fittings, celebrated for shaping Australia’s interior design and renovation landscape.

Widely acknowledged for offering the best tapware, ABI Interiors also provides tiles, showers, basins, wastes, bathroom vanities and hardware amongst their comprehensive range of bathroom, kitchen, laundry, and outdoor fixtures.

Learn more about ABI Interiors' sustainability commitments at ADR.

Widely acknowledged for offering the best tapware, ABI Interiors also provides tiles, showers, basins, wastes, bathroom vanities and hardware.

30/09/2025

Noosa-based creative Nicholas Gilbert has accomplished the impressive feat of becoming director of his own architectural practice at just 25. The ambitious designer has long held a passion for visual flair, rooted in his earlier fashion studies.

With a bachelor’s degree in interior architecture, combined with a worldview informed by extensive overseas travel, Studio Nicholas director Nicholas Gilbert brings an energetic outlook to the interior design industry.

Learn more about the ambitious young designer at ADR.

Noosa-based creative Nicholas Gilbert has become director of his own architectural practice, Studio Nicholas, at just 25.

30/09/2025

Onyx Solar Energy and Metz Group are delivering a custom Building Integrated Photovoltaics solution for Sydney's Atlassian Central, a project set to be the tallest hybrid timber and steel structure in the world.

1794 photovoltaic modules integrated directly into the building envelope will not only generate clean energy but also feature self-shading properties that reduce heat gain, lower cooling loads and further reduce the building’s embodied carbon footprint.

According to Metz, this advanced technology isn’t just reserved for major builds. On 16 October 2025, Onyx Solar’s chief technical officer Teodosio Del Caño will fly from Spain to Brisbane to present ‘Powering Innovation with BiPV’ to the local design community.

Learn more on ADR.

As part of its goal to operate on 100 percent renewable energy, Atlassian Central has embraced Building Integrated Photovoltaics – or BiPV.

30/09/2025

Introducing the second mentor announced for ADR's 30UNDER30 program in 2025/2026: Cox Architecture director Brooke Lloyd.

Up now on ADR, Lloyd talks to ADR about the generational differences she has noticed at design practices, as well as the lessons she learned from her mentors and from 10 formative years spent in London firms.

"I feel very indebted to my own mentors and very lucky to have had so many. I would like to offer the next generation of designers the same generosity. I also want to encourage a spirit of curiosity. We need them to push boundaries, innovate and think beyond the status quo," she says.

Read the full Q&A on ADR.

Cox director Brooke Lloyd credits her accomplishments to a willingness to say yes – a lesson she is eager to impart as a 30UNDER30 mentor.

30/09/2025

Sophie Kebbell is an interior designer from Australian Design Review‘s 30UNDER30 cohort of 2024/2025, and also a senior interior designer for Melbourne-based design practice Hassell.

We speak with the future-focused creative to learn more about their artistic inspirations and how it feels to be among ADR‘s select group of 30UNDER30 members.

"Curiosity and empathy really guide me," she says. "I love talking to people and digging into the ‘why,’ because it helps me understand how they’ll use a space."

Read more of our interview with Sophie in ADR.

Sophie Kebbell is an interior designer from Australian Design Review's 30UNDER30 2024/25 cohort. We learn about her creative inspirations.

29/09/2025

Thought leaders in the interior design community and their clients assembled for a number of intimate, insights-driven conversations with a focus on sustainability, the circular economy and what the future of design could look like.

As part of its illuminating ‘Conversations for a Better World’ series, MillerKnoll hosted a pair of industry events across Sydney and Melbourne and assembled some of the country’s top creatives for an evening of valuable dialogue on the possibilities of design itself.

Read more in ADR.

Interior designers assembled for a number of insights-driven conversations, with a focus on what the future of design could look like.

29/09/2025

Jacob Stavrakis, an architect at YSG Studio, shares three lessons he learned at Sydney Design Week, held from 12 to 24 September 2025.

"As an architect, I’ve learnt that sometimes too much attention to detail can blur the bigger picture. This year for Sydney Design Week, organisers Powerhouse invited us to take a step back and gain a better perspective from a range of local and international leaders in their field on how design shapes our communities and the way we live together," he says.

Read his reflections on ADR.

YSG architect Jacob Stavrakis shares his reflections from Sydney Design Week, held from 12 to 24 September 2025.

25/09/2025

London-based designer and studio Doshi Levien co-founder Nipa Doshi presents a lively new work A Room of My Own at the National Gallery of Victoria (NGV). Doshi is the fourth female artist to have her work presented in the gallery’s Collection of Contemporary Design and Architecture.

Her unique submission will be unveiled at a special event at the NGV at 7pm on Thursday 25 September, where she will present a keynote address to the attending guests. The work combines two bespoke artistic mediums: a new typeface, marking the artist’s first foray into typography; and a handcrafted, multidimensional cabinet.

Read more at ADR.

Nipa Doshi is the fourth female artist to have her work presented in the NGV's Collection of Contemporary Design and Architecture.

25/09/2025

Exploring the innovative ‘total design’ philosophy of designer and co-founder Florence Knoll, the brightest talents of the Australian design community assembled for an industry celebration of one of the world’s most impactful brands.

Knoll’s panel discussion, Total Design – The Enduring Legacy of Knoll, hosted at the Living Edge showroom in Sydney’s inner-city suburb of Alexandria, brought together a decorated panel of design leaders, sharing their unique insights into Florence Knoll’s enduring impact on contemporary design.

Read more at ADR.

Exploring the ‘total design’ philosophy of Florence Knoll, Australian designers celebrated one of the world’s most impactful brands.

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