Issue 72 September 2020

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Interior architecture, design, objects, people.

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Welcome
The relationship between client and designer can make or break a project. A successful working partnership is founded on trust, communication and respect – and it is these characteristics that often lead to the best work. As designers, it is your res
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Editor — Cassie Hansen MDIA Editorial enquiries — Cassie Hansen +61 3 8699 1000 artichoke@archmedia.com.au Editorial director — Katelin Butler MDIA Editorial team — Nicci Dodanwela, Josh Harris, Stephanie McGann Production — Simone Wall Design —
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Contributors
Marcus Baumgart is a designer and writer, and a founding director of Baumgart Clark Architects with long-time collaborator John A. Clark. You can read about their adventures at www.help.design. Prior (page 44) Peter Bennetts is a Melbourne-based
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The Edit
Ross Gardam’s Ceto lighting collection is evocative of ripples on the surface of the ocean. The unique rippled glass of the sculptural luminaires was developed through experimentation with traditional optic glassblowing techniques. The ripples are on
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The Link at Chadstone
When Chadstone Shopping Centre was envisaged as a groundbreaking suburban retail hub 60 years ago, its site in Melbourne’s south-eastern suburbs was still a paddock, accessible only by cars. Today, Vicinity Centres, the owner of the huge retail compl
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Darling Exchange Market Hall
Darling Square is the most recent piece in the New South Wales state government’s $4 billion-dollar redevelopment of Darling Harbour. Located on the edge of Chinatown on the southern side of the harbour, the centrepiece of the project is the Darling
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Lee Mathews James Street
Long a welcome convenience, online shopping became something of a necessity in 2020 – the year that “social distancing” was etched into our everyday lexicon. For a great portion of this year, and more than ever, we have double-clicked our way through
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The Edit
B and B Italia has reissued a 1970 classic, the Camaleonda modular sofa by Mario Bellini. Conceived as an architectural element, Camaleonda transforms the landscape of an interior space, its chameleon-like nature allowing it to change and transform t
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Prior
Prior is different to other venues along High Street in Thornbury, Melbourne, and this is intentional. Melbourne studio Ritz and Ghougassian has made some foundational moves here and followed through with a consistency and attention to detail that is
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Leigh Street Wine Room
Funny things have been happening to our temporal perspectives in the COVID-19 pandemic. There’s a kind of limbo, a stasis, where we ostensibly have time to “waste” yet we feel more urgently the preciousness of our limited time on earth. Other odd thi
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In Brief
Housed in one of Perth’s original nineteenth century horse stables, The Stables Bar on Hay Street has become a popular venue since its opening in 2013. Local practice State of Kin was commissioned to design the venue’s next evolution: a smaller, more
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Dowel Jones
Creating a strong design duo can be as hard as it is powerful, and doing that long-distance takes the challenge to the next level. But design duo Dale Hardiman and Adam Lynch, co-founders of Dowel Jones, make it look effortless with their combined pa
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Norton Rose Fulbright, Sydney
Through a lengthy briefing process, Norton Rose Fulbright (NRF) and Carr – who have worked together for more than sixteen years – developed a concept for a warm and inviting environment for a new era of work, taking a more relaxed design approach whi
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SJB Sydney Studio
One of the questions I’ve asked myself often is “Why do architects wear black?”. Cordula Rau’s amusing book of the same title (Springer Verlag, 2008) asked architects to reflect on this very question with a variety of candid responses ranging from th
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In Brief
Sitting on the fourth floor of the National Museum of Qatar, Jiwan by Sydney’s Koichi Takada Architects is an immersive restaurant designed to take guests on a sensory journey through Qatar’s heritage and unique landscape. Every element of the restau
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Aman Kyoto
Aman Kyoto sits within 3.2 hectares of secluded forest, softly illuminated by sunlight through overhead foliage and low-lying mist, silent except for birdsong, mountain streams and the occasional frog croak echoing in the stone wells and culverts. An

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