Art, architecture and travel in Australia

Capella Sydney revives urban heritage through contemporary luxury

Capella Sydney opens, adding a fresh option to the Australian city’s booming hospitality scene, designed by architects Mak

By Lauren Ho Published 15 March 23

A new age of the train dawns with Woods Bagot’s designs for Australia’s Journey Beyond

Woods Bagot’s new Gold Service carriage designs for Journey Beyond bring together the richness of First Nations art with the evocative image of long-distance train travel

By Jonathan Bell Published 26 February 23

Cera Stribley’s Hideaway House adds a subterranean dimension to a modern Melbourne home

A new bespoke basement at Hideaway House by Cera Stribley transforms this contemporary suburban home into the ultimate domestic playground

By Jonathan Bell Published 23 February 23

Ha Ha Haus: an Alphington house cuts an intriguing figure in its suburban street

Ha Ha Haus by Figr Architecture Studio is an Alphington house designed as a perfect fit to its owners’ needs

By Ellie Stathaki Published 20 February 23

‘Brutalist Paris’ is a book that lays bare the legacy of the city’s concrete architecture

Architectural cartographer Blue Crow Media launches ‘Brutalist Paris’, its first book, a photographic study of the French capital’s surviving brutalist treasures and concrete impasses

By Jonathan Bell Published 7 February 23

A Sydney adventure: discover art and architecture, design and dance

See the best Sydney architecture, design, craft, cuisine and more. Ahead of World Pride 2023, Wallpaper* Australia editor Elias Redstone offers an insider’s view to help you plan your trip

By Elias Redstone Published 30 January 23

MPavilion 2022 opens and invites all under its bright orange roof

MPavilion 2022 opens in Melbourne to a design by All(zone), the Bangkok studio of Rachaporn Choochuey

By Ellie Stathaki Published 8 December 22

Fisherman’s House blends old, new and that view

Fisherman’s House by Studio Prineas balances a 19th-century cottage and contemporary concrete in a modern Sydney home

By Ellie Stathaki Published 4 December 22

Sydney Modern opens its doors and reveals immersive SANAA architecture

SANAA’s Sydney Modern opens its doors to the public in Australia

By Ellie Stathaki Published 1 December 22

Bass Coast Farmhouse brings drama to the Australian countryside

Bass Coast Farmhouse by John Wardle Architects is a rural dwelling in Australia’s Victoria, balancing contemporary design and traditional typologies

By Ellie Stathaki Published 20 November 22

3XN’s Quay Quarter Tower in Sydney is a template for sustainable reuse

Quay Quarter Tower by Danish architecture firm 3XN, developed in partnership with BVN, offers sustainable architecture through clever redesign and reuse in Sydney, Australia

By Ellie Stathaki Last updated 14 November 22

QT Falls Creek — Falls Creek, Australia

By David Paw Last updated 4 November 22

Fjäll, Australia

By Carrie Hutchinson Last updated 4 November 22

Knock on wood: Snøhetta-designed Aesop ION store opens in Singapore

By Sam Rogers Last updated 3 November 22

Muse flash: why Valentino fans will be wearing Australian painter Esther Stewart’s art on their sleeves this season

By Dimity Noble Last updated 1 November 22

Semi-Permanent creative conference

By Lauren Ho Last updated 31 October 22

Watch JR’s poignant procession for Australia’s agricultural emergency

Released for Earth Day 2021, French artist JR’s film, Homily to Country, is an intensely human commentary on the ecological decline of the Darling/Baaka river system in south-eastern Australia

By Harriet Lloyd-Smith Last updated 31 October 22

Super Pacific: Maison et Objet announce Rising Asian Talents winners

By Sujata Burman Last updated 31 October 22

Melbourne’s NGV Triennial presents a radical design re-think

Combining design ingenuity with scientific research, these global designers have created new materials and methods that can change the way we build our architectures and produce our objects, and through their project they raise awareness towards global ecological issues

By Rosa Bertoli Last updated 28 October 22

Studiofour conjures Hygge at a house renovation in Melbourne

By Harriet Thorpe Last updated 28 October 22

Raw edges: Melbourne’s Elwood House is an exercise in brick and concrete

By Ellie Stathaki Last updated 28 October 22

Eco Cabin, Bundeena, Australia

By Ellie Stathaki Last updated 28 October 22

A suburban Melbourne mansion throws a curveball with a hemispherical zinc roof

By Elana Castle Last updated 28 October 22

Meet the Australian designers to look out for at Denfair 2019

By Dimity Noble Last updated 28 October 22