Art, architecture and travel in Australia
Let Wallpaper* guide you through the worlds of art, design and architecture in Australia - and discover where to go and what to see when you travel to Australia.
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Armadale house blends minimalism and warmth
Conrad Architects and Mim Design collaborate on a contemporary home in Melbourne’s Armadale suburb that combines timeless minimalism, classical proportions and domestic warmth
By Ellie Stathaki Last updated
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Fitzroy apartment building blends refined interiors with robust concrete
Melbourne architects Edition Office have created a Fitzroy apartment building for local developer Milieu that is both elegant and robust
By Jonathan Bell Last updated
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Wallpaper* Global Interiors: a snapshot of design in Oceania
Our edit of furniture, objects and lighting from Australia and New Zealand include pieces by Resident, Daniel Emma and Jam Factory
By Rosa Bertoli Last updated
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Born again: Luigi Rosselli Architects remodel a 1950s terraced house in Sydney
By Susanne Kennedy Last updated
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Out of office: we’re disconnecting at Branch Architecture Studio’s lakeside retreat
By Stephen Crafti Last updated
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Photographer Tom Blachford engineers an impossible vision of Melbourne architecture
The Australian city becomes a dizzying spectacle of buildings and lights in his dystopian new series
By Jessica Klingelfuss Last updated
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Sensory store: Bang & Olufsen opens a quietly cool Melbourne flagship
By Susanne Kennedy Last updated
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Katharina Grosse steeps Carriageworks in a cacophony of colour
By Dimity Noble Last updated
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Letter from Australia: our survey of new architecture from the land down under
By Gordon Knight Last updated
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Melbourne’s most laid-back seafront suburb gains a new yoga retreat
By Sotos Varsamis Last updated
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Formafantasma creates a furniture collection from technology scraps
By Rosa Bertoli Last updated
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A minimalist concrete extension unfolds behind a heritage façade in Melbourne
By Harriet Thorpe Last updated
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Mix and match: an Australian university combines workspace and art
By Ellie Stathaki Last updated
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Casey Brown’s sustainable approach to the Australian beach shack
A resourceful palette of materials, featuring aluminium, birch plywood, spotted gum and Corten, contributes to this sustainable and remote house – only accessible by boat
By Katie Meston Last updated
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The humble shed inspires villa escape in Kangaroo Valley, Australia
By Katrina Israel Last updated
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Art deco townhouses in Melbourne create a curvy beach-side block
By Harriet Thorpe Last updated
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Civic service
John Wardle Architects unveil ephemeral pavilion for the National Gallery of Victoria in Melbourne
By Nicola Fox Hill Last updated
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Oliver du Puy designs therapeutic house in Melbourne
Suceeding in its aim to be a spiritual piece of architecture, the ‘Skinny House’ artfully exposes concrete and casts divine light. Yet, there’s nothing like a vitamin C-infused shower to cleanse you of your sins...
By Harriet Thorpe Last updated
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Architect Rob Kennon designs minimalist beach hut in Australia's Flinders
Melbourne-based Rob Kennon Architects is the brains behind this minimalist Australian home in Flinders, a wood-and-glass-wrapped structure sat on a triangular footprint, whose design hovers between humble beach hut and chic glazed pavilion
By Stephen Crafti Last updated
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McLaren Excell transforms Victorian house into refined modern living space
Petersfield House by architects McLaren Excell reimagines a Victorian home in Cambridge into a contemporary, minimalist haven
By Jonathan Bell Last updated
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Yhonnie Scarce and Edition Office’s timber pavilion celebrates Indigenous histories
A sobering monument to the Aboriginal peoples of Australia, In Absence is a collaboration between the contemporary artist and Melbourne-based studio for the 2019 NGV Architecture Commission
By Dimity Noble Last updated
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Finnis Architects design a house extension clad in bluestone for a growing family in Melbourne
By Harriet Thorpe Last updated
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John Wardle designs an Australian farmhouse for countryside living and entertaining
By Harriet Thorpe Last updated
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Beach chic: Venetian vibe meets modern take at Australia’s Deepwater House
By Sara Sturges Last updated
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Community is at the heart of Melbourne’s transformed Eastland shopping centre
By Ali Morris Last updated
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Californian-style bungalow turns creative retreat in Melbourne suburb
By Harriet Thorpe Last updated
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Design Institute of Australia launches inaugural awards
Bates Smart scoops Best Place at inaugural Design Institute of Australia Awards with an acute medical services building, the Gandel Wing at Cabrini Malvern
By Shawn Adams Last updated